building a pln
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Personal Learning Network - SD#61 WorkshopTRANSCRIPT
Building a PLN(Personal Learning Network)
(How can we increase digital literacy in our school and our classrooms?)
What’s the issue?
• Teachers are inquisitive about technology• Have time constraints• How do we find
solutions?
How can we learn about technology from each other?
Teachers were inquiring about many of these applications:
Teacher Outcomes
• Teachers could make time to play & familiarize themselves with new technologies
• Work together/Share ideas• Build projects/activities/lessons• Interdepartmental initiatives• Created avenues to increase dialogue during
the week – spontaneously
Student Outcomes
Teacher learning = Student learning• Learning from personal interest• Student focused• Motivating/Autonomous• Modeling/enthusiasm/interest• 21st Century skills• Shift focus of learning – Active vs Passive
What’s next?
• Awakened curiosities – continue during self-directed ProD next year
• Build projects/lessons/activities using new digital literacies
• Increase PLNs with social media – Twitter• Use more of these: #RSSLearns, #Reynolds,
#SD61learn, #educ, #edchat, #bced