Lagniappe for Learning

Personal Learning Environment (PLE) is a descriptive term for the growth and development that professionals need to be effective. Rather than (or perhaps in addition to) a traditional class in a formal educational institution, a PLE is much more informal and often, web-based.
My current PLE includes

reading posts from approximately 175 blogs (education-related, technology-related, and [...]

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It was one of those weeks…pretty ordinary with its share of highs and lows - and yet, worthy of reflection (isn’t everything really?)

one of the high school students made me laugh when he said to me, “…you make me think!” in a light conversation after school - seems I habitually challenge him to engage those [...]

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Networking opportunities abound in the twitterdom these days. I still find it incredible that folks all around the world with common interests can spontaneously connect and collaborate - we are definitely living in a shifting world…and I love it!
So, last week Jennifer (injenuity) announced she would be developing a Google Doc presentation for her [...]

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3 Reasons Meme

Time for a new blog meme to help spread the word about the upcoming K12 Online Conference 2007.  When you are tagged– simply create a blog post where you link to this flickr photo. Then write your 3 reasons and tag several others who will do the same thing. After you tag someone [...]

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Last week brought a bevy of online connections which solidifies my belief in the changing way we need to do ‘business’.
It all started over the weekend when I sporadically followed the Learning 2.0 conference in Shanghai (now in a dynamic and ‘to-be-continued’ status, thanks to Jeff Utecht) - the Ning site was a great mashup [...]

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