My Island View

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

I was somewhat disturbed about a recent post by a friend and connected colleague concerning the state of Twitter and its use by some individuals in what is now fast becoming the education social media culture. I remember those days as well, since I was on Twitter years before my friend. Sharing Is Not Bragging.

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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. See #globalclassroom for inspiration.

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My Island View

JANUARY 26, 2015

It is the growth mindset of educators that is the key to changing an antiquated system. We can have every educator in the country sign a future ready pledge, but if they have no understanding of what future ready means to them personally, it will be another wasted initiative. For those reasons Twitter will never connect all educators.

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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. Prior to 2009 I basically saw technology as just an add-on and something that could spruce up a lesson.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 23, 2018

Episode 344 with Jody Green and Dr. Tim Green From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. We discuss what going to the next level in the classroom and in online learning means both at the secondary and college level. I received my PhD in Instructional Systems Technology from Indiana University.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

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. An entire staff that believes in the power of being connected and the importance of having a Personal Learning Network ( PLN ). Now back to my story.

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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.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 12, 2016

30+ ideas to improve learning with awesome classroom design From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. A well-designed classroom boosts student learning by as much as 16% (Barrett, Zhang, Davies, & Barrett 2015), but overdecorating is a distraction. Build Your Classroom Design PLN.

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The Daring Librarian

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

The Art of the Follow: One of the hardest things on Twitter is to master is the art of the Follow. Twitter Comic Tutorial At-A-Glance Part Deux that coordinates to this blog is below- thanks!) Twitter Comic Tutorial At-A-Glance Part Deux that coordinates to this blog is below- thanks!) Middle school that''s great! 6 - Say What?

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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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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 3, 2010

From now until November 25th, Adam is running a social media charity drive and when anyone clicks on this link he will donate a penny to charity. Right after Thanksgiving he will donate all the money to the charity that his website audience (Twitter-folk, and Facebook friends) vote on.

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Learning with 'e's

AUGUST 29, 2012

In fact it did so several years ago, even before the introduction of social media, through the use of e-mail and bulletin board services (remember them?). Social media has simply provided an increasingly powerful range of tools to extend personal learning networks (PLNs) to virtually any part of the world.

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The Daring Librarian

AUGUST 18, 2016

Most school systems have some version of Google Apps for Education available for teachers or GAfE, I recommend uploading and converting your important documents, presentations, and spreadsheets to the cloud for easy editing, sharing, and storage. Resources 6 Tips to a Super Twitter Profile How to Write a Professional Social Media Bio 4.

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The Web20Classroom

JANUARY 3, 2011

There was a lot of buzz about it every now and then on Twitter but I still don''t see it''s widespread adoption as a great storytelling tool and feedback tool. Here is an example I use a lot where I asked people to give me their thoughts on what a PLN (Personal Learning Network) means to them. How did I do? Need ideas?

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Learning with 'e's

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

In a formal sense, distance learning has been a familiar concept since at least 1837, when Sir Isaac Pitman began teaching his shorthand system using typed instruction cards mailed through the universal Penny Postal service to his students across England. There has been a dramatic shift in the last decade.

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The Principal of Change

JULY 5, 2015

We’ve lived through so many models and so many attempts to perfect the educational system. We know that or have always known that learning is a community event with all kinds of social actions and, importantly, relevancy in the eyes of students and parents. But how many times do we need to hear it? I mean, really?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 24, 2010

Would you like to get students excited and engaged in a way that embeds the learning and gets them active? 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. link] TOP 10 INTERNET RESOURCES FOR SCHOOL LEADERS (ADMIN 2.0

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 16, 2016

I’ve worked as an instructional technology coach for several years in NYC, and when I talked with other local coaches, we often hadn’t heard of half the programs and apps that one another were using even though we were doing the same job in the same school system!

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

With so much going on in terms of personalizing each student’s learning experience, there’s one thing that’s easy to overlook while chasing the best outcomes: the learning needs of teachers. Some swear by their PLNs (Personal Learning Networks) or CoPs (Communities of Practice). The takeaway.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

She teaches them to post daily on the class Twitter and Instagram accounts she set up. And she recommends their wares to thousands of teachers who follow her on social media. “I Reporter Natasha Singer says: Her third graders adore her. She remodeled her classroom based on Starbucks. I will embed it in my brand every day,” Ms.

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