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Cultivating and Growing Your Personal Learning Network

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” A PLN can help you find and curate the best ideas and resources, and build a network of supportive peers in a time of constant change. Iowa went 1:1 with computers for students in 2008 which meant that teachers could extend the learning beyond the four walls, so they needed to re-imagine learning. About Steven Anderson.

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How to DIY Your Distance Learning PD

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So after you've taken a needed respite from distance learning and its immense screen-time demands, consider these tips for engaging in meaningful online DIY professional learning this summer. Once you understand the basics of how to use the platform, it's a breeze to connect with educators from around the globe.

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Lead in the Now

A Principal's Reflections

Leaders should always be looking to improve instructional design and establishing accountability protocols to ensure efficacy in digital learning. Innovative learning spaces and environments : Would you want to learn under the same conditions as your students do, or in similar spaces?

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How to Build Meaningful Community for Online Learners #DLNchat

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DLNchat-ters offered ideas about how to better use tools for online discussions. Use active learning techniques. Not all community-building occurs in real-time. As Paul Wilson said, “Teachers can communicate through design, discussion interaction, and formative feedback.”

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10+ Ways to Recharge Your Batteries Over the Summer

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Schools worldwide are in need of educators who can engage students of all ages in an online platform and facilitate students’ learning success virtually. For more information about this class, click here. Subscribe for FREE to receive regular updates!

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15 Take-aways from Online Grad School Classes

Ask a Tech Teacher

Some of the problems students faced down: How to use twitter. How to use GHO. How to make a tagxedo interactive. How to work tech tools into their unique student groups. How to create screencasts and screenshots. How to create professional blogs. How to embed materials into digital portfolios.

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A Perfectionist with Paralysis NO MORE!

Shake Up Learning

I have worked hard and poured my blood, sweat, and tears into this blog and everything related to it — all in the name of helping teachers learn how to integrate technology meaningfully in their classrooms. As an instructional leader and digital learning coach, I encouraged teachers to blog with their students.