User Generated Education

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Self-directed Learning. How to develop one’s own Personal Learning Network (PLN). Helping Students Develop Personal Learning Networks. How to learn and use emerging technologies. Building on Technology’s Promise. Code.org: Anybody can learn. DIY for Kids.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 1, 2012

couros/79 9 Here is my quick list of reasons why all educators should become connected and form their own Personal Learning Network(PLN) : We become the epicenter of our learning and determine what, where, and when we want to learn. This makes the learning process meaningful, relevant, applicable, and convenient.

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Nik Peachey

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

This is just a quick posting to share a session on building your own Personal Learning Network, that I did for teachers in British Council Bilbao recently (25th September 2010). link] LinkedIn LinkedIn is a great place to put your online CV, connect with other ELT professionals and start joining special interest groups.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 8, 2017

My primary objective for all multiday workshops is to illustrate the vital role that technology can play in improving teaching, learning, and leadership. Most of the first day is spent on emphasizing the importance of a pedagogy first, technology second mindset. Technology comes and goes. Engagement is one of them.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 9, 2014

A year ago, I created a technology course on Moodle for Spanish teachers as part of the Ministry of Education of Spain. The teachers are very new to web tools, developing Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) and are currently teaching full time. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Social media: platforms like Twitter help teachers build their personal learning network and share teaching tips and tricks. Having the technology without a solid lesson plan is no better than having a good lesson plan, but poor tech implementation. Some of them prefer to seek classroom collaborations directly.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 7, 2014

In my position as K-12 Director of Technology Integration and Innovation in the Spotswood School District, I am assisting with the district’s transition to Google Apps for Education (GAFE) as well as working with teachers on the effective integration of technology. I had a few in my toolbox, but needed more.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 9, 2014

A year ago, I created a technology course on Moodle for Spanish teachers as part of the Ministry of Education of Spain. The teachers are very new to web tools, developing Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) and are currently teaching full time. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 23, 2010

The construction of a PLN enables educators to harness the power inherent in 21st Century technologies in order to create a professional growth tool that is accessible whenever, wherever. Image Credit [link] Most educators I talk to have no idea where to begin when attempting to create a PLN that meets their teaching and learning needs.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 28, 2020

Discover more ways to design engaging distance learning experiences by taking my new accredited graduate course , Online Learning: Best Practices to Leverage the Power of Distance Learning. Escape technology, people, and worries. Virtual group fun! Facebook groups, pages and live events. Tips and Resources.

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Shake Up Learning

JANUARY 2, 2017

The post Join the Shake Up Learning Facebook Group! appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Ready to Shake Up Learning in 2017? Join our Facebook Group! Looking to connect and learn with like-minded educators? Join the group and share how you are shaking things up in your classroom this year!

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 28, 2020

Discover more ways to design engaging distance learning experiences by taking my new accredited graduate course , Online Learning: Best Practices to Leverage the Power of Distance Learning. passthesketchnote-info Virtual group fun! Tips and Resources. “Take rest; a ?eld eld that has rested gives a bountiful crop.”

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 16, 2013

As she explained the project to me I immediately asked her if she could email it to me so I could not only share it, but also gather some feedback for her from my Personal Learning Network (PLN). You will work in a group of three. Each group must have at least one student with a smart phone.

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EdTech4Beginners

MARCH 1, 2017

Digital natives are individuals who were born during or after the surge of digital technologies (the internet, mobile devices etc.). In addition, because technology changes so quickly, they have adapted to it and are not scared of new innovation; in fact most get very excited about it. Learn from the digital natives!

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Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2016

Louis Technology Integration Coach Patricia Brown. Recently, EdSurge had the opportunity to dive into PLNs as we ran an early beta pilot of the EdSurge K12 Educators Group. It’s an an educator-only community which allows educators to have conversations around technology integration in schools (not tied to any specific program).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 25, 2016

Here are my takeaways as moderator of this amazing group: They were risk takers. Time after time, they took responsibility for their own learning. They worked together as a Personal Learning Network. Twitter Chats worked best with larger groups. How to work tech tools into their unique student groups.

