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 it has spurred me to reflect on my past year blogging and collaborating with my passionate/personal learning network (PLN) who [...]
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11 of ’11 Projects Transforming Education
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 passionate educator community. This PRESTO presentation is an updated version of my previous one, How to Build A PLN Using Twitter. In [...]
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 at me about something I didn’t do to their standards. It’s part of the job and I believe this will continue to happen throughout [...]
What Did They Tweet?
3rd week of the May 2010 edition of the What Did They Tweet weekly series! Let’s see what our Personal Learning Network (PLN) tweeted about in education and social media. Multimedia Tweets .bbpBox{background:url(http://s.twimg.com/a/1273694933/images/themes/theme1/bg.png) #9ae4e8;padding:20px;} @ShellTerrell Thansk you for RT, Shelly! To see all your followers in a fun parade: http://isparade.jp/ Neus LorenzoNewsNeus You can embed [...]
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 people we choose to connect, collaborate, and problem solve with through social media. The educators, subject matter experts (SMEs), authors, and mentors we [...]



