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Personal Learning Networks Using the Power of Connections to Transform Education

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ISBN-10: 193554327X

ISBN-13: 9781935543275

Edition: 3rd 2012

Authors: Will Richardson, Rob Mancabelli

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The Internet now connects us in unprecedented ways. We have access to tools will allow us to build global learning networks where we can pursue our intellectual and creative passions with people around the world. As educators, these networked opportunities present a very big challenge. To prepare students to flourish in this new learning world, schools will need to transform themselves in important ways. Personal Learning Networks: Using the Power of Connections to Transform Education is a road map to follow down the path to that transformation. In order to bring these learning networks into classrooms, teachers must first create learning networks of their own. Authors Will Richardson and…    
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Book details

List price: $35.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Solution Tree
Publication date: 11/15/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 168
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Will Richardson is an internationally known "evangelist" for the use of Weblogs, RSS, and related Internet technologies in classrooms and schools. A classroom teacher for more than 20 years, he has integrated these technologies into his curricula and has spoken to thousands of educators on the merits of "The Read/Write Web." In various Weblog projects, his students have collaborated with best-selling authors, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists, and students in classrooms from around the world. One of the first educator bloggers, Richardson's Weblog at www.weblogg-ed.com has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Times, Syllabus (now Campus Technology), and other publications, and…    

About The Authors
Introduction: The Power of Networked Learning
Right Here, Right Now
It's Not About Reform; It's About Transform
The Learning-Network Divide in Schools
Marrying Facebook to Fantastic Learning
Two Problems and a Challenge
How Can We Help?
What Are the Steps?
Understanding the Power of PLNs
The Big Shifts
Rethinking Learning
It's Not as Easy as It Looks
Learning Networks
New Literacies
Changing Skills
Network Effects
Does It Work?
Looking Forward Versus Looking Backward
Becoming a Networked Learner
A New Way to Look at Learning
The Path to Learning Networks
Guideposts for Learning in Networks
The Tools
Levels of Participation
Making It Work
Implementing a Networked Classroom
What Changes
The Benefits of the Networked Classroom
What the Networked Classroom Looks Like
Strategies for the Networked Classroom
The Challenges of the Networked Classroom
Making the Move
Becoming a Networked School
Our Kids Need Everyone
Making Change: The Three Cornerstones
The Pilot: A Case Study
Beyond the Pilot
Success Will Come
Ensuring Success of Learning Network Adoption
Money Politics, and Technology
Technical Support
School Policies
Resistance to Change-The �Yeah, Buts …�
Closing In on the Finish Line
Epilogue: The Future of Schooling
References and Resources
Index