How many other employers will begin to select based on a workers technological skills?
The application I’m about to show you has been described as a tool that allows people to: learn something new every day keep up to date on the latest conferences and technologies exchange ideas and receive help instantly engage in conversations that help them grow professionally access the best pro d they’ve ever had interact with leading thinkers and educators acquire a deeper understanding of children and how they learn connect with a strong community of practice find interesting articles in their special area of interest use a human powered search engine find invaluable resources think aloud and interact with professionals from around the world What am I talking about?
This is my a snapshot of a small part of my network of fellow educators and thinkers. I started building this network in the fall of 2008. There is always someone around to help out, even at 3 a.m. when I have insomnia and a thorny problem I’m working on.
The power of the network. In 19 months my network has grown to 1225 followers. I follow around 900 people.
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Sharing resources All this took me under 6 min. to find