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The People and Moments That Define Us

A Principal's Reflections

Image Credit: [link] My second reason for wanting to become an administrator early on in my career stemmed from the fact that I wanted to help as many students as possible. Once in the space that social media provided, I began to lurk and learn. To this day I still go to my father for advice.

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The Fault Lines Between Sharing and Shilling for an Edtech Product

Edsurge

For educators like Sean Arnold, who lists more than a dozen credentials and awards from edtech companies on his personal blog, that relationship can be a “double-edged sword,” as he described in his response to the article. “My I’ve followed the guidelines, but when does advocating for the best tools stop and shilling for a product begin?”

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6 Super Geeky Tech Tips for the New School Year

The Daring Librarian

If you want to go deeper with LinkedIn discussions and groups, and build a personal learning network that connects with other educators, you can! Get Polished Your social network profile is your best and most read professional bio on the web—so keep it polished, up-to-date, and consistent across all of your accounts.

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This Week's Live, Interactive, and Free Webinars in Elluminate

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Things are getting interesting as we cry out for a means of sharing information, between people and across time, space and networks. Those close at the fringes of the digital frontier are charting a different course with ICT rich classes and mLearning spaces whilst developing our personal learning networks.

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This Week's Live, Interactive, and Free Webinars in Elluminate

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

McLuhan (see the video) predicted we’d have to leave the bookworld behind to be “with it” in the electronic world but with social media we can do it all. Learn about an evolving virtual book club model, online or inworld, that culminates with the screening of collaboratively produced bookcasts, multimedia aesthetic responses to books.

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What is Collaboration for Professional Learning?

My Island View

After being involved in social media for over a decade, I have made a few observations that might be helpful to folks who use social media, more specifically Twitter, to develop and maintain a Personal Learning Network. Social media opens educators to the pedagogy, and methodology of others.

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Technology and Capstone Courses

Dr. Shannon Doak

The Internet and the applications which allow for connection such as social media, text applications, voice over IP and video conferencing applications enable authentic connections to each other and others outside the school walls. Throw social media into the mix and the potential is huge. 10.18122/td/1379/boisestate.

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