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PLEs place a large amount of responsibility on students and thus requires a high level of self-management and awareness. Not every student is ready for this responsibility, so teachers need to have strategies in place to guide and support these learners.
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moodyh on 16 Jul 15This is the part that I get stuck on. Many students are either not mature enough for this yet or have been so put off by school that they think there is no educational topic that interests them. In a more one-on-one environment, like my alt school, I can usually find something to interest them and get them going. However, in a traditional school setting, where I see students only for an hour each day for only 60 days, and so many of them, it's hard to work with each student one-on-one to get them motivated. I think all the comments that the whole school would have to shift (rather than just one classroom) makes sense because the students would have to learn how to deal with this new level of responsibility. 60 hours with one teacher just won't get that accomplished, no matter how phenomenal the teacher is. -
alissahansen on 16 Jul 15I definitely agree with you on this. Since I teach freshmen, I feel like a lot of time is teaching them just how to be good citizens (at school, at home, in the community, and in the world)! I only see them for 45 minutes each day, but I do see them all year. I would really like to implement a more personalized learning environment for them, but I know it's going to be an up-hill climb all of the way! -
alissahansen on 16 Jul 15Last comment by Alissa Hansen.
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edamisch on 17 Jul 15This would be a challenge for me as well, since I only have my 6th graders for 9 weeks per school year, and my 7th and 8th graders for 7 weeks per school year! -
Lisa Hackman on 17 Jul 15Being a teacher in an alternative program, most of my students just want to be done with school as quick as possible. They are so tired of playing the game of school. I must admit, unfortunately, that I may feed that "get-done-with-school-as-soon-as-possible" mentality by pushing students to stay on track or get ahead of the game. However, if the student becomes the driver in their own learning then maybe they will be more motivated. As educators, we need to tap into the "What's in if for me?" mindset that many students have. Find an interest of the students and build their learning environment around that interest. Much easier said than done. -
dwefel on 18 Jul 15I agree with this. I also think that parents need to be aware of what teachers are doing as well. A high school teacher at my former school put everything on Twitter and one parent did not want her 15 year old daughter to have a Twitter account. Something to always think about and be ready to have alternative ways to do assignments or simply make it a requirement.
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professionalism is far more about the effective manipulation– access, evaluation, & applicatio
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This seems to be a recurring theme as well. Getting students ready for the "real world" isn't so much about making sure they know lots of details about every subject area, but making sure they could find and understand any detail in any subject area that they will need. The goal of education seems less about passing on information as teaching students how to organize and understand the over-abundance of it. How then do we balance this with the extreme focus on core-curriculum? Finding a balance is the challenge.
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Yes, it seems there needs to be instruction on how to gather/organize the information and reliable sources, and then instruction on using it. While the end result is positive, it will take time to jump start students in their own PLE.
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Symbaloo has created a version of the platform specifically for educators
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We got introduced to Symbaloo at school this year, although I might check into the EDU version. I got logged in and played for a few minutes, but never had the time to develop something usable because as a district we were on to something different. I like that our district provides us with many topics and learning opportunities, but I wish that I had more time to focus on one thing. I think this is probably what it's like for students. They get exposed to so much, but they need help organizing it and time to explore.
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Yes, Symballoo seems like more than one day of PD. I haven't started my own yet, but I think it will take time to get a handle on the lingo as well as using the tools within the website.
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I agree as teachers we would need to be taught or have time to explore this site and learn how to exactly model it appropriately to our grade level. I would love to see how other teachers use this and model it in their classrooms too. -
I can relate to this feeling, whenever I attend a conference, I learn so much that I need a day or two afterwards to just process and create the new games and activities that I've found, but it is always straight back to teaching.
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Some teacher as my school went to a conference this year and actually talked administration into another professional development day where they could just process all of their information. It was pretty cool.
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Some instructors empower students to use their own mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones as a means to create PLEs.
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We have 1-on-1 technology in our district, which is ideal for PLEs. However, when the student forgets the laptop or has no power left in the battery, the smartphone comes in handy. It is tougher to monitor the smartphone.
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Autonomy is a great concern for me. With collaboration being stressed in CCS, will students be able to conquer this skill without the use of technology? At some point, some issues have to be discussed face-to-face, and there is a separate skill set for that environment.
