21st Century Educator

Here is a great video shared on the Edweek blog.

This video should be something to show your staff at the beginning of the year. In  fact, I'd like to make the focus of my training next year on building personal learning networks for the teachers, so that they see the value of their PLN.  Some of the staff at my school are connected with teachers from other schools and other parts of the world, but most are not except in limited ways.  More than anything else, I'd like my staff to see the value in creating their own learning network.

You should read the entire blog post on the Edweek blog and then decide how you will start your school year.

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About David

David is a mathematics teacher and a learning specialist for technology at Stratford Hall in Vancouver, BC. He has been teaching since 2002, and has worked in Brooklyn, London, and Bangkok before moving back to Canada. He has his Masters degree in Educational Technology from UBC, and is the co-author of a mathematics textbook. He has been published in ISTE's Leading and Learning, Educational Technology Solutions, The Software Developers Journal, The Bangkok Post and Edutopia. He blogs with the Cooperative Catalyst, and is the Assessment group facilitator for Edutopia. He has also helped organize the first Edcamp in Canada, and TEDxKIDS@BC.