In this digital, globally networked age of social and personal media, I believe it is important for everyone to have a personal learning network.
My personal learning network includes regular and open exchanges of ideas and
information with board members, students, parents and educators- locally,
nationally and internationally.
I have participated in live blogging with students in Colorado, web chatted with noted educators, participated in Webinars, exchanged emails with a 17 year old software developer who created a computer program I use regularly and actively follow prominent education innovators through google reader and twitter.
For more information about Personal Learning Networks
You Tube video “The Networked Student”
Books I recommend:
Here Comes Everybody, Clay Shirky
The Global Achievement Gap, Tony Wagner
The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It, Jonathan Zittrain
A Whole New Mind, Daniel Pink
Disrupting Class, Clayton Christensen
The World is Flat, Tom Friedman
Eight Habits of the Heart, Clifton Taulbert
The Dance of Change, Peter Senge
Our Iceberg is Melting, John Kotter
I learn from:
Education Week http://www.edweek.org/
The Fischbowl http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/
Will Richardson http://weblogg-ed.com/
Sheryl Nussbaum Beach http://21stcenturylearning.typepad.com/blog/
Dr. Punya Mishra http://punya.educ.msu.edu/
Dr. Yong Zhao http://zhao.educ.msu.edu/
Rob Glass http://blogs.dexter.k12.mi.us/glassr/
US Department of Education http://www.ed.gov/news/
Michigan Department of Education http://www.michigan.gov/mde
TED talks http://www.ted.com/
November Learning http://novemberlearning.com/
Learning Now PBS http://www.pbs.org/teachers/learning.now/
Seaholm Highlander http://seaholmhighlander.com/
Groves Scriptor http://grovesscriptor.com/
Birmingham Public Schools has many innovative, talented and dedicated teachers, principals and administrators who are working hard to enhance, improve and transform instructional practice to benefit student learning.
I hope to continue to have the privilege of working and learning with them.
