LLI+Session+3

Session 3

1:00 - 1:30: Developing your PLN

 * Why do teachers need a PLN?
 * How can you build your PLN?

Readings:
 * 1)  [|First Steps Toward Becoming a 21st Century Educator] by Kim Cofino
 * 2) [|Five Tips for Creating a Global Classroom] by Kim Cofino
 * 3) How to Connect Your Students Globally by Kim Cofino
 * 4) [|First Steps Towards Becoming a 21st Century Educator] by Kim Cofino
 * 5) 6 Reasons Students Should Have Their Own Blog
 * 6) Connection - The best professional development for educators (Craig Skinner)
 * 7) Coincidence or Connection? by Chris Betcher
 * 8) The 21st Century Educator (resources from Kim's presentation)



1:30 - 2:00: Exploring effective tools for collaboration

 * What tools can you use that can be useful when you design globally collaborative projects for your students? (more resources on this wiki too!)

2:00 - 2:15: Project Time:
Task: Determine some of the tools you plan to use in your project? What makes these tools the right ones for the task? Document your thinking on this Google Doc.