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3 Ways to Instantly Grow Your Personal Learning Network

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And although they’re an impressive group, representing over 250 organizations, they’re doing what you should be doing: forming a Personal Learning Network (PLN) that benefits both themselves and the wider education community. Meetups are a great, informal way to share and learn ideas from new people face-to-face.

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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. Want to join a Twitter chat on ideas ranging from #AntiRacistEd to #digcit to #edtech ?

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Connecting Teaching, Learning, & Leadership

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You have taken control of your own learning You have made the decision to be a public learner, swimming through social media waters using tools like Twitter, Google+, Linked In, blogs, etc. How much time does edtech leadership spend gaining perspective? But they do not send out student names on social media.

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Make a Big Splash Into Learning This Summer

MSEDTechie

EdTech Magazine created a list of Must Read Educator Blogs. How do you measure how effectively you have been integrating edtech tools into the classroom? Are you using Twitter , Voxer , Skype , Google Hangouts , or other social media tools to expand your personal learning network, or PLN?

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How to Grow Your Edu-Family Tree

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To cement your bond, attend a local conference together or an Edcamp. Your Global Personal Learning Network (PLN) Why? If your students are learning about Canadian geography, you can find a teacher in Toronto to provide authentic resources. People often start by lurking on social media.

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Google Apps for Education Tips, Tricks, and our Favorite Chrome Extensions | #TechEducator 101

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Learn How to Create a Professional email signature that links to social media accounts. Information from A to Z on EdTech and teaching, it should you your go-to resource. I always take what I learn and teach other teachers. A great place to learn new EdTech tools, and to build your PLN (Personal Learning Network)!

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Voxer, Twitter, and EdCamps: How to Tackle the Harsh Realities of Finding Good Statewide PD

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Many teachers connect this way to learn about the latest in edtech tools, educational ideas and methods in teaching, and joining my fellow Nebraskan teachers for the weekly chat gives me a comfortable hour that flies by and is full of ideas and collaboration. Worth the drive are EdCamps in Kansas City and St. Louis, Montana.

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