A Principal's Reflections

MAY 10, 2015

With that being said it is important for school leaders to meet their stakeholders where they are at and engage them in two-way communications. An added bonus is that there are so many free tools such as Twitter, Google+, blogs, Facebook, and Remind that are free for all to use.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 17, 2019

How to power through a difficult parent-teacher meeting comes to mind, but there are many challenges that teachers learn how to handle in time. A survey of 755 teachers in the US found that they value the immediate feedback they get on Twitter. Schools might be concerned about the lack of interaction in online learning.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 6, 2019

Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. 4 Virtual Meetings. Unlimited questions/coaching during virtual face-to-face meetings and other pre-arranged times. At the completion of this course, you will be able to: Use blogs, Twitter, and Google Hangouts to collaborate.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 30, 2019

The ability to stop and restart compensates for many of the challenges educators face when it comes to making the time to learn. Personal Learning Network (PLN) Social media allows any educator to learn anytime, anywhere, with anyone they want. To learn more about creating or improving a PLN, click HERE.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 6, 2019

I was honored to have been interviewed for Educational Leadership, ASCD's flagship magazine, on the power of Twitter as part of a Personal Learning Network (PLN). As you will see, the true power of connected learning is what you glean from the people you engage with. You can read the article HERE.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 8, 2019

Assessment is based on interaction with classmates, participation in virtual meetings, and completion of projects so be prepared to be fully-involved and an eager risk-taker. 4 Virtual Meetings. At the completion of this course, you will be able to: Use blogs, Twitter, and virtual meetings to collaborate. What You Get.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 19, 2020

So many resources are being shared daily on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Pinterest. You can either lurk and learn or develop your own Personal Learning Network (PLN) to farm the best ideas and strategies that are actually working in similar demographics.

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My Island View

APRIL 20, 2015

The basic principle of Twitter is that if you follow ten people on Twitter, you will only see the tweets of those ten people. After all is said and done, in regard to building a Personal Learning Network, who one follows is much more important than who follows back. It speaks to their Twitter interaction.

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The Web20Classroom

MAY 12, 2014

One idea that I’ve been thinking a lot about lately is Flipped Faculty meetings. If we take the traditional staff meeting, many times the information shared is just “for your information” or anything that could be posted to a blog or in an email. Check out this blog post to learn more. What else would you add?

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 23, 2014

So the other day I tweeted out this comment, “I am amazed each day to see so much educational progress in my Twitter feed. Don''t wait another second to start building a Personal Learning Network (PLN). This should be the norm, not the exception.” Consistency aligned with intent is key.

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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. All activities should be designed with clear learning objectives in mind and there needs to be a structure in place that requires students to collaborate as well as the opportunities to do so.

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Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2016

Speaking on panel at the PBS Digital Innovators event, Brown talked up the rise of the online spaces for collaboration, also known as personal learning networks (PLN) as enabling anyone, even those who in remote areas or who feel more introverted, to come together to collaborate and share ideas.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 25, 2016

We experimented with some of the hottest tech tools available for the classroom such as Google Apps, differentiation tools, digital storytelling, visual learning, Twitter, blogs, Common Core and tech, digital citizenship, and formative assessment options. Time after time, they took responsibility for their own learning.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 23, 2010

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. tools and how they can be utilized for teaching and learning. For more information on Twitter check out this video. Check out my board just on PLN''s.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 5, 2017

That’s three weeks, five hours a week, plus a one-hour weekend virtual meeting each week. Weekends, discuss issues, concerns, and projects in a virtual group via Google Hangouts or Twitter Chats. Accounts for blog, Google, Twitter, various web-based tools, class wiki. Commitment of 5 hours per week for 3 weeks to learn tech.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 21, 2011

When principals hear the words Twitter and Facebook they cringe. This is true, in many cases, when these tools are used for personal use. Quite simply, social media tools such as Twitter and Facebook have improved my effectiveness and efficiency as an educational leader.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 7, 2014

So I did what I have been doing for the past five years and that was submit a query to my Personal Learning Network (PLN) using Twitter and Google+. Within minutes I received new recommendations and I took a few minutes to learn how to use each new tool. I had a few in my toolbox, but needed more.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 30, 2017

Weekends, virtually meet with classmates and the teacher on Google Hangouts (GHO) or a Twitter Chat to discuss activities, answer questions, and review overarching topics like “How do you teach so that students hear you”. Accounts for blog, Google, Twitter, various web-based tools, class wiki. Your Personal Learning Network.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 23, 2017

A conversation with Peggy George in episode 105 of the 10-Minute Teacher From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Come by the PowerSchool booth 2918 to meet me in person. The #notatiste17 hashtag on Twitter. How to share learning. Twitter handle: @pgeorge. Listen Now.

