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The Connected Educator: Building a Professional Learning Network

Allison Rossett

Torrey Trust is my guest blogger. A PLN is “a system of interpersonal connections and resources that support informal learning” (Trust, 2012). The information aggregation tools are used to collect and organize information from various resources (websites, podcasts, blogs). Edmodo and Ning are gaining popularity with educators.

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The Connected Educator: Building a Professional Learning Network

Allison Rossett

Torrey Trust is my guest blogger. A PLN is “a system of interpersonal connections and resources that support informal learning” (Trust, 2012). The information aggregation tools are used to collect and organize information from various resources (websites, podcasts, blogs). Edmodo and Ning are gaining popularity with educators.

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Command-and-Control Leadership vs. People-Centered Leadership

The Performance Improvement Blog

Given the large number of books, articles, blogs , and nings written about employee engagement and people-centered management, you’d think that the command-and-control style of leadership had gone   the way of the ivory-billed woodpecker. line item for travel) before they have earned the trust of their employees.

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Alternative Use of Video in The Classroom – It’s Not Just for Homework Anymore

TechSmith Camtasia

Maybe you are a member of the Flipped Learning Ning and follow a group. California flipped teacher Lisa Highfill reads out loud to her students and asks them to pause the video so her elementary readers can reflect and write. And then has three writing prompts for them to do right there online in the middle and end of her lesson.

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Top 75 eLearning Posts - May 2010

eLearning Learning Posts

A Defense of the LMS (and a case for the future of Social Learning) - Social Enterprise Blog , May 12, 2010 For some time now, I’ve seen a growing negativity toward LMS solutions by a pretty wide group folks in our space. I see it in blog posts, comments, posts, LrnChat discussions, and all sorts of places. Read the interview.