<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"><base href="x-msg://221/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Hi all.</div><div><br></div>I am a member of an FB group. My biggest problem with it is that after a while the posts disappear. The order also changes depending on who posted where, last. <div><br></div><div>They are great for conversations…..but if you want to go back and look at, say posts about last year's U4O2 sacs, they would be deleted. I love FB and find it great for other stuff, but I also like the fact that on <b>this </b>email group I can search through the old posts for information that was put up on previous years. <br><div apple-content-edited="true">
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Thanks,<br>Simone<br><br>************************************<br>Simone Tynan<br>eLearning Leader<br>LOTE Leader P-12<br><a href="mailto:Simone.Tynan@shcy.vic.edu.au">Simone.Tynan@shcy.vic.edu.au</a><br><br>Sacred Heart College<br>P.O. Box 286<br>Yarrawonga<br>Victoria 3730<br>Phone (03)5744 3258</div>
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<br><div><div>On 18/06/2013, at 8:36 AM, "Savage, John L" <<a href="mailto:savage.john.l@edumail.vic.gov.au">savage.john.l@edumail.vic.gov.au</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div lang="EN-AU" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Please, not Facebook – I don’t want my kids to stalk me! But seriously, maybe LinkedIn or Google+ are more suitable.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><a name="Laurie_Savage"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><image001.jpg></span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span></div><div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm; "><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:elearning-bounces@edulists.com.au" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">elearning-bounces@edulists.com.au</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[mailto:elearning-<a href="mailto:bounces@edulists.com.au" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">bounces@edulists.com.au</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>John Helmy<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, 17 June 2013 3:58 PM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>elearning Teachers' Mailing List<br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [elearning] Teacher-Led Professional Learning<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">Good afternoon listers,<br><br>I access a lot of great professional learning material through Linkedin and Twitter, but not so much on Facebook or Google+. Does any one know any worthwhile groups on Facebook or Google+? I don't know if this has been suggested, but these lists could be mirrored with a Facebook group? I thought it would be great to be able to thread discussions, add polls and so forth. I'm willing to setup such a group with this eLearning Teachers' Mailing List as a trail.<br><br>Kind regards,<br>John Helmy<o:p></o:p></span></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "> </span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "> </span></div></div><div><div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style=""><hr size="1" width="100%" align="center"></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Roland Gesthuizen <<a href="mailto:rgesthuizen@gmail.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">rgesthuizen@gmail.com</a>><br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>elearning Teachers' Mailing List <<a href="mailto:elearning@edulists.com.au" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">elearning@edulists.com.au</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><b>Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Celia Coffa <<a href="mailto:ccoffa@gmail.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">ccoffa@gmail.com</a>>; Tony Richards <<a href="mailto:tony@itmadesimple.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">tony@itmadesimple.com</a>>; John Pearce <<a href="mailto:pearce.john.c@edumail.vic.gov.au" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">pearce.john.c@edumail.vic.gov.au</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, 17 June 2013 1:13 PM<br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [elearning] Teacher-Led Professional Learning: The Latest Revolution In Education | Edudemic</span><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style=""> </span></div><div id="yiv1696311032"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="">Cool Michael, share us the details here as soon as you know them. Perhaps you can partner up with other groups for ideas. :-)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style=""> </span></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="">I have attended some wonderful activities in Melbourne including the 2013 Meeting Of The Minds group and TeachMeet events. Have you been to these before? Here is a mini-unconference event that I ran a couple of weeks ago.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style=""> <a href="https://www.evernote.com/shard/s31/sh/35ff884d-b194-4c60-a21f-4325d6d72b93/d1c5236df2d6acfebec77e518769d3a7" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">https://www.evernote.com/shard/s31/sh/35ff884d-b194-4c60-a21f-4325d6d72b93/d1c5236df2d6acfebec77e518769d3a7</a><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style=""> </span></div></div><div><div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Regards Roland<br><br><b>Roland Gesthuizen</b> | eLearning Leader <br>Keysborough College DEECD<br><a href="http://about.me/rgesthuizen" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">http://about.me/rgesthuizen</a><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; "><br>"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style=""> </span></div><div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="">On 17/06/2013, at 11:20 AM, Michael Ha <<a href="mailto:Michael.Ha@pegs.vic.edu.au" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">Michael.Ha@pegs.vic.edu.au</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style=""><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="">Hi Roland,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style=""> </span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="">Great article!<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style=""> </span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="">I am actually in the process of organising an Edcamp (<a href="http://edcamp.org/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">http://edcamp.org/</a>) for Melbourne early next year. If anyone else would like to be involved in the process please contact me! The more help the better. The skeleton of the day has already been put into place and all we need is a few sponsors and a website running.