TL;DR Version: This post details our use of Google Groups to form an in-house, private personal learning network for support and scaffold students. This details possibilities for constructing your own in-house discussion groups to draw on the power of the hive mind. As I’ve detailed many times on this blog, one of the key tenets…
Today I have the privilege of keynoting the Keystone State Reading Association’s Leadership Workshop at Penn State. Today’s session will consist of a presentation & dialogue focusing on the work habits and process needed to work in an open, networked, collaborative learning space. Specifically, we’ll look at the use of digital texts and tools to allow…
Over the last two weeks I’ve spent some time sharing materials with educators who are interested in opportunities to use Google+ as a tool for learning, socializing, and communicating with colleagues and students. I’ve talked about my use of Google+ previously as my tool of choice in my personal learning network. In this recent work…
This blog post shares basic principles for educators as they develop their own personal learning network. I detail several options that I personally use. Because of the influx of new and digital literacies the ways in which we learn, socialize, and communicate as a society are constantly in a state of flux. This means that…