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What's important with a PLN is not "what it does for me" but rather how I can use it to change things in education, society, or the world. Learning networks give us potential for action. For many educators, these networks function on a gift-economy basis. ...Creation, collaboration, and sharing are the true value points of a PLN.

I write and think with the following assumptions: 1. All have the capacity to learn beyond the levels artificially set by the institution of school. 2. In schools, time and resources need to be the variables, not expectations. 3. Collective intelligence is more powerful than singular. 4. We need to prepare our students for a collaborative world, not a competitive one. 5. We are at the beginning of a revolution. 6. Failure should be celebrated, provided that it is unique. 7. Listening is more important than talking. 8. Sometimes in order to lead, one has to follow. 9. In order to learn, vulnerabilities need to be shared.

Four years ago, we began looking at a PLC model. The ideas of creating time within the timetable for teachers to work interdependently to develop common emphasized curricula and assessments, to utilize the resultant data to modify instructional practice, and to create an intervention system that ensured the success of each student were very topical for our school.

1. ICT IS USED TO ENHANCE STUDENT LEARNING2. ICT IS AN INTEGRAL ASPECT OF TEACHING3. PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT IS ONGOING4. PLANNING, BUDGETING and EVALUATION ARE KEY ORGANISATIONAL ACTIVITIES5. ICT INFUSION IS SUPPORTED BY COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS

One of my core beliefs about school these days is that we need to get teachers off of the hamster wheel of the current school-day model. Teachers need time to collaborate, to plan, to innovate. And schools need to find ways to build frequent - I believe weekly - time for everyone to sit in a room and work together to make schools better.

I want, more than anything else, to leave a legacy in education. I want what I spend my time doing to add value to the profession and to support teachers in helping their students self actualize. I also want to be part of lighting a fire that results in a learning revolution.

I believe we should be rewriting elementary curriculum to address basic skills in a way that is truly integrated across disciplines. Stay true to constructivist theory - What I want to emphasize here is that constructivism is a learning theory, not a method of teaching.

Having experienced what it means to learn in a community of learners, teachers are inclined to count such learning as more authoritative and authentic than any other and to think of such learning as the proper aim of instruction