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Constructing an Online Professional Learning Network for School Unityand Student Achievement.

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....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thompson, Robin
Otros Autores: Gagnon, Robert, Kitchie, Laurie
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] : Corwin, A SAGE Publications Company, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.