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 14, 2012

Teachers get two or three 48-minute periods a week to work on what they want to work on, instead of being stuck in meeting''s or duty assignments. Too much time in school is wasted on irrelevant meetings. Follow me on Twitter and Google+. It''s a great idea that I hope spreads to other schools. Differentiating with Web 2.0

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 8, 2016

That’s three weeks, five hours a week, plus a one-hour weekend virtual meeting each week. Weekends, discuss issues, concerns, and projects in a virtual group via Google Hangouts or Twitter Chats. Accounts for blog, Google, Twitter, various web-based tools, class wiki. Commitment of 5-10 hours per week for 3 weeks to learn tech.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 27, 2017

After getting on Twitter in 2009 I realized that we had to be better for our kids. I spent a great deal of time writing numerous detailed memos on everything from technology tools to improve assessment, developing a Personal Learning Network (PLN), and embracing innovative ideas. Then I waited.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 16, 2013

Earlier this year she experimented with using Twitter to foster creative thought. 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).

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

After meeting my wife in 2002, I moved to Staten Island, NY and resided there for thirteen years. She had been following me on Twitter and asked if I would be willing to visit her school and see how they were implementing blended learning across all grade levels. Now back to my story.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 2, 2016

As I developed and grew my Personal Learning Network (PLN) I learned how much I did not know. Through my diversified network I met Ken Royal, one of the nicest people you will ever meet. He pushed me to extend beyond the use of Twitter to share what was going on in my school through a blog.

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Edsurge

APRIL 6, 2020

I’m going to share my book recommendations, along with the specific needs I have found them to best meet in my own teaching. Pacansky-Brock stresses how valuable it can also be to take an online professional development course, as I did previously through the Digital Pedagogy Lab.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 27, 2013

Make sure to follow Robert on Twitter ( @ideaguy42 ). I have also added some of my personal thoughts at the bottom of this post. Edscape was an incredible learning event for me. His reflection has been posted with permission below. Change Edscape George Couros Innovation New Milford High School Robert Dillon'

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 17, 2015

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. The social media network can be Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or just about anything, although the sheer numbers of educators on Twitter is astounding and becomes quite useful. When you go to conferences, meet other educators.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

We are excited to have CDW•G create a modern learning environment for educators to experience what classrooms today can not only look like, but how they can better facilitate learning. 26], Chris Ulmer, founder of Special Books by Special Kids , will share his exciting insights from working with and meeting students with disabilities.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 27, 2015

Some had been teaching for thirty years and still enthusiastically embraced everything from twitter to the gamification of education. Lots of questions, often directed to each other–for clarification, personal experience, or simple collegiality. Time after time, participants took responsibility for their own learning.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 23, 2021

Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. Students join a Google Classroom-based class and meet weekly with instructor to discuss class activities and assignments. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Professional Learning Network. Building Digital Citizens.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 31, 2016

Here's one to read: South Carolina educator Carla Jefferson takes a stab with her article on the four types of teachers you meet in PD sessions— and how to manage them. Share more hopes and strategies for the new year, and widen personal learning networks. Edsurgechat : the Fifty States edition.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 21, 2015

They chatted with colleagues on discussion boards, blogs, and Twitter. Some of the problems students faced down: How to use twitter. How to create a vibrant, healthy Personal Learning Network. They asked the class mentor (aka, guide or teacher) questions on class topics or any tech ed issue they needed help on.

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The Principal of Change

JANUARY 22, 2016

(This is more about me reflecting to learn, as opposed to sharing my learning so please excuse the length of the post. There has been a lot of conversation on how “Twitter has changed” recently, and I have thought a lot about this concept. First of all, Twitter changes for people as their network grows larger.

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The Web20Classroom

MARCH 12, 2013

Tool 1-Twitter Anyone who knows me, knows that I am a big advocate for Educators to use Twitter for Professional Development and growth. Twitter can serve as a place to connect with other professionals and see whats working in other buildings or districts that might work in yours. I previously mentioned Twitter.

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My Island View

JANUARY 7, 2016

Recently, I have read a number of posts and tweets about how people are unfollowing their accumulated “follows” on Twitter in large numbers. It is also important to note that many educators use Twitter as part of their Personal Learning Network to personalize their learning.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 25, 2011

We have seen many shifts in terms of instruction, communication, and learning at NMHS resulting in a transformative culture that is more in line to meet the needs of our students. We also had to trust they would use their mobile learning devices (i.e. So what changed? technology, including social media.

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