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I like the idea of Symballoo--kind of like a favorites list and bookmarks in my Google account. What will take time for me is learning all the lingo attached to Symballoo!
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I have always been a support of helpful tech resources that students are interested in, which is why I am always trying to learn more about different Apps and tools and explore them myself. Once I play around a bit, I usually introduce it to my students. Sometimes the resources are new, sometimes not, but there are so many wonderful tools out there. I visit Richard Byrne's site once a day! Currently, our language arts department has Chromebook carts for each classroom and the district is allocating more and more to different departments. They are wonderful to have, but students will get bored very quickly if they are only being used for tech sake. I LOVE the idea of having students create a Symbaloo. In fact, my plan is to have them begin one at the start of the school year and then they can add to it as we move through different units. This would have been particularly helpful during our research unit. I also like the idea of "empower"ing students to use their phones and other mobile devices, but we do have a pretty strict policy on phone usage at our school. Sometimes students' phones work much more efficiently than the Chromebooks. (Alissa Hansen)
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I think my students would love deciding which medium to use. I also have a lot of artistic students who would chose to create a paper/pencil project similar in format to a prezi presentation or blog with pictures. -
Choice can be such a motivator for students, we all have our strengths and weaknesses!
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This is something I also worry about with the students I teach. While I appreciate their willingness to use technology and the creativity it lends itself to, I worry about their ability to solve problems and communicate effectively face to face. How do you ensure they are learning these essential skills as well when things are so individualized? -
This made me think about how difficult it is to have a PLE in a traditional classroom setting. We have 1:1 technology in our district, but students are extremely limited in what websites and programs they can use (You Tube, all social media, etc is blocked for students.) We also do not allow students to use tablets or smartphones in the classroom, with some teachers wanting to enact a school wide ban on smart phones and tablets so that they are not allowed in school at all. I am so excited to be learning about all of the opportunities PLEs offer students, but I also think there are many changes that will have to be made before we can start moving in this direction.
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The vast array of options and sense of autonomy that lies at the very heart of personal learning environments can also be a huge inhibitor.
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I also worry about autonomy, as I teach freshmen English and 14 and 15 year olds do not have a "high level of self-management and awareness," at least not many. Like any classroom, however, guidelines need to be firmly in place and I think autonomy would need to be frontloaded before jumping into a PLE. I do think students would do very well in this type of environment. In fact, I often have students telling me about different resources they go to on a daily basis...whether it's to get advice, read a review, write a review, or even write a short story! The possibilities are endless, but I do think structure needs to be in place. At least to begin with. I start the year with my freshmen discussing and reading/watching material regarding civility, we made a code of civility in each class, and then we blog about our practicing of it throughout the year. I would like to implement a PLE in much the same manner. (Alissa Hansen)
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The idea of having one site to log into daily and then a pre-constructed dashboard of all the learning tools and spaces available to us seemed appealing to the 7th period students
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I do think that using a Symbaloo is a great idea to manage resources, and it looks like something my students would enjoy working with. However, my school has really moved towards using Google Classroom and teachers having Google sites, which I spend a lot of time and energy on with both. I think too many tech items can be a cognitive overload for students and teachers alike. I think if I am to use something like Symbaloo, I would need to eliminate at least Classroom or Sites and maybe even some of the other many sites that I have students use (Newsela, NoRedInk, Kahoot, etc.). It's just hard for me, especially with the site that I have created because I have spent so much time on it over the past three years. I just don't think students would benefit from having to click around to a lot of different resources, especially if they are teacher-created. (Alissa Hansen)
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I like the idea of a daily log in for updates. I think this would work in the Green Belt classroom for relaying information as students don't attend the same schedule each day.
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Teachers are challenged to provide the appropriate balance between structured lessons and learner autonomy in order to facilitate self-directed learning.
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Great quote on the benefits of PLE, but getting students who are not "ready" or mature enough to handle this type of self-direction will struggle. A challenge for teachers indeed! I think the classroom (physical environment) setup is the first thing that needs to be changed in order to prepare students for this type of autonomy. What do the rest of you think? (Alissa Hansen)
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I guess I should also state that I do not think students are getting enough opportunities to be autonomous, which is why they struggle and fear it when they are given the opportunity. (Alissa Hansen)
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A personal learning environment (PLE) with personal knowledge management (PKM) tools An eportfolio A collection of resources related to a problem-based learning challenge Study group resources
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I am really looking forward to starting this with students. It's like a one-stop shop for their individual needs. One of the biggest setbacks I have faced in recent years was trying out a multitude of tech resources and although some were helpful, clicking around all over the place was overwhelming! (Alissa Hansen)
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I was devistated when google removed igoogle, and I think this could definitely take its place. I agree that students will appreciate the convenience of this site.
