As educators, we live in a very exciting time for our profession. For the first time in history, we have the ability to connect with others from around the world to discuss all aspects of education, without having to leave our schools or homes. There are many tools available to us that can provide personalized professional development... Here are a few of my favorites
Twitter:
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video from Eric Scheninger on the value of Twitter and social media for learning (follow him @nmhs_principal)
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Collection of Education hashtags from @cybraryman1
Edmodo: Outstading platform for creating a secure forum for sharing information, ideas, successes, and failures. There are also professional pages you can follow.
Pinterest: for visual learners, Pinterest offers a great opportunity to share, curate, and organize information found on the web. Follow other pinners or search for topics of interest.
Blogs: Many progressive educators have outstanding blogs. I highly recommend reading the following blogs:
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Eric Scheninger
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Brad Currie
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Create-Ed
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Scott Rocco
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Vicki Davis
Zite: With so much information available online today, it’s increasingly difficult and time-consuming to find the content we want. That’s where Zite comes in. Zite evaluates millions of new stories every day, looking at the type of article, its key attributes and how it is shared across the web. Zite uses this information to match stories to your personal interests and then delivers them automatically to your iPad or iPhone.
