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Building and Growing Your Professional Learning Network

edWeb.net

One way to do this is to take a look back at what it was like for educators before the advent of social media. Teachers can seek out experts via edWeb.net , Edmodo , Facebook , Twitter , Google+ , Skype , Pinterest , and other social media and educational websites. Follow him on Twitter @newteacherhelp.

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Trying to Ban Facebook is Not the Answer.

EdTechSandyK

. - From Pinecrest Preparatory Middle-High Administration Letter to Parents , February 22, 2012 When I first read and watched a news story about this Florida charter school''s letter to parents encouraging them to get their kids off of Facebook because of the problems social media activities were causing during the school day, it got me thinking.

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Principals Who Are Classroom Teachers: Should This Be Common Practice?

The 21st Century Principal

This year I want to try to maximize my professional learning by engaging in some of the following: Use Edmodo : I have been fascinated with the possibilities of this social media-like tool for over a year now. I look forward to using and learning about it from a classroom teacher''s perspective.

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10 Powerful Media Tools EVERY Educator should have started using yesterday! Part I

MSEDTechie

Social Media is not just a buzz phrase! Google Apps For Education A new way of learning and collaboration. Twitter has changed so much from the "What are you doing now" tag line to becoming one of the largest Personal Professional Learning Networks available to educators. You aren''t using twitter yet?

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How to Grow Your Edu-Family Tree

Graphite Blog

Your Local Professional Learning Community (PLC) Why? A professional learning community (PLC) shares resources and discusses specific student performances. There are many websites that bring teachers together, like Graphite, Google+ Groups, Edmodo Communities, and more. Don't follow people aimlessly.

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Global Collaboration Day Has Arrived (It's Thursday in New Zealand!)

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

This is a huge worldwide experiment to demonstrate the power of globally-connected learning. There are professional development sessions for individual pre-service teachers, in-service educators, and other adults; as well as projects for entire classrooms to join in.

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Paperless Please

Hansen's Link to Tech

Start using an LMS (Learning Management System) such as Google Classroom , Schoology , Canvas , Edmodo , Moodle. Using a web-based central location to communicate, collaborate, assign, assess, and create allows for great opportunities for teachers and students to efficiently learn especially in a real-wold context.