Neo LMS

OCTOBER 17, 2019

In fact, they find much more than tips and tricks online, they find a veritable support system. Schools might be concerned about the lack of interaction in online learning. building a personal learning network online. Online learning is not about absorbing information in front of a screen.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 26, 2020

Use a URL shortener to make links easily accessible in a slide presentation or push out using a Learning Management System (i.e., Leverage an adaptive learning tool if your school or district has purchased a license. Elicit feedback from colleagues, students, parents, or your Personal Learning Network (PLN).

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 29, 2013

Becoming connected and developing my own Personal Learning Network (PLN) freed me from the purgatory that the traditional system of education had created. Social media and the resulting PLN provided a doorway to endless learning opportunities that have forever changed my professional practice.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 5, 2019

I have also been blessed to observe great examples that members of my Personal Learning Network (PLN) make available on social media. On the contrary, I have seen this firsthand from some fantastic educators whose schools I have been blessed to work with on a long-term basis in the role of job-embedded coach.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 10, 2020

Here are some of my thoughts from 2013 , which have aged nicely: Digital leadership considers recent changes such as ubiquitous connectivity, open-source technology, mobile devices, and personalization. Many kids have flourished during remote learning as they have been able to follow a unique path or learn at their own pace.

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EdTech4Beginners

APRIL 2, 2017

BYOL – Bring Your Own Learning. CMS – Content Management System (a tool to build websites and apps). IOT – Internet of Things (Connecting devices to a network i.e. lights, phones, TVs). LMS – Learning Management System (software that runs and manages educational programs). MLD – Mobile Learning Devices.

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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. For example, you can use your school’s learning management system (LMS), which is a familiar tool for teachers around the world. Some of them prefer to seek classroom collaborations directly.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 13, 2015

The formation of a Personal Learning Network (PLN) has opened my eyes and mind to an array of ideas, strategies, and tools to support and enhance learning through the assistance of technology. Forcing students and educators to use technology just for the sake of using it will never transform teaching and learning.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 27, 2015

The Changing Role Of The Teacher In Personalized Learning Environment. Today’s students are studying and learning differently – a change confirmed by the widespread adoption of digital studying. Adaptive learning platforms provide instruction that is specific to individual students’ needs in a cost-effective manner.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 21, 2016

I sure did and many members of my Personal Learning Network (PLN) still make fun of me for it as I held on a bit longer than most. There are powerful lessons schools can learn from the above stories of disruptive innovation. Learn differently. Let’s look at another example. Think differently.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

If you are a leader looking to do so, begin to have conversations with your teachers, and more importantly your students, to collaboratively create a system that works for learners as opposed to one that just acts to control them. View this post as a call to action.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 28, 2017

Social media had to be blocked for all and I, for one, wasn’t going to waste any of my precious time using it professionally or personally. Learning spaces had to conform to the perceived rule of law in education. An ironclad Internet filter was in place to “protect” students and ensure that none of them could go off task.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 23, 2018

I’ve been published in Leading and Learning with Technology , and I’m currently co-authoring a book on how teachers can develop a personal learning network using social media and other digital tools. I received my PhD in Instructional Systems Technology from Indiana University. h ttp://trendsandissues.com.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2017

2017 was a year filled with makerspaces, student engagement, personalized learning, and more. Here, two seasoned librarians shed light on their biggest lessons learned in 2017 and look forward to the up-and-coming trends for the new year. For the sake of our students, we must embrace the changing role of the school librarian.

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The 21st Century Principal

APRIL 9, 2013

School leaders, however, are not encouraged to use Facebook, Twitter and other social media tools as a 21st century announcement system. As a part of the school leader’s library, this book is an excellent strategy guide for engaging in social media as a means to foster personal learning.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

How can we best harness the positive aspects of technology to improve student learning and the schools we work in? As a first step, we need to disrupt the status quo that’s embedded in the education system by developing new ways of looking at things that transform the world.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

An entire staff that believes in the power of being connected and the importance of having a Personal Learning Network ( PLN ). Systemic use of a variety of social media tools to communicate with stakeholders and keep them in the know.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Why spend money on expensive information delivery systems when you can use Twitter for free? After lurking and learning for a little while, I quickly discovered this vibrant community of passionate educators actively collaborating to improve educational practices. As my network has grown, so has my growth as an educational leader.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 31, 2011

The knowledge that I have acquired from my Personal Learning Network (PLN) provided me with the ideas and strategies to utilize student cell phones as mobile learning devices. Image credit: [link] Last year some of my teachers began to utilize student devices as tools for learning, mainly as student response systems.

