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How to start the school year on a happy note

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Our school motto is “Go be awesome,” so we end every faculty meeting with a group chant: “One, two, three—go be awesome!” We intentionally connect them to Curriculum Leadership, Grade-Level Leadership, and Positive Learning Environment (PLE) Leadership teams. Is it a little bit silly? Does it help us connect and teach better?

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The most important lessons we learned this year

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We created a Positive Learning Environment (PLE) committee consisting of one person from each grade level to focus on one mindset a month and decide how were going to roll that out to the whole school. For example, during spring break this year, the PLE team had all of the teachers write inspirational messages for the students.

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Blogging: Five of the best

Learning with 'e's

One group asked what the origin of the word 'pedagogy' was, and as I explained, I realised that I needed to capture the idea behind 'leading someone to learning'. Anatomy Of A PLE (>29,000 views) 9. Some people complained that they found the accompanying cartoon distasteful, but I appreciate the shock value. Honourable mentions: 6.

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GlobalEdCon 2013 - Day Three Schedule

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Special Notes: Thanks to our GREAT volunteer group! Recordings of all sessions are available here. Our free conference runs all week and is open to anyone to attend--spread the word with Twitter hashtag # globaled13. We''re always looking for volunteer session moderators--join us here. General conference information is posted here. .

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GlobalEdCon 2013 Day Four + Helping the New Grassroots Projects

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The five projects are listed below, and each links to a project group on the conference site--please join one or more and then let us know how Lucy and I can help turn these into realities! Special Notes: Thanks to our GREAT volunteer group! How will you accomplish this? What help do you need from the community?"

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Week of February 14, 2011 - Live, Interactive, and Free Webinars in Elluminate

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

If you are looking for an easy calendar import / RSS feed for these events, you''ll now find a link on your calendar page or the calendar page of specific groups! El diseño de los PLE, PLN y PDE responde a la manera de cómo la gente utiliza la tecnología para conectar sus propias de redes de aprendizaje.

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