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Alissa, I get overwhelmed with the amount of resources and tools available. I often don't know where to start, so I opt not to. Thankfully, I'm taking this class and I have the opportunity to investigate and use some PLE tools like Diigo and Symbaloo, things I've never heard of until now!
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method students use to organize their self-directed online learning
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I think this would be very powerful and I would love to create something like this, personally. I think my accellerated students would thrive, but worry that my lower level students would struggle due to a lack of confidence in themselves and lack of self-awareness. I wonder if there are certain organizational PLE templates that would work better for certain learning styles? Or perhaps a template would defeat the pourpose.....
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attend to supporting students in developing their skills and motivations for becoming themselves networked and sophisticated online learners
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I love the idea of supporting students individually, I just struggle to envision being able to support all my students adequately within my classroom. I feel like it would be easy to digress with a student over their PLE, but feel it could be difficult to find the time.
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I sooo agree!!!! I would love to watch how an expert teacher teaches in a PLE classroom! I love the concept and the idea I am just struggling to make it work in the classroom. -
I like this concept, I think it is easier to do in a classroom that is content specific. I can see where it would be more difficult if a teacher was responsible for teaching multiple content areas. At the same time, that teacher doesn't have to be the the information source for all the students, time is just the factor. -
That's interesting. I think PLEs would be easier to manage in multiple content areas because they would have to be working on their own thing. The environment is really suited for it.
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subscribe to news feeds and blogs, discern the value of social bookmarks, and set up the aggregator to manage all the Internet resources.
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Subscribing to news feeds and blogs would be a great technique to compare and contrast views related to the students' topics of interest. This could be difficult for the teacher to monitor, digo might be a great way to track this!
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This is what I am trying to develop in my preschool class room where the students are in charge of their own learning, and I am more of a resource. What I struggle with is classroom management, I feel like all of the students are demanding my attention and I can't help everyone.
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Sometimes it is hard to fathom the classroom management of a PLE of 12-22 students, which is what I currently have, let alone 30+ like many districts have.
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Having your students be more independent is wonderful. This past year I did less large group instruction and more small groups. I taught my kindergarten students "Ask 3 before me". They had to ask 3 people for help or what we were doing before coming to me. When they came to me, especially when i was working with my small group, I asked them "did you ask 3 before me?". If they didn't, they would just turn around and go find something. This is a start for having your students become more independent. BY creating a PLE for young students, they feel more in control of their learning too. If you, the teacher, set it up and give them access to a variety of things to do, they will enjoy what they are doing and feel they are making "their own choices".
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Personal learning environments are beneficial because they support learning anywhere and allow learners to connect the diverse environments of school, home and play. Students can extend their learning into questions to parents, email conversations, Facebook posts or even twitter hashtags.
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I don't want to sound negative in my post here because I really am all for personalized learning. I wonder how we can get administration on board with us. I struggle with old school administration who tell me as a teacher that I can not use my phone during the day, that I can not use facebook, and about passed out when they realized that parents text me, questions and changes in their child's schedule. I did have a secret facebook page and it was wonderful I would use it to include parents with our studies.
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Good point. I agree with your post. It is hard to get some administrators going along with this new idea of personalized learning. Even at my other school I taught at Facebook and some other social networking sites were blocked. I like the idea of having a Facebook page with parents and students to keep parents informed with stuff going on at school, and also a way for students to post and communicate with parents and classmates. I think these social websites are necessary in schools, but the big question is how do we get teachers and administration to go for it?
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Our District has blocked a lot of the social sites as well, it comes from the upper levels of administration and not our building admin. I think they tend to be out of touch with the possibilities and fear the unknown. It would be great to use Facebook for connecting with parents and students. The alternative given to us is Canvas in which parents have access to teachers. But it isn't as easy or convenient as Facebook. That is certainly one site I wish we could use at work. I do like the idea of personalized learning environments, especially the concept of students seeking knowledge that is useful for them! This appears to be the best way to create life-long learners!
