Category: Education
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Confessions of a Twitter Chat Lurker
As I’ve been exploring Twitter over the past few months I’ve come to value it as a professional learning tool. I will admit, I’ve become semi-addicted to checking my twitter feed to see what’s going on in the world and the lives/work of the people I ‘follow.’ A course I’m taking this semester, Digital Literacies…
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The Principal Story
The Task As part of an educational leadership course, groups were challenged to create a rubric for evaluating educational leaders based on readings from the course. Our group identified ten areas that we felt were necessary components of an effective school leader. Categories included: Organization Communication Action-based/follow-through Relationships/rapport-building Instructional expertise Situational awareness Visibility Data-driven/evidence-based practice…
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Recap-PLA Virtual Spring Symposium
Photo Source: 2013 PLA Virtual Spring Symposium This week I had the opportunity to ‘participate’ in the Public Library Association (PLA) Virtual Spring Symposium. This was a very interesting experience to sit in rooms with other local public librarians yet connect with and ask questions of presenters along with a nation-wide audience. Conference hashtag #plavss13…
Christy Brennan 