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Project PLN Take 2

September 8, 2010Kelly Tenkely3 Comments5916 views

Yesterday was the release of Project PLN, it didn’t come without some hiccups in the form of technical difficulties. First Openzine seemed to have crashed and then Slideshare didn’t want to make our document public. Stressful after the build up Nick and I had so carefully planned out. It happens! If you were affected by the difficulties yesterday, let me share the Openzine version here for you. Hopefully it will be nothing but smooth sailing from here 🙂 We so appreciate all of your encouragement, thoughtful comments, and passing our idea on to others! For those of you asking how you can contribute to the next Project PLN, please take a look at the Mission: Project PLN article from Nick and I. Nick gives you a list of our upcoming topics and offers a variety of ways to submit your work.

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Project PLN

September 7, 2010Kelly Tenkely6 Comments4484 views

Finally the wait is over! Today was the revealing of #ProjectPLN. In case you missed the build up, @ProjectPLN has been slowly releasing videos for the past few weeks leading up to…well no one really knew what until today at the 7:00 #edchat. The wait is over, Project PLN is out of the bag and I don’t have to keep the secret any more!

A few months ago Nick (@thenerdyteacher) ran an idea by me to start a PLN magazine. I immediately said yes, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to be a part of something that highlights the awesome educators in our PLN. My hope is that this magazine will introduce you to members of your PLN you might not be familiar with, share and celebrate the amazing work and voices of the PLN, and encourage teachers who don’t yet have a PLN to build one.

Each month we will release a magazine (both available online and off) that centers around an educational topic. Nick and I will choose “articles” that are submitted, a re-post of a blog post, videos, photos, and Tweets related to the topic. We are using an online tool, Openzine, to put together the magazine each month. We aren’t sure how Openzine will be able to take all of the traffic on their servers so we also have the magazine on Slideshare where it can be downloaded and printed out to share with your staff.

Send colleagues the link, print it out and put it in everyone’s mailbox, leave a copy in the teacher’s lounge, or RT on Twitter. We hope that you will help us spread the word so that we can grow our PLN!

Below is this month’s ProjectPLN magazine, check out the Openzine version for videos and extras!

Proejct PLN: September Issue 1

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About

Name: Kelly Tenkely

Teaching History: 1 year as a 2nd grade classroom teacher, 7 years as a k-5 technology specialist/teacher. 5 years as a technology integration specialist offering mentoring, training, and professional development.

Current Work: I am not in the classroom, you can learn more about that decision here. In the year I was out of the classroom, I offered freelance technology training, social media consulting, professional development, curriculum design, and technology integration consulting, virtual classroom. If you are interested in working with me, you can contact me here.

In 2011 I started my own school, Anastasis Academy. I believe that education needs a reinvention. Anastasis is my dream of what education can and should be.

In 2010 I created the Learning Genome Project. I am currently seeking funding for this project that will make personalized learning available to children all over the world.

I wasn’t always the computer geek I am today…I kind of fell into the computer teacher role and found out that I love it and that I have a passion for technology (particularly Apple!!) who knew? My goal is to help teachers fall in love with technology the way that their students have. I believe that technology reaches students in a way that few other mediums can. It ignites a fire, a desire to learn, and gives them the ability to express themselves in meaningful ways. I have never had a student who didn’t love my class…I am a good teacher but I am not THAT good, what they love is using technology to learn. So with that in mind, I set out to give teachers a resource where they could find easy-to-implement ideas for using technology in their own classrooms. I hope that iLearn Technology is a great resource for teachers but also that they would find even one piece of technology that they are passionate about. I have found in my own technology walk, all it took was one really great website (www.starfall.com) and I was hooked. My belief is that technology meets students needs, engages them, and helps them to be the best learner they can be.

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Websites: Tenkely.org

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