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MIND Research Institute

MAY 17, 2017

Looking to learn something new this summer? Maybe you want to develop your personal learning network on social media, read a few new books , or take a course alongside other educators. Thanks to technology, we can take learning online and collaborate with educators around the country and the world. Starts May 22.

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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. Amidst all of this energy, though, something seemed to be missing.

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eSchool News

JUNE 24, 2016

Educators point to the ability to learn from colleagues, in addition to experts, as essential for enhancing their abilities. Basically, they’ll be forming a PLN for the session, and hopefully, many of them will become permanent members of each other’s personal learning networks.”. Personalized Learning Roundtable.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 8, 2016

For a paradigm shift to occur and be sustained it must be driven by change agents who are willing to disrupt the status quo embedded in the global education system. Technology now allows for professional learning to take place anytime, anywhere, and with anyone. This sounds great in theory, but it won’t just happen.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 12, 2015

What are the school factors that influence student learning and ultimately achievement? How do we get educators and school systems to embrace change as opposed to always fighting for buy-in? Today’s leaders have a great advantage when it comes to learning and that is social media. Improvement that endures over time.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 12, 2016

Learning Space Toolkit by North Carolina State University has a system for needs assessment and space planning. Build your Personal Learning Network (PLN) by adding these experts and resources to your social media accounts. Classroom Architect – a Free Classroom floor planner. Build Your Classroom Design PLN.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

because teaching is no longer an isolated profession; it’s a dynamic and interconnected field requiring teachers to work collaboratively and build expansive professional and personal learning networks. But culture is an elusive concept and mandates a definition here.

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Learning with 'e's

NOVEMBER 11, 2012

One of the most valuable assets a 21st Century learner has is their personal learning network (PLN). A lot of what is learned (some claim up to 70 per cent) is informal, and with a powerful enough network of connections to a PLN, there is no limit to what a learner can achieve.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2017

We agreed that the system was broken and it wasn’t just curriculum we wanted to change, it was our relationships with students. I didn’t know what “personalized learning” or “mastery-based grading and assessment” meant. The truth is, I’m a difficult person to work with because I’ve got a huge chip on my shoulder.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2017

That was the theme of the Wednesday evening reception for more than 200 people at San Francisco’s Museum of Modern Art, aimed at celebrating the work of Bay area schools delivering personalized learning programs, funded by the Silicon Schools Fund. All are exploring different versions of personalized learning.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In these busy times, look for educators and networks that are creating space for your social-emotional needs. PLNs have been my support system, and at the same time, they have helped me to grow as a professional. By doing this, Masson points out that growth and rest don’t have to be mutually exclusive.

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The 21st Century Principal

APRIL 27, 2011

The iPad increases the level of my connectivity to my school staff and members in my Personal Learning Network. I can use apps such as Skype, Google Talk, Gmail, Google Calendar, Twitter, Linkedin, and Friendly for Facebook to remain connected to the teachers in my building and remain connected to my personal learning network.

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The Innovative Educator

JANUARY 1, 2013

" -Crystal Kirch, My biggest struggle this year High school math teacher Crystal Kirch’s biggest struggle of 2012 was met with both cheers from those who could commiserate as well as jeers from those who were concerned that students were not the culprit, but rather the victims of a system that set them up for failure.

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Learning With Lucie

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

One of the first things she did was help me create a personal learning network of other professionals who were passionate about gender equity. Kathy had a gift for creating sustainable systems that would ripple in their reach and impact.

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EdTechTeacher

AUGUST 17, 2015

While you’re at it, create a system to share and organize your photos during the school year. Other ideas will come via the internet from your awesome Personal Learning Network (PLN). Set up a system to digitize and organize all of these resources! Parents can upload pictures, or download ones you’ve shared.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

The moderator of the chat will post questions using an alphanumeric system: Q1 for question 1, Q2 for question 2, and so on. Visit my profile, @KtBkr4 , and take a look at who I follow and begin to build your own Personal Learning Network in a few short clicks.

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MSEDTechie

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Leveraging relationships with educators One of the most simple ways to begin to breakdown your classroom walls is to build a strong PLN, or Personal Learning Network. A personal learning network is made up of people/places you go to gain knowledge, share knowledge and collaborate with others of like minds and interests.

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Learning with 'e's

APRIL 16, 2014

Extensive conversations with others within one''s community of practice are now easier than ever, thanks to social media such as social networks, wikis and blogs. How much we can learn from each other is now moderated by the extent of our personal learning networks , rather than the boundaries of our classroom walls.

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