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The Connected Educator: Building a Professional Learning Network

Allison Rossett

Her topic– personal learning networks, also known as PLNs. Educators today are pursuing professional development by building their very own Professional (or Personal) Learning Networks (PLNs). PLNs connect them with a global network of contacts and resources. An Educator’s Professional Learning Network.

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The Connected Educator: Building a Professional Learning Network

Allison Rossett

Her topic– personal learning networks, also known as PLNs. Educators today are pursuing professional development by building their very own Professional (or Personal) Learning Networks (PLNs). PLNs connect them with a global network of contacts and resources. An Educator’s Professional Learning Network.

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Some Tools for Social Learning and How they Help Learning

Kapp Notes

The term comes from “web log” which is shortened to “blog.” A blog will allow others to comment on the blog entries but not alter the original entry in any way. Instant messaging is the ability to write a quick message to another person and enter into a dialogue in real-time via only text-based messages. Social Network.

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Digital learning futures

Learning with e's

Digital Learning Futures View more presentations from Steve Wheeler As I write this blog post, the above slideshow has received almost 18,000 views in just 48 hours since it was posted up onto Slideshare.

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10 Cyber Security Resources

Ed App

Other topics that your team will gain insight into include network security, cryptography, and security risk management. . Cyber Security Resource #6 – Cybersecurity for Beginners | Network Security Practical Course. Academic Lesson’s Cybersecurity for Beginners is designed to help you strengthen your network security.

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Five tools for global educators

Learning with e's

Blog: Blogging is arguably one of the most powerful tools for global education. I have already written a great deal about the power of blogging, so I won't elaborate too much here. The comments boxes below each post support dialogue, and the tagging feature on most blogs enables easier search for content.

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Learning Professionals Leaders

Tony Karrer

world is becoming more about your network than your current knowledge. She lists the tools and what you should know as: Wikis : How to edit, how to read, how to link to RSS Feeds : What are they, how do I read one, once I have a reader set up how do I scan info collecetd, how do I share info using one Blogs : How do I write one.

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