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Informal Professional Development and Personal Learning Networks.
Posted on 10/17/2009 11:59amWhat purpose do informal Professional Development and Personal Learning Networks play in today's educational system?
Posted on 10/25/2009 3:49pmConcrete benefits
I joined the Twitter PLN this summer and quickly found myself more knowledgable than ever before about a cross-section of education topics from policy to pedagogy to technology. As a direct result of the PLN's resource-gathering and professional-development power I now blog about education reform, I've worked to go nearly paperless in my classroom, and I've structured more authentic work involving mentors from our community who come to class once or twice monthly to coach students on different aspects of the students' filmmaking work such as A/V production, documentary filmmaking, writing, and shaping films for middle and high school audiences.
The PLN is the one of the most exciting professional development opportunities I have ever taken advantage of and it's constantly updating and renewing itself.
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Posted on 11/03/2009 5:43pmmore time needed
Chad,
I loved reading about how being active on twitter has made a direct impact on the way you choose to run your classroom. I've been on twitter for such a short time but it has made a difference for me already. I agree that having an active PLN is an excellent way to grow professionally. What challenges do you (or anyone reading this)face in keeping up with your PLN with a busy teacher schedule?
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Hi Mitchell,
As I'm sure you'll agree, professional development(pd)/personal learning networks(pln)'s play such an important role in education. In fact, we feel so strongly about this, we've labeled it as one of our core concepts. We also have a plethora of resources for you to peruse on this subject.
Great teachers help create great students. And I'm sure if you surveyed some successful teachers, you'd find most of them have a PLN of some sort.
Teachers/Administrators/Parents - If you're not on Twitter, I urge you to do so. It's been an invaluable resource for us as an organization (we're lucky to be involved in such a supportive, inspiring PLN).
Still don't believe me on the power of PLNs? Check out this resource from Beth Still (@bethstill - who's also part of our PLN) on PLNs. Tons of resources for you to get started today.