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Derek L. McCoy Principal

Developing Your PLN: An Essential Function for the 21 st Century Educator. Derek L. McCoy Principal. Today’s Explorations. Define a PLN. Purpose of a PLN. Why a PLN?. Tools. Inspire Connection. Developing Your PLN. Define a PLN. Professional Learning Network. Developing Your PLN.

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Derek L. McCoy Principal

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  1. Developing Your PLN:An Essential Function for the 21st Century Educator Derek L. McCoy Principal

  2. Today’s Explorations Define a PLN • Purpose of a PLN Why a PLN? Tools Inspire Connection Developing Your PLN

  3. Define a PLN Professional Learning Network Developing Your PLN

  4. Developing Your PLN

  5. Expectations/Responsibilities of School Leaders Developing Your PLN

  6. Developing Your PLN

  7. GA Leader Assessment on • Performance Standards • Standard 1: Instructional Leadership • Standard 2: School Climate • Standard 3: Planning and Assessment • Standard 4: Organizational Management • Standard 5: Human Resources Management • Standard 6: Teacher/Staff Evaluation • Standard 7: Professionalism • Standard 8: Communication and Community Relations Expectations/Responsibilities Developing Your PLN

  8. Developing Your PLN

  9. PLN – Professional Learning Network • The ‘What’ Developing Your PLN

  10. Professional Learning NetworkThe “Why’ Unisolate Developing Your PLN

  11. Professional Learning NetworkThe “Why’ Continued Learning Developing Your PLN

  12. Shared Experience - PLN Developing Your PLN

  13. PLN Tools This is an example text. Go ahead and replace it with your own text. This is an example text. Go ahead and replace it with your own text. This is an example text. Go ahead and replace it with your own text. Developing Your PLN

  14. Twitter Templates Global connector! Social Media Phenomenon! Best way to learn is to teach [SHARE!] Learning Tool! Sharing Tool! Growing Tool! Developing Your PLN

  15. Twitter

  16. Twitter Best Practices Join Twitter! Find peers and follow! 1 Read what people are sharing: Blogs, articles, research 2 3 Share information: Retweet, Email 4 Commit to Tweeting a specific amount 5 Lurk and Learn 6 No pressure! You will get more from Twitter if you give! Developing Your PLN

  17. # Twitter Hashtags Popular Hashtags #edchat – Education, worldwide (lots of US teachers). A really useful hashtag if you are interested in tweeting with a wide range of educators worldwide. #edtech – a very wide range of tweets relating to the use of technology in education #cpchat – Connected Principals Chat #lrnchat – Learning chat #mlearning – mobile learning #edadmin – Education Administration #scichat #mathchat #engchat Cybraryman Edudemic

  18. Twitter Chat Schedule #ncadmin #edfocus

  19. GA Leader Assessment on • Performance Standards • Standard 1: Instructional Leadership • Standard 2: School Climate • Standard 3: Planning and Assessment • Standard 4: Organizational Management • Standard 5: Human Resources Management • Standard 6: Teacher/Staff Evaluation • Standard 7: Professionalism • Standard 8: Communication and Community Relations Expectations/Responsibilities Developing Your PLN

  20. TweetDeck Twitter Management Tools Hootsuite

  21. Professional Learning NetworkA “Who’ http://mrbernia.wordpress.com/2012/04/14/our-parent-plan-for-next-year/

  22. Google+ Templates Multi-Functions Next tool in connectivity and learning! Ties into your Google! If you have Gmail, you are 1 Click Away! Learning Tool! Sharing Tool! Growing Tool! Developing Your PLN

  23. Google+ Developing Your PLN

  24. Impact Strategies for Both Tools Twitter Google+ 1 Sign up! Join! Sign up! Join! 2 Narrow topic searches Narrow topic searches 3 Find a way to share Find a way to share 4 Follow the followers of others Follow the followers of others Developing Your PLN

  25. PLN Needs • Newsfeed/Aggregator • Google • Yahoo • Blogger • WordPress • Video Chat • Google+ • Skype Developing Your PLN

  26. Developing Your PLN

  27. Resources

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