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| Speaker: |
Dr. Ruth-Ellen Verock
Department of Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies,
School of Education,
The University of Massachusetts Amherst
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| Abstract of the Talk: |
To become a leader in your field, you want to develop a Professional Learning Network (PLN)an anywhere, anytime source of ideas and information that supports and expands your work as a professional. A professional learning network is derived from a "personal learning network" which is based on a "set of connections to people and resources both offline and online who enrich our learning"(Richardson & Mancabelli 2011). In this workshop, attendees will learn about the types of software that are accessible to their students who will be building PLNs, develop ways that their students might organize a PLN, and leave with a draft of their own PLN that may be used as a sample for students in their specific field.
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| Speaker’s Biography: |
Ruth-Ellen Verock is a Lecturer in the Department of Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies in the School of Education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She coordinates Bridges to the Future, a year-long masters degree and teacher license program serving rural school systems in Franklin County, Massachusetts. Prior to joining the School of Education, Ruth was an elementary school classroom and reading teacher in Virginia and Massachusetts. Her academic research focuses on new teacher education, technology in teaching, and community service learning in K-12 schools. She is a co-author of two books with Robert W. Maloy and Sharon A. Edwards including, Ways of Writing with Young Kids: Teaching Creativity and Conventions Unconventionally and Transforming Learning with New Technologies. She received the School of Education’s “Outstanding Teacher Award” in 2007. She has also served as coordinator of the 2003 University of Massachusetts/WGBY National Teacher Training Institute (NTTI) and was an educational researcher for the 1999-2000 Harvard University Evidence Project.
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| Language: |
English
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| Date & Time: |
1st March, Tuesday, 2016 (3:30pm - 5:00pm)
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| Venue: |
LT7, 3/F, Cheng Yu Tung Building, CUHK (Map: Flash, Google)
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| Inquiry: |
Ms. Ivy LU (ivy.lu@cuhk.edu.hk)
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| Video: |
https://ess.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk:8443/ess/echo/presentation/bcdf7f06-f6f9-4d60-89f3-6f49b616c6ac |
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