Educators Are Doin' It For Themselves: Creating Their Own Professional...
Educators are creating their own professional development opportunities on their own time without compensation, acknowledgement, nor credit. With so many great resources on the web, teachers are...
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Personalized learning is on the rise for learners in our schools. Redesigned schools include personal learning plans, playlists of content tailored to fit each learner, adaptive curriculum, and access...
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View Article10 signs you are a tech-savvy teacher - Daily Genius
You love it when you don't know the answer to something. It gives you the opportunity to tap into the real-time learning happening on Twitter and other socSee it on Scoop.it, via Alternative...
View ArticleWhy Self-Education Is Crucial For Your Career: From Preparation To Using Free...
Self-education can sometimes help you immensely when you want to apply real world knowledge to a career. While others might say that a university educationSee it on Scoop.it, via Alternative...
View ArticleTen Tips for Becoming a Connected Educator
Elana Leoni, Edutopia's Social Media Marketing Manager, shares ten tips to become a connected educator -- including making the time to connect, following educators you respect, and being open to...
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View ArticleWhy Educators Should Spend 15 Minutes a Day on Social Media
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View ArticleHow to Maintain Your Digital Identity As An Academic
If you don’t manage your online presence, then you are allowing search engines to create it for you.See it on Scoop.it, via Alternative Professional Development
View ArticleBuilding your PLN
Know it or not, you already have some sort of Personal Learning Network or PLN! It could be your colleagues, family, students, friends - whoever! But with the power of the web and online...
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We we must spend more time talking to each other about teaching (Palmer, 2007, 148) #LTHEchat (Learning and Teaching in Higher Education chat) was an idea initially conceived by Chrissi Nerantzi...
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#LTHEchat was an idea initially conceived by Chrissi Nerantzi (MMU) and Sue Beckingham (SHU) as an opportunity for educators in higher education to discuss lea…See it on Scoop.it, via Alternative...
View ArticleContent Discovery Tools
Where do you find new valuable content for your area of interest? Here a few selected tools that can help you out.See it on Scoop.it, via Alternative Professional Development
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What is #blimage? It started out as a simple challenge- compose a blog post about learning using an image as inspiration. It's about creativity in constraint...See it on Scoop.it, via Alternative...
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Pinterest is a visual discovery tool that you can use to find ideas for all your projects and interests.Sue Beckingham's insight:A collection of the #blimage posts - blog in response to an image in...
View ArticleLearning with 'e's: The #blimage list
Sue Beckingham's insight:A curation of #blimage blog posts by Steve WheelerSee it on Scoop.it, via Alternative Professional Development
View ArticleHow to Connect With Other Teachers in the Social Age | Edudemic
With new media, shifting standards, and evolving pedagogies, teachers need a community to find and give support. They need to be able to exchange ideas.See it on Scoop.it, via Alternative Professional...
View ArticleLearning with 'e's: The #blideo list
Sue Beckingham's insight:"Hot on the heels of the popular #blimage post challenge (See here for almost 200 posts), where people send each other images and write learning related blogs about them, we...
View ArticleQuestions about online ‘openness’
Source of image What motivates academics and teachers to get involved in areas of practice that are NOT supported by their institutions? Why invest even longer hours in supporting educational...
View ArticlePLN 2 Go
Sue Beckingham's insight:A blog to assist you in getting started if you are new to the concept of personal learning networks (PLNs). An opportunity to think through PLNs - with links to sites for...
View ArticleEnhancing your Academic online presence using LinkedIn
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View ArticleHow to work out loud
In school we were taught to shield our work and keep our thinking to ourselves. In the workplace we are encouraged to collaborate and communicate with peers.This mindset shift has been expanded onSee...
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View ArticleFive reasons to use Twitter for your virtual CPD
As educators, our role is to facilitate a learning experience that is interesting, current, flexible, challenging, collaborative, adaptive - and fun! But that’s why we chose this profession isn’t it?...
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However, here's a visual thought I captured from a speaker at the ALTC conference, Catherine Cronin, care of a quote by Joi Ito.See it on Scoop.it, via Alternative Professional Development
View ArticleThe corridor of uncertainty: Taking charge of your professional development
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View ArticlePresenters of ISTE 2016 Big Ideas - Jennie Magiera
ISTE 2016 presenter and educator Jennie Magiera shares her passion about teacher empowerment with Steve Hargadon in Denver at the 2016 ISTE conference & expo.See it on Scoop.it, via Alternative...
View ArticleChallenge: Make Informal Learning Visible & Valuable
Cal Wick, Founder Fort Hill Company A Research Report from the 2016 ATD ICE At the 2016 Association for Talent Development (ATD) International Conference and Expo (ICE) in Denver, Kathy Granger and I...
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