Randy Damewood, Director of Technology Coffee County Schools
If you would like information on me presenting at your school or district, please email me [email protected]
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PLN - Personal Learning Network - Resources for the Admin
Please drop me a line if you have a question or would like me to discuss training in your district you can email me
Below are some great resources to get you started in building your PLN. Remember - it is not how many people you follow and gather information from- but the quality of those people.
Remember the key word is Personal - make it what you need it to be
What is a PLN youtube video
5 Tools for the Administrator youtube video
You get what you put into it
Many tools
You do not have to recreate the wheel (as you can see below)
May need to be careful as to the sites that you go to and links that you follow
Can be overwhelming - Focus on what is important- do not worry about what you may have missed
Dr. Holly Atkins describes her thouht of PLNS this way-
5 Cs of
PLNs:
Connect
Collect
Create
Contribute
Collaborate
Eric Sheninger- great example of a principal that has used PLN's to great advantage for himself, his school and his students. An excellent starting point!
Now to the Tools
Twitter - A great tool for building your PLN - A principal's definition
Look at the number of followers, Limit to only the best
5 Steps- Create Account, Follow Some Hashtags, Pick the best, use Favorites, follow up
Follow Somebody, look and see whom they are following,
It is all about the Hashtag
Basic Info about Twitter, Hashtag listing for Education,
Good Starting Hashtags
#edchat
For principals
#cpchat, #edreform, #edtech (mention how I got this info)
Super Secret Twitter Tips and Tricks (Steven Anderson)
http://www.guide2digitallearning.com/blog_steven_anderson/my_super_secret_twitter_tips_and_tricks
Some great people to follow
@tomwhitby,(for session, use Tom) @web20classroom, @NMHS_Principal, @adambellow, @ddraper, @kylepace,@rroysden, @HallDavidson, @randydamewood
Other Twitter Tools
Tweetdeck (click here for a short video)
Search Twitter without an account - click here
Search someone's favorites on twitter - find the account and then add favorites at the end -http://twitter.com/twitterusername/favorites
Read it Later Resources
Diigo - Here is a list of the 6 best groups to join for Education
Instapaper Great for Mobile
Pocket Great for Mobile
Scoop.it
Read Quick
Cybrary Man's PLN Stars
Web20Classroom Guide to Twitter
Tweetedtimes
Paper.LI
Mobile
Pulse (does have a web interface)
Video Collaboration
Skype
Google Hangouts (will need a gmail account)
Education Blogs and Online Resources
Edutiopia
Educator's PLN
Eduteacher
Free Technology for Teachers - A great ed blog by Richard Byrne
Listing of the top 100 Education Blogs
John Kuglin Blog - A tremendous resource for everything - Just explore
Follow People you hear at a conference (Rushton Hurley) Nextvista.org
Great Articles to Read
Principal's Tool Kit How To Engage Administrators with Technology
Social Media at your School
Apps for the Administrator (a Pinterest post)
Google+, Facebook
Can be used as great resources for finding and learning about education.
Google+ Kyle Pace
Pinterest (37 Ways to use Pinterest in the classroom)
Live Binders (search in education for Common Core)
https://sites.google.com/site/anytimepd/home/essential-pln-tools
Other Resources
Principal's Tool Kit
Teacher Channel Great resource for you and your teachers
Youtube
Nextvista.org
Of course, you can add me.
