Sunday, January 11, 2009

Building a Digital Locker: Personal Learning Networks Explained | Edutopia

Vicki Davis's recent article in Edutopia described how her students use PLN for their research projects. Before reading this article, I always thought of a PLN as a way for teachers to organize their personal learning.

Vicki Davis describes the benefits of student created PLN. The students become responsible for their own learning and develop information-management skills.

tags: education, edutopia, PLN



"I think the ability to create a PLN is a fundamental information-management skill that will help my students succeed in the future."

"With PLNs, we can now empower the personalized learning we've been longing to bring to education."

"I'm thrilled that my students know how to connect efficiently to great sources of information and can now construct an environment that will make them lifelong learners. And, truly, creating a self-directed learner is the pinnacle of educational achievement."


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Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Sunday, January 4, 2009

Countdown to Conference

NICE Mini-Conference
January 31, 2009

See Conference Flyer for more details.

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Time to Reflect

Classroom 2.0 LIVE!is hosting a webcast and show: "What We Learned in 2008" on January 2nd. Click here for more information and a link to the webcast.

Here is my 2008 Top-Ten list for education technology tools:
Classroom 2.0
Google Reader
iGoogle
Blogger
VoiceThread
Diigo
Jing
Weebly
Google Docs
Wordle

What were your favorite education technology tools in 2008?

Saturday, December 20, 2008

Teacher Training Videos created by Russell Stannard


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January 2009 Conference

Attention Chicago area teachers and technology staff!

Make plans to attend the 15th Annual NICE Mini-Conference
Sponsored by Northern Illinois Computing Educators

  • 21 sessions!
  • Fabulous raffles!
  • Continental breakfast!

When:
Saturday, January 31, 2009

Time:
8:30 A.M. - 1:00 P.M.

Location:
Stevenson High School

Cost:
$5.00

Visit the NICE website at:
http://chapters.iceberg.org/nice