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Entrance Ticket!What makes a teacher

a “professional?”

From #chat to #do: Taking Action with your PLN

Eric BrunsellDamian BariexcaElizabeth Alderton

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A professional is…

… highly educated, mostly salaried, who enjoy considerable work autonomy, a comfortable salary, and are commonly engaged in creative and intellectually challenging work.

-- Wikipedia

a. The ability to learn and reason; the capacity for knowledge and understanding.

b. The ability to think abstractly or profoundly.

Thefreedictionary.com

Hey, this is Nancy. Twitter is down right

now…when you get this message, give me a call. I’m dying to hear what you had for breakfast.

Via danhollings.posterous.com

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Who are they?

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Who do they follow?

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Educators: 67%Content: 17%Other: 16%

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What are they Tweeting?

Educational PracticeAsking Questions

Sharing ResourcesSocial

Unknown

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What are they Tweeting?

Educational PracticeAsking Questions

Sharing ResourcesSocial

Unknown

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54%

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AccessAccess

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Support

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Leadership

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Direction

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Direction

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So What?

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I learn more with Twitter than in my district PD

Really?!?

Really?!?

What are the characteristics of effective

professional development?

#scichat #cpchat

#artsed#elemchat

#mathchat#engchat

#spedchat

#lrnchat

#kinderchat

#gtchat #ellchat

#edadmin

#diversedu

#web20chat

#titletalk#sschat

#ntchat

#edchat

#scichat

#artsed#elemchat

#mathchat#engchat

#spedchat

#lrnchat

#kinderchat

#edadmin

#gtchat #ellchat

#diversedu

#web20chat

#titletalk#sschat

#ntchat

#EDCHAT

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#EDCHAT

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Job Embedded Collaborative

Practical and RelevantActive and Engaged Learning

Results Oriented Student Learning

Sustained

Fogarty & Pete (2010 Jan). Professional Learning 101: A Syllabus of Seven Protocols. Phi Delta Kappan. 9(4). P 32-34

Worthwhile

1 = strongly disagree <> 5 = strongly agree

For me, some of my best learning experiences have been from challenging intellectual or philosophical dialogue ...

such as what I find at #Edchat.

4.35

Sustained

How many times have you participated in #Edchat?

Once

2-5

6-10

11-15

>15

7%

35%

16%

16%

26%

Sustained

How many times have you participated in #Edchat?

Once

2-5

6-10

11-15

>15

7%

35%

16%

16%

26%

60%

32%

6%

2%

1%

21 #edchats from 10/13/09 – 4/20/101742 total participants

Sustained

How many times have you participated in #Edchat?

Once

2-5

6-10

11-15

>15

7%

35%

16%

16%

26%

60%

32%

6%

2%

1%

21 #edchats from 10/13/09 – 4/20/101742 total participants

50 Educators participated in more than ½ of the chats!

3.62 Job Embedded

Collaborative

Practical and Relevant

Active and Engaged Learning

Results Oriented

Student Learning

Worthwhile

1 = strongly disagree <> 5 = strongly agree

4.31

4.33

4.22

3.11

3.95

4.35

Collaborative 4.33

How often do you carry on the #Edchat conversation beyond the 1 hour session (i.e.: via blogs or other medium)?

Almost Always

Occasionally

Rarely

Never

20%

13%

49%

17%

3.62 Job Embedded

Collaborative

Practical and Relevant

Active and Engaged Learning

Results Oriented

Student Learning

Worthwhile

1 = strongly disagree <> 5 = strongly agree

4.31

4.33

4.22

3.11

3.95

4.35

-- Edchat Survey

I've been trying hard to find new ways to convert the awesome discussion to

real action. We have a lot of opportunity for this, but I get the

feeling that everyone has their hands in so many different pots already that

it's hard to coalesce.

`

I Tweet,

I learn

How do we continue to move PLN-based professional development forward so that it fosters a culture of

professional inquiry?

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WE are smarter than

ME!