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2015-Overcoming Obstacles

High-Quality, Free, Online Professional Development

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Presenter: Dr. Devery J. Rodgers
Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
@D_Educator

Presentation Description: Within this presentation, participants will learn to expand their professional learning networks (PLNs) to include online modes of professional development. After sharing research as foundation for the effectiveness of ongoing PD, participants have the opportunity to engage in an interactive activity which garners their thoughts and ideas around the present state of PD in their environments. We then discuss PLNs and what the research says about the power of harnessing these networks. We’ll then expand our PLNs to include a myriad of professional development opportunities online. Participants will be introduced to webizines, social networking, open courseware, professional organization opportunities, webinars, online conferences, portals of PD, etc. Participants are able to access the multimedia presentation with links, research, videos, testimonials, and guiding data. There is also a monitored backchannel, in addition to connected discussion on Twitter.

 

Link to presentation’s supporting documents:
http://deveryrodgers.weebly.com/pres–pub.html

Additional Information:
http://DeveryRodgers.com

2010-Leading the Change

Connected Learning Communities (CLC): Learning and Leading in the Digital Age

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Presenter: Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach
Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia USA
Link to presenter’s K12Online Ning Profile page

Presentation Title: Connected Learning Communities (CLC): Learning and Leading in the Digital Age

Presentation Description: Professional learning communities can engender much-needed meaningful collaboration and learning among educators — collaboration that leads to improved practice, greater student achievement and positive school reform; collaboration now further enabled by the affordances of current technologies.

As a result of this presentation participants will understand the dispositions and skills required to become self directed learners in a participatory culture, to engage in inquiry-driven learning, to share ideas and expertise in global ever-growing sustainable personal/professional learning networks as well as situated and virtual learning communities.

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Link to presentation’s supporting documents:
http://21stcenturylearning.wikispaces.com/K12Online

Additional Information:
Powerful Learning Practice

21st Century Collaborative

21st Century Learning Wiki

Sheryl on Twitter: @snbeach

Sheryl on LinkedIn: @snbeach

Sheryl on Facebook: sheryl.nussbaumbeach

Sheryl on Delicious: snbeach50

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