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Blogging, social media, and PLN's made easy!
Collectively, we're all smarter than we are individually. In this expert guide, EdTech leaders help you harness the power of connected collaboration using the Internet and social media. You'll easily leverage Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and beyond for profound professional growth. Use real-world tips and tools to:
Master and adapt to 21st Century teaching methodologies
Build ongoing technology literacy for you and your students
Connect and collaborate with education leaders across the globe
Get connected. Get engaged. Use this inspiring, step-by-step manual to expand your personal and professional network today!
The Corwin Connected Educators series is your key to unlocking the greatest resource available to all educators: other educators. Being a Connected Educator is more than a set of actions: it's a belief in the potential of technology to fuel lifelong learning.
"The successful educator is a connected educator. Quite simply, this book is a manual to stay relevant and energized in a rapidly changing profession. I highly recommend this as the definitive guidebook on building connections for the modern educator."
Vicki Davis, Author "Reinventing Writing"
Tom Whitby has brought together a who's who list any educator would want to be connected with and learn from! His latest book shares great ideas on how teachers can use online strategies as one way to look and learn beyond our all-too-often isolated classrooms.
Larry Ferlazzo, Award-Winning Teacher, Blogger, and Author
Helping Students Motivate Themselves
Contents
Personalized Learning - Tom Whitby
Digitally Enhanced Leadership - Kyle Pace
Empowered Professional Learning - Kristen Swanson
Authentic Learning - Steven W. Anderson
Blogging - George Couros
Giving Our Students A Voice Through Global Connections - Shannon Miller
Student Personal Learning Networks - Lisa Nielsen
Digital Learning Tools - Adam Bellow
Putting the Horse Before the Cart: Contemporary Learning and Practice as Policy Drivers - Pam Moran
