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What makes up your Learning Network?

What makes up your Learning Network?

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Ryan Bertag has been reflecting on Second Life and professional development. I posted a comment there. I have since been mulling it over in light of some conversations I had with fellow members of a professional learning community from my district prior to the end of school. We were trying to define and differentiate between a professional learning community (PLC) and a personal learning network (PLN). Ryan uses the term personal learning environment, I think like that term better. In…

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Lighthouse Learning Island

Lighthouse Learning Island

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I have been exploring Second Life for the last 4 months, it seems much longer than that. During this time I have built up a network of friends and colleagues, attended many wonderful presentations, began volunteering at the DEN and hanging out at the Blogger’s cafe. But now it is time to take it up a notch. I need to become more involved and really experiment with how Second Life can be used as a venue for providing professional development…

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Adding to the network

Adding to the network

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Over the last few years my collaborative network has grown, thanks to wonderful Web 2.0 tools; skype, web conferences, blogs, wikis and the like. But in the last few months the network has grown considerably by the addition of twitter, Secondlife and the Edublogger networks. These include the Bloggers Cafe in on the web and in SecondLife and Edublogger World on Ning. I have been able to have focused discussions with an ever growing group of educators. They have given…

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Adminstrators and Technology

Adminstrators and Technology

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Towards the end of the school year I was asked by a building principal if I liked fixing computers. I do not, and the gentlemen in my district who do that sort of thing would laugh at the thought. I guess he assumed that each time I was in the building I was fixing a computer. He did not realize I was working with teachers developing new skills in using technology tools in their classroom. Another administrator thought my job…

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MIT’s Exhibit tool

MIT’s Exhibit tool

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Tom of Bionic Teaching has been writing about MITs Exhibit tool (post 1 and post 2). I have been thinking about this tool since he first shared his find. This web based tool allows the user to create an interactive Web exhibit. I have been thinking about the Social Studies and Science teachers who make interactive Hyperstudio projects (looking forward to checking out the reprise of hyperstudio) or Keynote/PowerPoints. I think this may be a great option for updating the…

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So what have I been up to….

So what have I been up to….

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Mostly entertaining family… It has been a busy week full of friends, family and lots of fun. But not too much time for keeping up with communication and collaboration with my web connected friends, blogs and Second Life. Is that how you say it? I have joined Ryan’s SecondLife Blogger’s Cafe and Jen Wagner’ web based cafe. Though I have not participated in any discussions yet. I have aided in a Discovery Educators Network tour of Second Life. It was…

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Twitter – finally!

Twitter – finally!

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Well I finally think I have time to give twitter a go. Lets see if I can keep it up and get into the habit. Now I need to develope a friends list, and learn all the ins and outs. I love summer time to play and explore.