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style=""> </span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style=""><a href="mailto:michael.ha@pegs.vic.edu.au" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">michael.ha@pegs.vic.edu.au</a><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; "><br>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; "> </span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Michael Ha</span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; ">ICT Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Physical Education<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; "> </span></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 13.5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; "> </span></p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style=""> </span></div><div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="">On 17/06/2013, at 10:23 AM, Roland Gesthuizen <<a href="mailto:rgesthuizen@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">rgesthuizen@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style=""><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></div><div><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width: 1103px; "><tbody><tr><td style="border-style: none none solid; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: rgb(41, 41, 41); padding: 7.5pt 0cm 15pt; "><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">This is a good article that explains how teachers are turning towards their own PD by building their own PLN. There is a strong TeachMeet group in Melbourne and their next meeting is at ScienceWorks during the July school term break. Regards Roland Gesthuizen<o:p></o:p></span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 7.5pt 0cm 0cm; "><h3 style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); "><a href="http://evernote.com/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: rgb(54, 151, 179); text-decoration: none; ">From Evernote:</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h3></td></tr><tr><td style="border-style: none none solid; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom-color: rgb(181, 181, 181); padding: 0cm 0cm 5.25pt; "><h1 style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 24pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); ">Teacher-Led Professional Learning: The Latest Revolution In Education | Edudemic<o:p></o:p></span></h1><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; ">Clipped from:<span class="yiv1696311032apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.edudemic.com/2013/06/teacher-led-professional-learning-the-latest-revolution-in-education/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><b><span style="color: rgb(54, 151, 179); text-decoration: none; ">http://www.edudemic.com/2013/06/teacher-led-professional-learning-the-latest-revolution-in-education/</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); ">Teacher-Led Professional Learning: The Latest Revolution In Education</span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); "><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); "><a href="http://www.edudemic.com/2013/06/teacher-led-professional-learning-the-latest-revolution-in-education/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><b><span style="color: rgb(54, 151, 179); text-decoration: none; ">http://www.edudemic.com/2013/06/teacher-led-professional-learning-the-latest-revolution-in-education/</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); "> </span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); ">Added by<span class="yiv1696311032apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.edudemic.com/author/fsitkins/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><b><span style="color: rgb(54, 151, 179); text-decoration: none; ">Fred Sitkins</span></b></a>on 2013-06-06<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); "> </span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); ">I’m both in awe and encouraged at the current trend of teacher-led professional learning occurring across our country. Our nations’ teachers are taking control of their own learning and are using a wide variety of social media platforms to do so. The spectrum of learning events and tools are broad, but to list a few: a wide variety of<span class="yiv1696311032apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiftIdjCeWSXdDRLRzNsVktUUGJpRWJhdUlWLS1Genc#gid=0" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><b><span style="color: rgb(54, 151, 179); text-decoration: none; ">educational Twitter chats</span></b></a><span class="yiv1696311032apple-converted-space"> </span>occur every day of the week,<span class="yiv1696311032apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.edutopia.org/blog/why-edcamp-kristen-swanson" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><b><span style="color: rgb(54, 151, 179); text-decoration: none; ">edcamps</span></b></a><span class="yiv1696311032apple-converted-space"> </span>occur seemingly every Saturday somewhere around the country, and<span class="yiv1696311032apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.copyblogger.com/google-hangout-content/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><b><span style="color: rgb(54, 151, 179); text-decoration: none; ">Google Hangouts</span></b></a><span class="yiv1696311032apple-converted-space"> </span>are becoming the new impromptu meeting site for tech-savvy teachers everywhere.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); "> </span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); ">It’s refreshing and empowering to think about teachers taking control of their own professional learning. I’m thankful to this growing swell of educators for beginning a revolution that is truly transforming education as we know it. What exciting times we are living in!<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); "> </span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); ">Twitter Chats</span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); "><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); "> </span></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center; background-color: white; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); "><a href="http://www.edudemic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/fred-twitter.png" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><b><span style="color: rgb(54, 151, 179); text-decoration: none; "><a3b9efc5f9e9fff4322b9d2c7daa83b7.png></span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); "> </span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); ">A quick Google search of educational<span class="yiv1696311032apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://smartblogs.com/education/2013/03/27/utilizing-twitter-chats-for-professional-development/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><b><span style="color: rgb(54, 151, 179); text-decoration: none; ">Twitter chats</span></b></a><span class="yiv1696311032apple-converted-space"> </span>will land you with more opportunities to connect and collaborate with other educators than you could explore in a lifetime. Check out this<span class="yiv1696311032apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://learni.st/users/dawncasey/boards/6054-twitter-chats-for-education-and-the-moderators-that-make-them-rock" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><b><span style="color: rgb(54, 151, 179); text-decoration: none; ">Learnist</span></b></a><span class="yiv1696311032apple-converted-space"> </span>to find a sampling. Educational Twitter chats are excellent because they are a great way to be exposed to innovative practices taking place in classrooms across the nation.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); "> </span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); ">Avid Twitter users are discovering rich professional connections through their PLN. Even though the majority of learning and collaborating takes place on-line, these connections are so deep that if and when these individuals meet face to face they interact like they were<span class="yiv1696311032apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://blog.teachercast.net/iste-is-a-family-reunion-by-cybraryman1/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+teachercastblog+%28TeacherCastBlog%29" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><b><span style="color: rgb(54, 151, 179); text-decoration: none; ">lifelong friends</span></b></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); "> </span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); ">I have had the opportunity to experience and observe this phenomena occurring first hand and am convinced that these digital connections create strong relationships. Twitter is a great tool for spreading a revolution. Like any revolution, those in the center of the movement are full of passion and their enthusiasm is very contagious.