Doug Peterson from 'Off the Record' suggested that his readers share their PLN experiences and, as he plays a big part in my PLN, here I go! Firstly, what is a Personal/Professional Learning Network to me? I see my PLN as my way to develop professionally; to find out - and share - new, cool, interesting resources and ideas; to find out how other educators deal with similar issues and challenges; to - especially as an international teacher - network and link up with like-minded educators from around the world. As suggested, I'll use Sylvia Duckworth's amazing Sketchnote skills as a visual since my artistic skills are limited to say the least :) My PLNThe following sites are my go-to links to keep me up to date and on the pulse of education, technology updates and life in general... On top of my teaching colleagues, my family & friends - and sometimes my Facebook feed, these guys are my lifeline! I connect with these experts using my 'TOR' account and 'Twitter' through my 'feeddler' app and save and store any of my finds to my Diigo ready to share with my colleagues...
In no particular order...: A Media Specialist's Guide to the Internet: http://mediaspecialistsguide.blogspot.com Ask a Tech Teacher: http://askatechteacher.com Free Technology for Teachers: http://www.freetech4teachers.com Hack Education: http://hackeducation.com ICT For Educators: http://ictforeducators.com Kathy Schrock's Kaffeeklatsch: http://blog.kathyschrock.net Langwitches Blog: http://langwitches.org/blog Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...: http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org Ozge Karaoglu's Blog: http://ozgekaraoglu.edublogs.org Tech Transformation: http://www.maggiehosmcgrane.com The Electric Educator: http://electriceducator.blogspot.com The Nerdy Teacher: http://www.thenerdyteacher.com The Whiteboard Blog: http://www.whiteboardblog.co.uk Google Gooru: https://www.thegooru.com Wright'sRoom: https://shelleywright.wordpress.com Educational Technology Guy: http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com Mr. Bass Online: http://blog.mrbassonline.com doug --- off the record: https://dougpete.wordpress.com Blogging About The Web 2.0 Connected Classroom: http://blog.web20classroom.org Around the Corner-MGuhlin.org: http://www.mguhlin.org Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com TeachThought: http://teachthought.com iPaddiction: http://ipaddiction.blogspot.com iPad Academy: http://ipadacademy.com Global Digital Citizen Foundation: https://globaldigitalcitizen.org The Digital Human Library: http://digitalhumanlibrary.com EdTechTeam: http://blog.edtechteam.com TechChef4u: https://edtechchef.com More Than A Tech: http://morethanatech.com Edudemic: http://www.edudemic.com The Ed Tech Roundup: http://www.edtechroundup.org Cycles of Learning: http://www.cyclesoflearning.com/learning--instruction GOOD: http://m.good.is Shake Up Learning: http://www.shakeuplearning.com Managebac Blog: http://blog.managebac.com Ditch That Textbook: http://ditchthattextbook.com
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This is a complete draft and I would love some suggestions and feedback. I want it to be a go-to source for all teachers and students from G3+ in our school... Let me know what you think :) The current (but flexible!) agenda: 3:45: Refreshments 4:00: Full Dome Interactive Demo in the Planetarium (always good to start with something fun – and a great way to ‘encourage’ you to get there on time ) 4:20: Review of the year (here are some of the things you have already said) (Be ready to share the highlights!) - Looking back: successes at your school (things you are proud of) - Looking forward: aims for next year/things to improve at your school 4:40: As a network…? Please add your thoughts to this Padlet 5:00: Complete the ‘Evidence of Impact’ Survey. This is REALLY important - even if you can't make the meeting, please complete this survey!
5:15: Any Other Business? Another excellent meeting - in fact, as Syed rightly said, it was more like a conference with so much sharing of excellent practice across the network - thank you to all that were present, apologies to those who attempted to join my failed Google Hangout and, above all, many thanks to the generous hosts at The Westminster School - Dubai... Facebook: groups and security settingsScroll down to see another post regarding this along with a comparison between the advantages of Facebook Groups, Pages or a regular Blog... Please click here or scan the QR Code to the right to request to join our ICT Network Facebook Group Please
Sites created by us!(a work in progress - send me the ones I missed!) Other amazing sites and resources(a work in progress - send me the ones I missed!)
Being 'connected' has it's advantages - being able to 'follow' experts in your areas of interest from all around the world has MASSIVE potential - imagine the learning and sharing this could generate AND this is exactly what is happening on Twitter, Pinterest and Google+ - question is, why are you not involved?!
Truly GOOD Professional Development is hard to come by - it is very unusual that what you want/need is what you get when you go on a course but online you have the opportunity to personalise your learning. These are the teaching professionals with a focus on technology around the world that I follow:
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About MeHello, I am Tony Potts, Primary Assistant Principal at the American International School of Lusaka, Zambia. Please feel free to ask me ANY questions...
I was previously a tech integration specialist, ManageBac Coordinator, iPad Coach & ICT/MYP Design Teacher in the same school and before this I was the PK-12 Director of Digital Learning, ICT Coordinator, teacher and technology integration specialist at GEMS World Academy, Dubai. Blog RollHere are some of the sites that I have been involved in creating:
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My 'favourites!'This is a Top 5 list of blogs that I follow on my Google Reader - so where I get to know what I know - HIGHLY recommended:
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