Presentation & resources for administrators to guide their on professional development. Created with Tim Bray.

1. Personalizing PD for
Administrators
Steve Katz and Tim Bray
KORCOS March 9, 2012

2. Introductions
Steve Katz
Tim Bray
Tech Integration
Tech Integration
ADE, 2011
ADE, 2008
APD, 2012

3. Personal Learning Network (PLN)

4. Creating a PLN
• Creating a PLN
• http://sites.google.com/site/buildingapln/
• 5 Ways to Start Your PLN
• http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/
2008/04/5-things-you-can-do-to-begin-
developing.html
• Twitter for Professional Learning
• http://www.livebinders.com/play/
play_or_edit?id=301850

5. Why grow one?

6. Communities

7. Online Communities
• Classroom 2.0
• http://www.classroom20.com/
• Classroom 2.0 Leadership Group
• http://www.classroom20.com/group/
effectiveleadership
• Edu PLN
• http://edupln.ning.com/

8. Facebook

9. Facebook Groups
• Connected Principals
• https://www.facebook.com/pages/
Connected-Principals/159329780752918
• Council of School Supervisors & Admin
• https://www.facebook.com/followcsa
• Discover Your Seoul
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/
216204805076326/

10. Twitter

11. Twitter
• Connected Principals Chat #cpchat
• https://twitter.com/#!/search/cpchat
• Twitter in Plain English
• http://www.commoncraft.com/video/twitter
• Twitter for the Ultra-Beginner
• http://www.markbrumley.com/category/
professional-development/

12. Twitter
• Principal Embraces the Power of Twitter
• http://www.northjersey.com/news/
131908408_Principal_embraces_power_of
_Twitter.html
• The World’s Largest English Department
• http://www.edweek.org/tsb/articles/
2009/10/01/01ning.h03.html
• Why Educators Should Join Twitter
• http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/

13. Grow Your PLN

14. Administrator’s Blogs
• The Principal’s Page
• http://www.principalspage.com/theblog/
• Practical Theory
• http://practicaltheory.org/serendipity/
• Rebel 6 Ramblings
• http://rebel6.blogspot.com/

15. Administrator’s Blogs
• Spaces for Learning
• http://spacesforlearning.wordpress.com/
• The Burkie Blog
• http://bburkhead.blogspot.com/
• Reflections From an ES Principal
• http://principalj.blogspot.com/
• Burlington High Principal’s Blog
• http://www.patrickmlarkin.com/

16. Articles
• Social Media & the Professional Learning
Community
• http://resourcelinkbce.wordpress.com/
2011/10/23/social-media-and-the-
professional-learning-community-
%E2%80%93-networks-collaboration-
communication/
• PLNs Taking Off
• http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/
2011/10/26/09edtech-network.h31.html?

17. Articles
• The “Cisco Fatty” Incident
• http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29796962/
• No Halftime Tweets
• http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?
id=3990853
• 21 Signs You’re a 21st Century Admin
• http://blog.simplek12.com/education/21-
signs-you%E2%80%99re-a-21st-century-
principal/

18. Cybrary Man’s
Administrator Links
• More resources than you’ll ever be able to
use:
• http://cybraryman.com/administrators.html

19. Believe in Yourself !

20. Questions?
Tim Bray Steve Katz
Twitter: @tsbray Twitter:@stevekatz
Email: tbray@kis.or.kr Email: skatz@kis.or.kr
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