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23 Resources about Personal Learning Networks (PLNs)
Part of the Cool Sites series For the past year, I have researched the what, who, when, how, and why of Personal/Professional/Passionate Learning Networks (PLNs). We have seen the benefits of the...
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Educating is About Passion, Let Us be Your Green Dots!
Recently, Scott Mcleod, blogged a very thought-provoking post, Are We Edubloggers too Harsh on Our Kids’ Teachers? My initial thoughts…. As a teacher, I remember throughout my career parents who griped...
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Connect To The World Through Twitter (Presentation)
Recently, I gave a Keynote for educators new to developing a learning network through Twitter. Please share the following resources with those new to Twitter in order to encourage them to join our...
View ArticleThank You My Awesome Educator Community!
Thank you so much for being such a supportive Personal Learning Network (PLN)! Your kindness, support, collaboration, and participation have kept me inspired and motivated. In the education field it is...
View ArticlePassion: PASS It ON
* The title of this post, Pass it On, comes from one of the We Connect submissions by a student named Hannah Hardy.* My experience with passion has shown me that passion is often consuming as in your...
View ArticleGoal 1: Be a Beam #30Goals
Goal 1 of The 30 Goals Challenge 2011 Goal Short-term- Offer a student or other educator you see struggling support. It could be a colleague who is stressed or a student struggling with another...
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Two: The Power of Educators on Social Networks
By foto_mania, Flickr On April 8th I celebrated my two year Twitter birthday. 100s of members of my Personal/ Passionate Learning Network (PLN) joined me in the celebration online and face-to-face as I...
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Why Not Use Social Networks? by Joel Josephson
by Guest Author, Joel Josephson Why Not Use Social Networks? Educators that are not using Facebook often use the arguments that they are concerned for their: Privacy Time Although there are other...
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11 of ’11 Projects Transforming Education
Adam Simpson, an educator in Turkey, recently challenged bloggers to reflect on and post 11 of their best blog posts of 2011 (11 of 11). Reading several of the blogger’s posts and different takes on...
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Happy Holidays from Shelly & Rosco!
This year has been amazing because you have shared with us and inspired us. In April 2009, I began my journey using social media (Twitter, Facebook, Nings, Second Life, blogs, etc.) to develop my...
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Nudges We Create & Watch Breathe New Life
“We get to make things. Things that make the world nudge a little bit in what we hope is the right direction.” Wilson Miner, Webstock 2012 I’ve been thinking a lot about our ability to create and the...
View ArticleWhat My PLN Means to Me
Yesterday, I shared with you how I built my Personal Learning Network (PLN) using Twitter. Now, I want to share with you what my PLN means to me. This post was inspired by Joyce Seitzinger’s...
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PLNs, Where Do We Begin?
Recently, I did a technology training workshop via Skype to teachers in Michigan. I have to thank Dave Sapp, a wonderful technology specialist, for this opportunity. I am located in Germany so I...
View ArticleA PLN is Like…
Personal Metaphor The writer in me is always searching for the right metaphor to describe meaningful experiences, such as my Personal Learning Network (PLN). The greatest gift I received this year was...
View ArticleGoal: Make A Connection
Part of the Goals 2010 Challenge Series, Goal 10 Months after joining Twitter, I got the bug to meet my new friends face to face. After all, I had to see if this virtual relationship would extend to...
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Goal: Reach Out
Part of the Goals 2010 Challenge Series, Goal 12 One of the best teacher trainings I attended had nothing to do with technology. Instead, the speaker related how much a smile and a gesture can make a...
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Goal: Cause a Ripple
Part of the Goals 2010 Challenge Series, Goal 14 While studying in college, I came across the Ripple Effect Theory. I was so enthused about the theory, I adopted it as a life motto. When we’re young we...
View ArticleWhy Do We Connect? Video Project
Starting next Sunday, I will begin presenting about Personal Learning Networks (PLNs). My presentation will take place at the TESOL Greece conference and two weeks later I will give a similar...
View ArticleISTEK and My One Year Twitter Birthday
On April 8th I celebrate my Twitter birthday! The recent ISTEK conference I attended in Istanbul, Turkey was an incredible way to celebrate this momentous, life-changing event. Just under a year ago I...
View ArticlePLNs, Twitter, and Conference Tweet-ups
One of my favorite TV moments is when Norm of the series Cheers walks into a bar and everyone shouts, “Norm” as if they were welcoming him home. Part of the Cheer’s theme song, Where Everybody Knows...
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