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Practice vs. research in education? Why teachers need to do both

Neo LMS

Sure, I’m not referring to teaching in an academic setting here. For example, an English teacher might stumble upon this meta-analysis that looked at 41 summer reading programs across 35 studies and found that lower-income students from kindergarten to eighth grade benefit the most from these programs. Others are downright detrimental.

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Stop Ignoring Google+

A Principal's Reflections

From my point of view educators become quickly attached to one specific social media tool as their go to source for his/her Personal Learning Network (PLN). Take Twitter for example. Now anyone who knows me knows that I absolutely love Twitter as a professional learning and networking tool.

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Online Learning Book Recommendations: And Why I Read so Few Books on the Topic

Edsurge

Someone who agrees with my perspective on not reading many books about online classes is Michelle Pacansky-Brock.

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Twitter: The Art of the Follow

The Daring Librarian

The Art of the Follow: One of the hardest things on Twitter is to master is the art of the Follow. Twitter Comic Tutorial At-A-Glance Part Deux that coordinates to this blog is below- thanks!) Twitter Comic Tutorial At-A-Glance Part Deux that coordinates to this blog is below- thanks!) Middle school that''s great! 6 - Say What?

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Small Changes, Huge Results

A Principal's Reflections

It was at this time that I saw the error in my ways and began to leverage the power of a Personal Learning Network (PLN) to effectively integrate an array of tools that I had never knew existed. Refer to the archive mentioned above to see some of the amazing things my teachers are now doing.

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Crowdsourcing Curating Networks: It Has to Be Meta

ProfHacker

We are inviting others from our networks to help us make sure we have covered the most important aspects of networks, and the most important references and models out there. Because if we are going to write about networks, we may as well leverage our networks to make it even better.

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Modeling a PLN for Students

My Paperless Classroom

This is where I am using the concept of a Personal Learning Network to teach my students about digital citizenship. PLN stands for Personal Learning Network. It can be used to refer to an actual site you use to interact with others, such as the Educators PLN. What is PLN?