1. New Technologies in Professional Learning Networks
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Lauren Menard, EdD.

2. Professional Learning Communities (PLC) in Education
“We believe that the PLC is the most powerful context to support educators’ learning and increased effectiveness, and thus, improved student achievement” (Hord, 2008, p. 19)
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Southwest Educational Development Lab
SEDL

3. Collaboration Networking Collective Communication
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Networking
Communication
Collaboration

4. Engagement Partnership Community Service Collaboration
Service Learning
Partnership
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Community
Collaboration
Engagement
Service

5. Web-based Learning Communities
“As budget cuts continue to limit district-level training opportunities, PLNS take an organic, grassroots approach to professional development. Administrators and teachers say such networks reduce isolation, promote autonomy, and provide inspiration by offering access to support and information”. (Flanigan, 2011, p. 510)
No travel cost
Asynchronous collaboration
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Online Learning Networks hold all the benefits of traditionally based learning communities while offering advantages, such as flexibility in collaboration times, file management, and a broader collective learning base.

6. Edmodo: Where Learning Happens
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College professors likely have access to similar platforms, such as Moodle or Blackboard. School teachers in K-12, religious organizations, and others who may want to organize a Service Learning event may not have a program available. Edmodo is free and has become very popular with school districts and teachers.
100’s of Communities or Start Your Own

7. Special Education Teacher Support Site
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Special Education Teacher Support Site
Members can contact members easily whenever convenient for them. Notifications can be sent automatically to all members when a new file or post is added. Online networks enhance traditional networking, such as phone trees, because all members have instant access to changes.

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Discussion Threads
Teachers could communicate when they had a chance. Teachers could answer teacher questions.

9. Folders
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Having a support site held an advantage to traditional professional development because only those documents needed by the teacher had to printed. Some information applied to particular teachers, other information to other teachers. If a teacher needed information next week or next year, it was still available in the Edmodo folder—no losing papers on a busy teachers cluttered desk. Establishing folders enabled teachers to quickly find what they needed (efficient file storage).
Files were placed in each folder by content, such as needed documents and links to web pages.

10. Example: The Student Learning Target Folder
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11. Possibilities: Edmodo and Service Learning
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12. Assigning Groups
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13. Program Feedback: How R U Trending?
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14. Program Feedback: Take a Poll
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15. You get a virtual badge for that!!
Incentives
50 hours
25 hours
10 hours
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You get a virtual badge for that!!

16. Appreciation and Certification
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Participants print their certificate and can access it again through if their hard copy goes missing.
Save templates in your Edmodo library, fill out, and to members
(If you want my certificate get it at Google Docs: )

17. Thank you for your attention.
Online learning networks can improve project management and offers a wealth of support, collaboration, and ideas exchange
on a wide range of topics.
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See what Edmodo can do for your service learning project:
Questions?? Comments??
Thank you for your attention.