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Facebook is blocked at my school as well, which is a shame since it'd be a way to create an immersion like setting in my Spanish classroom. If I see something cool on the site that related to class, such as photos from a friend's time in Panama with the Peace Corps, I turn the wifi off on my phone so that Facebook will work, and just walk around the class showing kids, which is risky, I know. I'm sure there is a cord that I could connect from my phone to SmartBoard to make this more feasible. I should probably get a separate teacher facebook page for things like this. Some of the articles that pop up in my feed from magazines like Women's Health are not school appropriate!
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Students engaging in networked learning have to learn to be more self-directed than in the typical classroom… they are required to take a more active role in the learning process
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by teaching students how to be self learners and how to be active in the learning process I think that as kids and adults these students will want to be life long learners and not someone who only does it because they have to. Or worse yet lets everyone else do it for them. I love the independence PLE classrooms create
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I see so many students who do not understand how to play an active role in their learning because they have been conditioned to rely on the teacher. Many students get very anxious and really don't know what to do when they are asked to complete self-directed activities. I think PLE will provide students with the opportunity to take responsibility for their own learning, which will help them throughout their lives.
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Personal Learning Environments (PLE) are not to be confused with Learning Management Systems (LMS) that are implemented and maintained by institutions.
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This is very important! I see the (LMS) approach in our school and in many other schools. I feel like it wouldn't be hard to confuse (LMS and PLE) these different approaches, because they seem so different. The chart gave a good outline of how different they are compared to each other.
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The chart is helpful in understanding the differences. The LMS could also be a tool in a student's PLE.
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Agreed, charts and lists make learning so much easier than paragraphs, at least for me.
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continue to collect feedback from students on how this learning tool is working for them and how they are using it for themselves as well as within their groups–I’m excited to see what will happen. I may also informally introduce Symbaloo to some of last year’s Media 21 students and get their feedback on how they think Symbaloo compares to Netvibes and what their preferences are as students. In the meantime, I’ve created
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I like the idea of getting student feedback on technology and the use of different resources. You can really learn student interest and their honest opinions through surveys or different forms of feedback.
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It’s easy to use A learner can pull information that’s personally useful to him/her Learners can personalize tiles to make them easy to spot Learners can add to, and draw from, a community of webmixes Interactivity + personalization = fun
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These look like awesome reasons why Symbaloo is a great learning tool for students. I can definitely see this resource being used in grades k-12. Although, for example, I teach 1st grade and I can see my students loving this, but they will need lots of guidance and modeling of how to set it up and use it to help them become independent with it. I can see once it's set up it would be awesome for students to have all of their favorite resources and sites all in one place!
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I like the idea of having research available at one spot. So many times when I ask a student where he/she found the information, it cannot be located. I want to see projects with more detail.
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I have a concern about distractions. Students tend to use their phones and computers more for entertainment and chatting with friends over research and presentation.
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Agreed, a high school I taught at did not have locks on lockers, meaning kids brought their phones to class so that they wouldn't be stolen. Preventing snapchatting was difficult for me!
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I have experienced the same issues with my high schools students. I may take a different approach based on one of the side articles that stated, "students are still learning while they are wasting time because they will see consequences are for late work."
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“learning by doing” and “student as worker,”
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I would like to have some strategies to help students having an understanding of the shift in learning for them to become more involved in their learning. How do I motivate them to go beyond bookwork to exploring topics?
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I feel this is a big struggle right now in our district. Teachers are wanting their students to dig deep into a topic or their work. Students are given choices but still only surface the top of the water, doing the bare minimum, when we want them to dive in and go to the bottom. In my classroom, my students have a writing journal. We write in this "special" journal once a week. At the beginning of the year, I give them ideas to write about. Some write while others will simply draw a picture because they don't know how to write. By the middle of the year, every is writing something, whether it is a complete sentences or a few words. I will give them a few choices to choose from or they can write about something they want to. BY the end of the year, they know to take out their journals and write about anything they want. I want my students to take control of their own learning and reflect back on their work over the year so by having this year long journal, they can see their progression and how they took control over their writing.
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Many students in the first class that tried Symbaloo today commented that they liked the clean, visual interface of Symbaloo and the ease of adding content; they also liked that they could customize the “tiles” they were adding and that their webmixes loaded quickly.
