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Are Personal Learning Networks the Key to Keeping Teachers?

Edsurge

Putting the ‘Person’ in Personal Learning Networks While educators building communities to learn and share ideas isn’t new, today’s personal learning networks (PLNs) offer educators the chance to hone their focus and build their practice in specific areas of professional development.

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Cultivating and Growing Your Personal Learning Network

edWeb.net

It helps teachers extend their learning beyond the four walls. Steven Anderson, Lisa Schmucki, and Shaelynn Farnsworth discuss the value of a personal learning network. Steven Anderson published a book with Tom Whitby in 2104, The Relevant Educator: How Connectedness Empowers Learning. Teachers need more time.

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The Balance with Catlin Tucker: Featuring Rachelle Dene Poth

Catlin Tucker

She is a Buncee Ambassador, Edmodo Certified Trainer, Nearpod PioNear, Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert, and Google Certified Educator. How do you make time to continue learning? Do you have a personal learning network (PLN) that you regularly connect with and learn from?

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Welcome back to school - resources for every teacher

Educational Technology Guy

Microsoft Education Resources - resources for admin, IT and teachers Evernote for Education Resources - the ultimate note taking, web clipping, lesson planning resource Create a Personal Learning Network - a PLN is an excellent resource for help, advice, and sharing ideas. Check them all out (they're all free).

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

Neo LMS

Read more: Top learning myths to leave behind in 2020. Your personal learning network (PLN)? For example, there’s also Microsoft Academic, Research Gate, and Semantic Scholar. Gathering new ideas. If you’re looking for new teaching methods and ideas, where do you look first? More experienced teachers?

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Welcome Back to School - Great Resources for Teachers

Educational Technology Guy

Microsoft Education Resources - resources for admin, IT and teachers Evernote for Education Resources - the ultimate note taking, web clipping, lesson planning resource Create a Personal Learning Network - a PLN is an excellent resource for help, advice, and sharing ideas. Check them all out (they're all free).

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5 Ways to Participate in #ISTE17 even if you’re not there #notatiste17

The CoolCatTeacher

You will also want to come by PowerSchool’s Classroom of the Future in 207A where they will be giving away Apple Watches, Microsoft Surfaces and Amazon Echoes. Come by the PowerSchool booth 2918 to meet me in person. It’s going to be where you can have fun and win awesome prizes, like an Apple Watch, Microsoft Surface or Amazon Echo.

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