developing your pln 2012

Developing Your PLN:

Derek L. McCoyPrincipal

Developing Your PLN:An Essential Function for the 21st Century Administrator

DEFINE A PLNDEFINE A PLN

PURPOSE OF A PLNPURPOSE OF A PLN

Today’s Explorations

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WHY A PLN?WHY A PLN?

TOOLSTOOLS

INSPIRE CONNECTIONINSPIRE CONNECTION

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NC Administrative Evaluation

Standard 4: Human Resource LeadershipStandard 4: Human Resource Leadership

Professional Development/Learning Communities:

The principal ensures that the school is a

professional learning community.

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NC Administrative EvaluationStandard 1: Strategic LeadershipStandard 1: Strategic Leadership

Standard 2: Instructional Leadership

Standard 3: Cultural Leadership

Standard 4: Human Resource Leadership

Standard 5: Managerial Leadership

Standard 6: External Development Leadership

Standard 7: Micropolitical LeadershipExpectations/Responsibilities Developing Your PLN

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PLN – Professional Learning Network

The ‘What’

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PROFESSIONAL LEARNING NETWORK

THE “WHY’

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PROFESSIONAL LEARNING NETWORK

THE “WHY’

Unisolate

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PROFESSIONAL LEARNING NETWORK

THE “WHY’

Continued Learning

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Continued Learning

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SHARED EXPERIENCE - PLN

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PLN Tools

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Twitter

Templates

Learning Tool!Best way tolearn is to teach[SHARE!]

Globalconnector!

Social MediaPhenomenon!

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Learning Tool!

Sharing Tool!

Growing Tool!

Twitter

Twitter

Read what people are sharing: Blogs, articles, researchRead what people are sharing: Blogs, articles, research

Twitter Best Practices

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Join Twitter! Find peers and follow!

Share information: Retweet, Email

Commit to Tweeting a specific amountCommit to Tweeting a specific amount

No pressure! You will get more from Twitter if you give!No pressure! You will get more from Twitter if you give!

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Lurk and Learn

Twitter Hashtags #Popular Hashtags#edchat – Education, worldwide (lots of US teachers). A really useful hashtag if you are interested in tweeting with a wide range of educators worldwide.#edtech – a very wide range of tweets relating to the use of technology in educationeducation#cpchat – Connected Principals Chat#lrnchat – Learning chat#mlearning – mobile learning#edadmin – Education Administration#scichat#mathchat#engchat

Edudemic Cybraryman

TwitterChatSchedule

Twitter Management ToolsTweetDeck

Hootsuite

PROFESSIONAL LEARNING NETWORK

A “WHO’

John Bernia

@MrBernia@MrBerniaMiddle School Principal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA5BfdVsmcw&feature=youtube_gdata_player

PROFESSIONAL LEARNING NETWORK

A “WHO’

http://mrbernia.wordpress.com/2012/04/14/our-parent-plan-for-next-year/

Google+

Templates

Learning Tool!Ties into yourGoogle!

If you have Gmail,you are 1 ClickAway!

Multi-Functions

Next tool inconnectivity andlearning!

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Learning Tool!

Sharing Tool!

Growing Tool!

GOOGLE+

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GOOGLE+

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TwitterTwitter

Sign up! Join!Sign up! Join!

Narrow topic searchesNarrow topic searches

Impact Strategies for Both ToolsImpact Strategies for Both ToolsImpact Strategies for Both ToolsImpact Strategies for Both Tools

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Google+Google+

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Narrow topic searchesNarrow topic searches

Follow the followers of others

Find a way to shareFind a way to share

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Follow the followers of others

Find a way to shareFind a way to share

Narrow topic searchesNarrow topic searches

NC Administrative EvaluationStandard 1: Strategic LeadershipStandard 1: Strategic Leadership

Standard 2: Instructional Leadership

Standard 3: Cultural Leadership

Standard 4: Human Resource Leadership

Standard 5: Managerial Leadership

Standard 6: External Development Leadership

Standard 7: Micropolitical LeadershipDeveloping Your PLN

PLN Needs•Blogger•WordPress

Newsfeed/Aggregator

•Google•Yahoo

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•Yahoo

Video Chat

•Google+•Skype

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Resources

THANK YOU!THANK YOU!