Empower Your Personal Learning (for teachers)

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Wk 1 - Introductions

Welcome to this learning group! Our purpose here is to look at our personal and professional learning habits as teachers.

Introduce yourself here. Tell a little about why you're interested in this group and what your personal or professional learning habits have been like in the past. Also tell us what you'd like to learn and talk about in our time together.

If you'd like, you can make a short video for your introduction or make a VoiceThread. You may also add to this Voicethread that has already been started for our group. These are both good ways to get to know each other and begin using tools for personal learning.

A group of us are helping facilitate this discussion as long as learning with the group, including:

  • Karen Fasimpaur
  • Bud Hunt
  • Joe Dillon
  • Cindy Minnich
  • Paul Oh
  • Bonita DeAmicis
  • Scoll Shelhart
  • Jonas Backelin

 

We'll introduce ourselves here as well. :)

Task Discussion


  • Cindy Minnich   March 14, 2012, 7:48 p.m.

    I'm sooooooo late on doing this, but I will stand by my thought that there is truth in the statement, "Better late than never."

    I wrote this post last week after our Big Blue Button video/audio chat. I was exhausted when I got home, but I knew I had something I needed to write. But it was also LATE so I did the best I could with the brain cells that were still awake. I will likely post a revision eventually...

    http://chartingbythestars.wordpress.com/2012/03/07/personal-learning-slice2012/

  • Melsy   March 12, 2012, 2:45 p.m.

    Hi Everyone,

    I know I am a bit late, but juggling work and family made life a little bit crazy last week.  Right now, I teach ESL and linguistics at a local university.  I enjoy learning new things and love to take on new projects which require me to research or challenge myself in some way.  Right now, I am working on updating an online ESL writing course that I teach, and I am developing a test preparation course for ESL students.  I find that when I stumble upon something new, I can usually find a way to use that information somehow.

    I look forward to taking some time out of the next few weeks to work on learning something new!

    Melsy

  • Jonas Backelin   March 13, 2012, 11:59 a.m.
    In Reply To:   Melsy   March 12, 2012, 2:45 p.m.

    Welcome Melsy, lookforward to hear about your personal learning and professional development.

    /Jonas

  • Liz Renshaw   March 7, 2012, 11:22 p.m.

     Thanks to everyone for solutions. I have got it embedding using the long code.

  • Paul Oh   March 7, 2012, 9:09 p.m.

    Also, check out the googledoc we used to collect our thoughts in response to a writing prompt to enter into our first webinar. Please feel free to add your thoughts or comment on what others have written.

  • Paul Oh   March 7, 2012, 9:02 p.m.

    Clearly, I should have introduced myself as "Paul Oh - Person Who Blows Out Ear Drums." My apologies both for not being able to get my technical difficulties resolved in order to join you fully at tonight's webinar and also for any auditory damage I've caused. I'm going to log in to the webinars at home from now on where I know my equipment works.

  • Bonita DeAmicis, Ed. D.   March 11, 2012, 12:38 p.m.
    In Reply To:   Paul Oh   March 7, 2012, 9:02 p.m.

    Very funny, Paul.  Sorry I missed your "renaming" ceremony, I couldn't attend the webinar. I am sure we are all forgiving sorts though.

  • Liz Renshaw   March 7, 2012, 7:39 p.m.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkwIslXa7XE

     

    Hello Everyone

    I have tried putting the embedding code for my youtube in this area. It is okay on preview but not appearing on save/post any ideas this problem? Have put up this link as an interim solution. Thanks Liz

     

    http://youtu.be/AkwIslXa7XE

  • Paul Oh   March 7, 2012, 9 p.m.
    In Reply To:   Liz Renshaw   March 7, 2012, 7:39 p.m.

    Hi Liz!

    Welcome. Not sure if this will work, but try embedding the full URL instead: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkwIslXa7XE&feature=youtu.be

    Cheers,

    Paul

  • karen   March 10, 2012, 12:45 p.m.
    In Reply To:   Liz Renshaw   March 7, 2012, 7:39 p.m.

    Nice to "meet" you, Liz. It sounds like your background and experiences are closely aligned to what we're talking about here. I look forward to hearing what's worked for you and what hasn't in terms of encouraging shared learning with teachers.

  • Scott Shelhart   March 7, 2012, 7:17 p.m.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvAm97W4g_0

  • karen   March 10, 2012, 12:47 p.m.
    In Reply To:   Scott Shelhart   March 7, 2012, 7:17 p.m.

    PD sessions with a group that doesn't really want to be there are no fun. I'm looking for solutions to that as well.

  • Paul Oh   March 7, 2012, 5:39 p.m.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FogqG8_tIoc

    Looking forward to sharing and learning with you all!

  • Livinus Obiora Nweke   March 6, 2012, 10:15 a.m.

    I am Livinus Obiora Nweke. I reside in Nigeria. I am a computer instructor and it will be a pleasure learning with you all

  • karen   March 6, 2012, 8:01 p.m.
    In Reply To:   Livinus Obiora Nweke   March 6, 2012, 10:15 a.m.

    Welcome to our group! (I'm wondering if you'd also seen the glotal classroom collaboration group on P2PU: http://p2pu.org/en/groups/secon-classroom-collaborations/)

    I lived in East Africa for a couple years and loved it so much.

  • Joe Dillon   March 6, 2012, 9:46 a.m.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqZiqt2bkeI&context=C3bbe0bbADOEgsToPDskKzVEGA9N1DOPKiPnnbp5mZ

  • Jonas Backelin   March 5, 2012, 5:14 p.m.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNuNXJ3DXJ4&w=420&h=315

    (I forgot to say I'm Swedish and living in Balchik on the Black Sea Coast of Bulgaria)

  • karen   March 6, 2012, 8:07 p.m.
    In Reply To:   Jonas Backelin   March 5, 2012, 5:14 p.m.

    Wow, Jonas -- lots to chew on in this video!

    It's really great to see you and hear more about your background after all our email chats. Glad you're here with us.

  • Jonas Backelin   March 11, 2012, 1:19 p.m.
    In Reply To:   karen   March 6, 2012, 8:07 p.m.

      Yes, there I have several thoughts and inputs that I'm still trying to connect.  After this presentation I got present to my past period of 'dispair' and came a cross this TED talk by climate scientist James Hansen.  Imagine NASA studied the Veil of Venus to prove our energy imblance will lead to Global Warming.  The energy of 400 000 Hiroshima bombs arrive to earth per day and there must be better use than raising sea levels and melting ice caps.  Maybe these innovations will come from a generation of Personal Learners. 

  • karen   March 4, 2012, 2:24 p.m.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIqriMdxelY

    I'm looking forward to learning with you all!