#NYEdTech Meetup Tonight at 7pm on Teacher #PLNs w/ @InnovativeEdu & @mr_casal

What are the most successful teachers doing differently? How is that experienced being shared, and how can new teachers best learn from those that have come before them? Teachers are progressively forming broader and richer professional learning networks that extend far beyond their schools boundaries in many cases.  

Innovative New York City educator Chris Casal (@mr_casal) and I (@InnovativeEdu) will dig in to how personal learning networks or PLNs are formed and what is exchanged by impactful educators as part of the NYEDTech meetup TONIGHT from 7 - 9 p.m. in Manhattan.

If you're in the area, it's not to late to join us. 

Details at http://www.meetup.com/NYEdTech/events/160696002

If you're not in the area, don't despair. You can still follow the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag #EdTechNYC and/or watch the live streamed broadcast below once it begins.

Watch live streaming video from knerd at livestream.com

Here's a sneak peak into some of the topics we'll be discussing:

How can a PLN benefit educators?

What has been your strategy for wading through the noise?

What has your PLN revealed to you that's truly blown your mind?

What does perfect Professional Development look like?

Post event update - Key quotes from the event:

• PLNs give ppl the opp to set up their own classroom w/the ppl they want to learn from & when they want to learn. - @InnovativeEdu
• "You need to be interesting. If you are boring, I delete your comment and I have guidelines in my group that explain this. " - @InnovativeEdu
• "I spend a lot more time on my Twitter list than my main feed." - @mr_casal
• Email getting bogged down? Check out > Unroll.me - @InnovativeEdu
• "PLNs should change the landscape of education." - @InnovativeEdu
• “We have to stop making schools disconnected places. We need to connect our students to the world.” - @InnovativeEdu
• “We can break it now, why wait for the future.” - @mr_casal
• “Teacher effectiveness models like Danielson recognize and allow for PLN development a part of the work of an educator.” - @InnovativeEdu
• “Social media is a great tool for developing PLNs and increasing teacher effectiveness.” - @InnovativeEdu
• "We’re not always going to get credit for stuff. We just have to take it on because we want it to be better." - @mr_casal
• "As teachers we have to accept that we won't always get credit for our work. We do it because we want to." via @mr_casal
• “Our children are already building PLNs. Wwe need to be there to help and guide them.” - @InnovativeEdu
• "Teachers should serve as models for their students on the development of a positive PLN." - @InnovativeEdu
• .@CommonSense has some GREAT teaching resources on teaching students about social media and it's potential uses and repercussions.
• “Social Media is a great tool to connect with parents.” - @InnovativeEdu
• "Professional development doesn't always come to you, sometimes you have to seek it out" via @InnovativeEdu
• @NYEdTech http://Tagboard.com  is the platform. Ours are:
• http://TagBoard.com/ps10bk  http://TagBoard.com/ps10st  http://TagBoard.com/ps10sw
• Why on earth would 2nd graders use Twitter? Read this to find out. > http://goo.gl/GiWCVI - @InnovativeEdu