ERIC Number: ED527050
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Sep
Pages: 136
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: ISBN-978-1-4129-9492-7
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Constructing an Online Professional Learning Network for School Unity and Student Achievement
Thompson, Robin; Kitchie, Laurie; Gagnon, Robert
Corwin
What if your professional learning community was available 24 hours a day, every day of the year? Would you like to have a place to share lesson plans, student work, a new curriculum, and to provide a discussion forum for all stakeholders? You can, even with only a basic understanding of technology. The authors explain how they created an online professional learning network to share a new core curriculum, providing a framework for constructing such a network to fit your school's needs. The many benefits include: (1) Enhanced communication among teachers, administrators, and the community; (2) Easy access to professional development for many more participants; (3) Implementation of best practices and instructional strategies for improved teacher performance; and (4) Increased understanding of and commitment to educational goals. Included are checklists, flowcharts, screenshots of an actual learning network, case studies, and a glossary of terms. This book provides all the tools you need to build a successful and motivating professional community online. The following chapters are contained in this book: (1) Focusing on a Professional Learning Network; (2) Zooming in on Leadership; (3) Going Digital: Infusing Technology Into a PLN; (4) Landscape for Communication of Information; (5) Framing Curriculum and Instruction; (6) Exposures to Learning; (7) Begin Your Focus With Eight Steps; and (8) Adding Perspective: Viewing a PLN With a New Lens. References and an Index are also included. [This book is a joint publication with Learning Forward.]
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Core Curriculum, Educational Technology, Communities of Practice, Computer Mediated Communication, Internet, Computer Uses in Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Access to Education, Check Lists, Flow Charts, Case Studies, Glossaries, Technology Integration, Guidelines, Program Development, Leadership
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Publication Type: Books; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Adult Education; Elementary Secondary Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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