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For 'Connected Educator Month,' Tips From 33 Educators We Admire

For 'Connected Educator Month,' Tips From 33 Educators We Admire
Stacy BrownErin Olson, an English teacher in Iowa who is featured in our post, uses Twitter-like technology to enhance classroom discussion. Go to related 2011 article » The U.S. To celebrate, we asked every educator who has written a guest post for us, been featured in a Reader Idea, or collaborated on one of our features to answer two simple questions: What is one important thing you’ve learned from someone in your Personal Learning Network (P.L.N.), however you define that network? Reading their responses, below, is a crash course in how to be a “connected educator.” So read what they have to say, follow the links to their work both within and outside The Learning Network, and, when you’re done, tell us how you’d answer those two questions yourself. Update | Aug. 2: We accidentally left two people off our list, below. Aliza Aufrichtig | Flocabulary The Year in Rap Contest 1. 2. Heather Barikmo | LaGuardia Community College Reader Idea | ‘One in Eight Million’ for English Language Learners

City of Speed -- Presented by Verizon - Well-Timed Text Saves Romeo From Becoming 'Fortune's Fool' Romeo passed his phone from hand to hand, staring blankly at his Facebook profile. He'd just changed his relationship status to "It's Complicated," which didn't even begin to cover it. In the past two days, he'd crashed a party, fell hard for a girl, then loitered on her lawn, staring at her balcony while she sat outside typing her own status updates. Romeo knew he should've listened to Friar Laurence when he'd been warned not to rush into a rebound relationship. Anyway, Romeo had ignored that two-word suggestion and married Juliet the next day. His phone buzzed, startling him. He texted Juliet again. He double-tapped his music collection, queuing up a bass-heavy song that made more sense than anything the friar had ever said. He'd just slipped his phone into his tunic when a text buzzed against his ribcage. Balthasar, Romeo's servant, knocked on the door and was three steps into the room before Romeo could even say, "Come in." "Sup, B," Romeo sighed. "I am sitting," Romeo said. "Juliet?

12 Ways to Use The Learning Network Blog This School Year Piotr Redlinski for The New York TimesThe pencil bin at Carol’s School Supplies in Fresh Meadows, Queens. Go to related article » Update | Oct. 22, 2012: We now have a 1-minute-48-second video that gives a big-picture overview of what we do. Our new weekly e-mail newsletter sign-up page is also live. Happy academic year 2012-13! Here’s what we’ve got on our blog and how you can use it, whether you’re a teacher, a student (of any age) or a parent. Next month, thanks to you, our blog celebrates its third birthday. And remember: The Learning Network and everything we publish, as well as all the Times content we link to, is free and accessible without a digital subscription. 1. Our lessons resume on Monday, Sept. 10, and this year each lesson will be aligned to the Common Core Anchor Standards. You can receive all five lessons plans each week via our new Thursday e-mail. Here is our schedule (though please note that we occasionally divert from it to respond to breaking news or other needs): 2.

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