Description
Advance your professional learning community into the digital age
What if you had a school-based online forum for sharing lesson plans, student work, or a new curriculum? You can! The authors explain how they created an online professional learning network and provide all the tools needed to construct an online network to fit your school’s needs. Benefits include:
- Enhanced communication among teachers, administrators, and the community
- Easy access to professional development for many more participants
- Implementation of best practices and instructional strategies for improved teacher performance
- Increased understanding of and commitment to reaching educational goals
Table of Contents
List of Figures
Preface: Getting the Big Picture
How the Concept of a Professional Learning Network Came into Focus
What to Expect in this Book
Why We Wrote this Book
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
1. Focusing on a Professional Learning Network
What Is a Professional Learning Network?
Why PLN Focus?
Snapshot of Our PLN
A Bird's-Eye View of How to Build Your PLN
Review
Resources
2. Zooming in on Leadership
Why a Leadership Focus for a PLN
Snapshot of Leadership in Our PLN
A Bird's-Eye View of Leadership for Your PLN
Review
Resource
3. Going Digital: Infusing Technology Into a PLN
Why a Technology Focus for a PLN?
Snapshot of Technology on Our PLN
A Bird's-Eye View of Technology for Your PLN
Review
Resource
4. Landscape for Communication of Information
Why a Communication Focus for a PLN?
Snapshot of Communication on Our PLN
A Bird's-Eye View of Communication on Your PLN
Review
5. Framing Curriculum and Instruction
Why a Curriculum Focus for a PLN?
Snapshot of Curriculum on Our PLN
A Bird's-Eye View of Curriculum on Your PLN
Review
Resources
6. Exposures to Learning
Why a Professional Development Focus for a PLN?
Snapshot of Professional Development on Our PLN
A Bird's-Eye View of Professional Development on Your PLN
Review
7. Begin Your Focus With Eight Steps
What are the Steps You Need to Begin?
Snapshot of the Eight Steps to Build Your PLN
Review
Resource
8. Adding Perspective: Viewing a PLN With a New Lens
A Review of Why a PLN
A Snapshot of Our Experience
The Future of PLNs
The Future of Your PLN
References
Index