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Educational Technology Guy

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

Edchat Interactive is a new type of free, online PD brought to you by some of the same folks who created #echat twitter discussions, including Tom Whitby and Steven Anderson , who are both friends of mine and in my Personal Learning Network and great educators. Customized, Personalized Learning: Is it Inevitable?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 30, 2017

229 (individual); $750 (group of 5). Digs deeper into digital tools used by innovative teachers to extend and enrich student learning. The 21 st Century classroom blends technology with traditional teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment. Your Personal Learning Network.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Any connected educator has heard buzzwords like flipped classroom, gamification, social-emotional learning (SEL), differentiation, and personalized learning. If I want to teach my students effectively in any learning environment, I have to be willing to experiment with methods that may be out of my comfort zone.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2017

2017 was a year filled with makerspaces, student engagement, personalized learning, and more. Here, two seasoned librarians shed light on their biggest lessons learned in 2017 and look forward to the up-and-coming trends for the new year. We also painted an entire wall green to utilize the Green Screen with larger groups.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 5, 2017

The 21 st Century classroom blends technology with traditional teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment. This three-week course (July 10-July 30) digs into the digital ideas and tools used by innovative teachers to extend and enrich student learning. Your Personal Learning Network.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

The pace of change, driven predominantly by the rapid encroachment of digital and now AI technologies, has accelerated dramatically. The fast-paced evolution in educational technology and methodologies necessitates a fresh look at what features teachers should exhibit to be effective and relevant in this ever-changing environment.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 10, 2015

As technology continues to evolve it will continue to become an even more embedded component of society. Expanded access to learning - In my case digital communications opened my eyes to new and more powerful ways to learn. The title of the article was Transforming Your School with Digital Communication.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 29, 2018

For me, because I taught what is called specials or pull-outs (I taught technology), I did this at the beginning of a class period. I dug through the many ideas from my personal learning network and came up with these popular morning meeting activities: a greeting where everyone greets everyone else. Do have rules.

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MIND Research Institute

MAY 17, 2017

Looking to learn something new this summer? Maybe you want to develop your personal learning network on social media, read a few new books , or take a course alongside other educators. Thanks to technology, we can take learning online and collaborate with educators around the country and the world.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 8, 2016

The 21 st Century classroom blends technology with traditional teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment. At the completion of this course, you will be able to: Painlessly add flexible, authentic, and transformative technology to your classroom. Your Personal Learning Network.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 23, 2021

These can be taught individually (through coaching or mentoring), in small groups (of at least five), as school PD, or through select colleges for grad school credit. They start at $750 for a group of five or more. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. The Tech-infused Teacher.

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 18, 2012

I was honored to have won a DENny for "PL DEN", a play on PLN (personal learning network), for my work sharing and connecting with other educators about Discovery Education resources on social media and the DEN blog for the CT Leadership Council. Why don''t you join the Discovery Educator Network and become a STAR Educator!

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 31, 2011

This shift in mindset can be directly attributed to what I have learned from innovative educators in the social media spaces that I now delve into on a routine basis. The knowledge that I have acquired from my Personal Learning Network (PLN) provided me with the ideas and strategies to utilize student cell phones as mobile learning devices.

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The PL2C Blog

AUGUST 24, 2014

The instructional technology coach strives to engage and support digital transitions in their school and district, to empower educators to take ownership of their technology and align its use to curriculum and instruction… but, though we try, at times all we as coaches seem to do is become the help desk for tech support.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 21, 2015

How to work tech tools into their unique student groups. How to create a vibrant, healthy Personal Learning Network. Teachers were comfortable with those programs, students learned them and then applied. TweetUps worked best with larger groups. Middleton Digital Learning and Technology.

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MIND Research Institute

AUGUST 29, 2018

Technology gives us the tools to connect, share and expand our knowledge. I love seeing how educators are utilizing ST Math in the classroom and what they see students learning from the program, like in this tweet: Personalized Learning! The ST Math Community group on Facebook. Twitter via @STMath and #STMath.

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There is no box

JUNE 30, 2015

The extent of networking to learn, if we were lucky, was putting four desks together and working in groups. And if you asked a peer a question during a test or worked on a homework problem in a group and came back with the same answer, watch out! Have you checked out an #caedchat lately? The world has changed.

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Learning with 'e's

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

But it is about making connections for learning through the ''free'' tools we have at our disposal - social media. In the context of this post, PLN stands for Personal Learning Network , and CoP stands for Communities of Practice. Conversely, in your PLN, you are at the centre of the group from the outset.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 27, 2015

Here are my takeaways as moderator of this amazing group: They are risk takers. Time after time, participants took responsibility for their own learning. Participants worked together as a Personal Learning Network to understand. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 15 years. They were curious.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) have long supported teachers in their career development, but with the help of technology, they’re now transforming education itself. We spoke with educators around the country and discovered seven ways that PLCs are transforming teaching and learning in schools.

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The 21st Century Principal

AUGUST 3, 2011

Next week, I will be presenting to a group of educators in my district on the subject of "Must-Have iPad and Smartphone Apps." I did a blog post a short time ago, and that list hasn''t change much, but there have been a few additions and deletions, mostly due to suggestions of those in my Personal Learning Network.

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