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With my limited experience with Symbaloo, I agree with the fact that it does seem easy add and customize content. I think my students would find this to be a helpful tool. I also like the idea of encouraging students to use it for tracking both personal and school related information.
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learning toward facilitation of students’ “active role in the learning process” and teachers’ provision of the right balance between structured lessons and autonomy; let’s never forget it is an ongoing balancing act.
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This is a good reminder. Students need to take on a more active role, but there is always a good balance. It probably shouldn't be all one way or all another way.
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How true! It will be difficult for some students to lead their own learning. They have been passive for so long it will be a shock to their systems.
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a number of tiles to get you started,
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Just set up my account and can't wait to see what else I can add. This is a great time saver.
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teachers must pursue training and be knowledgeable of how to utilize PLEs to enhance learning and ensure that students are using this e-learning tool in a meaningful way.
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I believe this is where the transformation must start, with good, consistent professional development. The key here is ensuring students are using the technology, whether that be a tablet, laptop, or smartphone, appropriately for learning.
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I very much agree the process must start with PD. PD needs to be personalized. From a baby boomer perspective we need mini PD sessions for technology applications. Otherwise I think there will be resistance from this age group because of limited tech skills.
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I could stand to be more savvy in my own organizing of online learning and networking: I’ve been slow to use tools and develop skills for managing online resource
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I can so relate to this comment. Finding time to explore and become comfortable with the vast array of tools avaiable is my biggest challenge. I get so caught up in the day-to-day management of 10+ students attending the alternative program (I am the only adult in the room with the students), I don't often have time to explore what's out there. Even when my admin and tech people pass along a list of resources, it is overwhelming to me. Much of my time is spent tracking down students, following up with parents, and documenting the events of the day.
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I also feel overwhelmed by all of the technology that I "should" be learning about and using with my students. We spend a lot of PD time on technology and incorporating it into our classrooms, but I feel like we just get a quick overview of whatever program they want us to use at that time, and then we never really get time to explore it and develop ways to incorporate it into our teaching.
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I'm with you! There are so many cool resources and tech tools I want to learn and use...but actually finding the time to explore and implement is another story!
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Teachers, she explains, are no longer the primary or even the best source of information available to students
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As a teacher in a one-room alternative program, I KNOW this to be true. I feel like the jack-of-all trades, master of none on many days. I see myself more as a manager and facilitator of their learning than the direct source.
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I always think this after I watch the history channel. I learn so much from the history channel and it is so much more interesting than listening to a lecture.
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I am in a one-teacher room as well, and while I try to keep up, there is now way to know it all. Even in the traditional classroom where I teach personal finance, I feel unable to keep up with it all. But it is hard to let go of the reigns when you have taught that way and everyone else around you teaches that way.
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I encouraged students to use their accounts as an information dashboard for “professional” or school interests as well as personal passions.
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I really like the idea of showing students how to use this technology and their learning for both "professional and personal use." I think when you tell students that it is "ok" for them to use technology this way, they learn more because they aren't compartmentalizing their usage of this technology as only for school, which means that they are more likely to use the program and play around with it, which will increase their learning opportunities.
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This encourages students to apply their learning in different venues which creates a culture of lifelong learning.
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This is exactly what educators are going for, to create life long learners. Using PLEs will create that. I am so excited to incorporate this in my classroom and help others do the same.
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I completely agree with you that we want students to become life-long learners! When students leave school, we want students to be able to do seek out their own research, contacts, and resources to solve everyday problems. If students are never presented with opportunities to direct and manage their own learning, they will not be as successful. Giving students permission to learn about and engage with things they are passionate about can only lead to positive educational outcomes (with appropriate supports of course)!
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For example, you can create tiles that link to challenges, quiz questions, polls, discussion forums, chat pages, and other types of content and media that will facilitate more student involvement and creativity.
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This sounds fun. I am looking forward to set up an account. I think kids would really like this. It is nice to have one place for everything.
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students still needed some kind of information dashboard to manage all of their information streams for the upcoming project.
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I think it is a great idea to have a place for students to "store" the information they need to research and interact with their content. My students have used symbaloo in computer class and it has taken away a lot of the management concerns. Students know where to go to find the tools they need to keep progressing with their learning!
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What a great idea! When that notebook with all the notes is missing, it could be stored and used during class instead of searching or pretending to search. Maybe we could teach them responsibility again!
