A Principal's Reflections

JULY 22, 2013

Below are some effective strategies, ideas, and learning opportunities that will provide you and your school the means to invigorate professional development to get real results. So where do we begin? Each is hyperlinked to additional information.

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Edsurge

MAY 24, 2018

What makes a professional development experience valuable? How can we build meaningful personal learning networks? What’s the right balance of planning and serendipitous discovery when it comes to professional learning? Widening my personal learning network.”

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Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2019

As my experiences grew, my personal learning network broadened and my perspectives became less myopic. I realized that talking pedagogy means very little if you don’t have a number of critical things in place before you get to the learning. Educators are looking to be inspired, to learn and to make connections.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

If we want our student outcomes to change, we have to change our adult behaviors. Initially, we only started with three teachers who had their own Twitter accounts,” says Torres, but the duo is encouraging more teachers to get accounts so they can share out about what is working and develop professional learning networks.

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EdTechTeacher

MARCH 6, 2015

They want to be engaged in learning. However, technology is a tool and not a learning outcome. Technology is to expand learning, amplify voice, and put them in positions to have powerful discussions. ” The focus was always on learning, and they began by creating an Academies model inside of the school.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Editor Description: “Connected learning communities are a three-pronged approach to effective professional development using the local (professional learning community), contextual (personal learning network), and global (community of practice) environments. ” 16.

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Dr. Shannon Doak

JUNE 7, 2019

This approach is supported in the ISTE whitepaper: Technology, Coaching, and Community Power Partners for Improved Professional Development in Primary and Secondary Education. The first thing I suggest is becoming a connected educator and make use of social media to build a Professional Learning Network (PLN).

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 20, 2016

The key is to be critical of the process in order to make sure investments pay off in terms of enhanced learner outcomes. Image credit: [link] Many lessons can be learned from successful digital transformations , including the one that occurred at my former school. Check out this example in relation to Gsuite.

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