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); "> </span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); ">Edcamps</span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); "><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); "> </span></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center; background-color: white; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); "><a href="http://www.edudemic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/edcampdetroit.png" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><b><span style="color: rgb(54, 151, 179); text-decoration: none; "><0019bd5d803681acb56d60e6d3f225c3.png></span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center; background-color: white; "><i><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); ">Courtesy of @dreambition</span></i><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); "> </span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); ">A review of the edcamp Foundation<span class="yiv1696311032apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://edcamp.org/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><b><span style="color: rgb(54, 151, 179); text-decoration: none; ">website</span></b></a><span class="yiv1696311032apple-converted-space"> </span>will provide you with a great deal of information from explaining what an edcamp is to providing those wishing to host an event the information they need to make it successful. The edcamp experience seems tailor made to those that are excited about the transformational power of technology in education. These individuals are primed and ready for any information they can find about the incorporation of technology into instruction. In fact, they are so excited that they actually give up a Saturday to attend an edcamp.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); "> </span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); ">Mind you, they aren’t being paid for their attendance, nor are they exchanging a day of work for training; they are simply happy and excited about the opportunity to learn. That sounds like the type of educator I’d like to collaborate and work with, and as a building principal, these are the types of educators I plan to hire.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); "> </span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); ">Google Hangouts</span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); "><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); "> </span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); ">Google is providing some incredible tools that educators are running to in droves. One of the best tools for collaborating with fellow educators is through the use of a Google Hangout. Google Hangouts is a free video chat for group chats up to ten people at a time. Google Hangouts differ from<span class="yiv1696311032apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.skype.com/en/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><b><span style="color: rgb(54, 151, 179); text-decoration: none; ">Skype</span></b></a>,<span class="yiv1696311032apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.apple.com/ios/facetime/?cid=wwa-us-kwg-features-00001&siclientid=6381&sessguid=d95d4d36-72ac-4c1d-99a9-2c2b5f6ea4ea&userguid=d95d4d36-72ac-4c1d-99a9-2c2b5f6ea4ea&permguid=d95d4d36-72ac-4c1d-99a9-2c2b5f6ea4ea" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><b><span style="color: rgb(54, 151, 179); text-decoration: none; ">FaceTime</span></b></a><span class="yiv1696311032apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="yiv1696311032apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/videocalling/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><b><span style="color: rgb(54, 151, 179); text-decoration: none; ">Facebook Video Chat</span></b></a><span class="yiv1696311032apple-converted-space"> </span>because they focus more on group interaction as opposed to one-on-one interaction. Another feature of a Google Hangout is that users can share documents, images and YouTube videos with other users.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); "> </span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); ">I’ve had the opportunity to participate in several Google Hangouts like the one below with<span class="yiv1696311032apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.appitic.com/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><b><span style="color: rgb(54, 151, 179); text-decoration: none; ">APPitic</span></b></a><span class="yiv1696311032apple-converted-space"> </span>and can attest to their simplicity and flexibility. With the advent of Google Hangouts, conference calls should be a thing of the past. Because the Google platform is completely designed around the idea of connecting and collaborating with others, a Google Hangout is the perfect tool for like minded individuals wishing to work together to meet the needs of the students they serve.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); "> </span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); ">While this new professional learning trend is certainly exciting, I do see one negative to it all. I believe it’s unfortunate that our teachers have been forced to take control of their own learning. It seems sad that this all got started because teachers’ needs weren’t being met by their school district. I’m proud of our nations’ teachers for taking control of their destiny and plea with administrators and policy makers to support this new form of professional learning.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); "> </span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); ">I would encourage all school administrators to become familiar with the development of a PLN and ask that they dedicate time and energy to supporting and encouraging teachers in the development of their PLN. Everyone enjoys being a part of a movement and these trailblazing educators are creating a professional learning movement that can transform teaching and learning. Let’s help ensure all educators have the opportunity to be a part of this movement.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); "> </span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; "><b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); ">Fred Z. 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"><a href="http://www.edudemic.com/tag/google/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><b><span style="color: rgb(54, 151, 179); text-decoration: none; ">google</span></b></a>,<span class="yiv1696311032apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.edudemic.com/tag/hangouts/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><b><span style="color: rgb(54, 151, 179); text-decoration: none; ">hangouts</span></b></a>,<span class="yiv1696311032apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.edudemic.com/tag/pd/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><b><span style="color: rgb(54, 151, 179); text-decoration: none; ">PD</span></b></a>,<span class="yiv1696311032apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.edudemic.com/tag/professional-development/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><b><span style="color: rgb(54, 151, 179); text-decoration: none; ">Professional Development</span></b></a>,<span class="yiv1696311032apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.edudemic.com/tag/social-media/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; 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