Posts under ‘What I’ve Learned from my PLN’

What You Can Learn From My PLN Quiz #6 (ELTAS Tech Tools Day Edition)

Jul 17th, 2010

I had planned on taking a bit of a break from creating quizzes based on blogs by members of my Personal Learning Network. Then Anne Hodgson (one of the members of said PLN) sent me a message on Twitter, telling me about an upcoming event in Germany—ELTAS Tech Tools Day. Now, I would do just [...]

What You Can Learn from my PLN Quiz #5 (July 9th)

Jul 9th, 2010

by Barbara.

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Part of the series: My Personal Learning Network Congratulations! Anne Hodgson Janet Bianchini Sue Lyon-Jones Michelle Worgan Catherine Dorgan Sabrina

What You Can Learn from My PLN Quiz #4 (July 4th)

Jul 4th, 2010

by Barbara.

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Part of the series: My Personal Learning Network This past week, some readers let know know that one of the links was broken in my post for PLN Quiz #4, and others let me know that they couldn’t access the quiz website. I appreciated the time they took to 1) try and take the quiz, [...]

What You Can Learn From My PLN Quiz #4 (June 28)

Jun 28th, 2010

by Barbara.

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Part of the series: My Personal Learning Network Congratulations! Colin Graham Catherine Dorgan Harini Dwi Janet Bianchini

What You Can Learn from My PLN Quiz #3 (June 23)

Jun 23rd, 2010

by Barbara.

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Part of the series: My Personal Learning Network Congratulations! Arjana Blazic Catherine Dorgan Jane Barden Katerina Zempeki-Stamelou Leahn Stanhope Marisa Parvan

What you can learn from my PLN Quiz #2 (June 18)

Jun 18th, 2010

by Barbara.

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Part of the series: My Personal Learning Network Congratulations! Anne Hodgson Arjana Blazic Janet Bianchini Leahn Stanhope

What I’ve Learned from My PLN (November 14, 2009)

Nov 15th, 2009

by Barbara.

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(Note: If this is the first post you’ve read in this series, and you’re mystified by the PLN acronym, start with What’s a PLN, anyway?) The seven guest authors for the “Front Lines of EFL” series have been the members of my personal learning network I’ve shared with most intensively in the past few weeks, [...]

What I’ve Learned from my PLN

Sep 17th, 2009

by Barbara.

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(Note: If this is the first post you’ve read in this series, and you’re mystified by the PLN acronym, start with What’s a PLN, anyway?) This has been a resources kind of week for me–free books and free conferences!

What is a PLN, anyway?

Sep 10th, 2009

by Barbara.

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A good friend (and a great teacher) e-mailed me after my last post. “Great links,” she said. “But what’s a PLN?” A good reminder about why I try to avoid acronyms and jargon in my writing. PLN is an acronym for Personal Learning Network. The acronym is relatively new, but the idea is not. Teachers [...]

What I’ve Learned From My PLN (September 1, 2009)

Sep 1st, 2009

by Barbara.

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This week was about motivation–both mine and my students’. It started with an #edchat conversation on Twitter about the value of homework. Alfie Kohn (a man decidedly against homework!) shared an article from the journal Theory and Research in Education about self-determination theory as regards motivation. While the article was interesting enough, what really got me excited was discovering that ALL [...]