Having a Professional Learning Network (PLN) is vital for any educator if they wish to become more adept at supporting their colleagues and, even more importantly, their students. The video below is a simple introduction to building a PLN.
Below is a collection of some the resources that I use use as part of my Professional Learning Network. I hope you find them useful:
Education Organisations
ASCD (The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development)
ACEL (Australian Council for Educational Leaders)
ACER (Australian Council for Educational Research)
EARCOS (The East Asia Regional Council of Schools)
Education and Education Leadership Websites
Websites and blogs that focus on leadership in general:
Michael Hyatt – Helping Leaders Leverage Influence
Five Things I’ve Learned – great advice from leaders
Some of the blogs I follow:
Brilliant or Insane – Education on the edge
Kleinspiration – Connecting Tradition and Technology
Education Technology sites
International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
EdSurge – The Best in Education Technology
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
Podcasts – You can subscribe to any of these with iTunes
For education leaders everywhere 