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PLEs give learners a high degree of control over their work by allowing them to customize the learning experience and connect to others, including experts in the field
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This is exactly what we want - students to have a high degree of control over their work! By allowing them to customize the learning experience and connect with others, including experts, students are getting real-life experience that will help them solve the problems they face in their everyday lives. A PLE can help students organize this self-directed learning. Students will likely know what they want to learn but organizing that learning is often what students need support in. PLEs are helpful in providing students with tools they need to gather information, conduct research, and present their findings!
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personalized learning that allows students to direct and manage their own learning experience while pursuing educational goals
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In my opinion, this is exactly what we want students to be able to do! By supporting students in their academic endeavors, students learn to view teachers as guides or facilitators rather than "the one who knows all." In thinking about what we want students to be able to do when they leave school, we want students to be able to do seek out their own research, contacts, and resources to solve everyday problems. If students are never presented with opportunities to direct and manage their own learning, they will not be as successful!
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You are right! If students do not get to practice this skills by doing then they will struggle when they enter the workforce.
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The development of PLEs represents a shift in focus from teacher centered classrooms to more learner centered classrooms. As such, teachers must learn to effectively incorporate these social media based initiatives into their lessons.
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This sounds absolutely ideal. The challenge we as educators face with students using their own technology during instruction and competing for their attention has steadily increased over recent years. How cool would it be if it were used to enhance their learning rather than get in the way of it!
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I do have some concerns that a lot of the PLE is based on on-line learning. Students use technology constantly, but I have also seen them get frustrated with technology and on-line learning when it seems hard to navigate or they are not receiving adequate feedback.
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The Symbaloo interface looks a bit like a high-tech Scrabble board with movable “tiles” on it. These tiles give you access to Web pages or other webmixes.
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As someone completely new to this type of program, I really like the looks of it. It appears friendly and seems to lend itself to some really great things.
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What I do like about Symbaloo is that if I make any updates to this webmix, students receive the updates as well!
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This is really handy for parents as well. I send them the link and they can access my web mix at home. When I make an update, I alert parents via my shutterfly site. Parents can go to my web mix and have their child show them games we are playing that reinforces our learning goals. It is also nice because parents don't have to download anything or search for hours on something educational for their child to do because it is already done for them.
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Because Symbaloo is web-based, you can access your favorite webmixes from different computers.
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This is so great because I can share this with parents and their child can access my game page at home. If parents allow screen time at home, I feel that by providing this web mix to them to access will only benefit their child and help them learn and reinforce our learning in the classroom.
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The concept of PLE is not a way to replace classroom learning, but to enhance it.
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This is the comment many teachers were hoping to read. I understand the hesitation to give students control of the learning environment, but is it working by controlling them?
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PLE research shows there are less behavior issues because kids get to learn based on their interests promoting intrinsic motivation to learn. I think it would be great to teach in a PLE.
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Personal learning environments (PLE) are a new approach to personalized learning that allows students to direct and manage their own learning experience while pursuing educational goals. The idea for PLEs was born from the emergence of Web 2.0 tools and the ubiquity of technology in today’s society. Students now have access to desktop computers, smartphones, tablets, smart TVs and game systems that connect them to free online tools that are always available. These tools provide a medium for students to create their own learning space that is more natural and unique to their interests and learning styles.
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One of the key phrases here is "learning goals." I think we have to also explore how to help students define and establish learning goals for themselves. I am not sure they are always able to do this--at least in a way that is pushing and challenging what they already know or are able to do.
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The social media platform that supports PLEs creates a perfect space for peer collaboration and sharing information.
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I must remember that baby steps can get use to PLE for more students. It is overwhelming to think about changing the traditional model of education so many are used to until I read this line and take a deep breath. The sharing and conducting of "research" students are doing in individual leassons or units is a stgep in the right direction.
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o horribly wrong if teachers fail to prepare students and set usage parameters.
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I feel so much better reading this. I experienced this first hand. I thought my students were ready for the responsibility I was handing over; I thought I had set the "right" parameters, but, alas, the learning was not as rich as it could have been. In many cases, it turned out to be a huge waste of time. I still feel guilty about it. I guess the positive is that I am still trying to learn more about implementing PLE's effectively.
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Yes, it is a positive because you learned from the experience. Now you know what worked and what needs to be revised.
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