Do you know the song from Carol King: You've got a friend?
Here is my version..
When you're down and troubled
And you need a helping hand
And nothing, nothing is going right
Close your eyes and think of YOUR PLN!!
What's a PLN you ask??!!
Well... It's a Professional Learning Network. As blogger Tom Whitby explained in 2013, "A PLN is a tool that uses social media and technology to collect, communicate, collaborate and create with connected colleagues anywhere at any time. Participating educators, worldwide, make requests and share resources."
One of the PLN's I belong to is InTELA - the Independent School Technology Educators of Los Angeles. (www.intela.org) The stated goals of InTELA are to:
It was about a week ago that one of my InTELA colleagues, Jean-Philippe, reached out to the group with a problem. The Mac's at his school kept on losing their WiFi signal and would drop off the network. Being a Network Analyst and Systems Infrastructure Designer, I responded to Jean-Philippe's post to help him out. This led to a few requests from other InTELA members for a Technology in Plain English webinar on common WiFi and network issues.
Well, if asked, how could I say no??!! So... on Tuesday, April 19th at noon PDT I am going to hold a LIVE Webcast on WiFi and Internet setup in K-12 private schools. Since my webcast is called Technology in PLAIN ENGLISH, you can be assured that I will explain exactly how WiFi Access Points work and how to set up an EFFECTIVE Wifi network in your school in an easy to understand "plain english" format. Also, I will be giving PRACTICAL examples and advice on how to do this for your school's network.
This LIVE Webcast is for everyone who wants to understand how the wonderful world of WiFi works. You don't have to be a "techie" or technology specialist to get benefit from this session. I would highly recommend this broadcast to teachers who use/want to use technology in their classroom, Academic Technology Specialists who want to be able to understand what their IT Coordinators are talking about, Principals and Heads of School - so that they can understand how to spend their tech budgets wisely - and finally to IT management and support staff. Since it will be LIVE, please come with questions that we can address on-line.
Date: Tuesday, April 19th, 2016
At: 12:00 Noon Pacific Daylight Time (3PM EDT)
As always, I solicit any questions/comments on the blog page.
Yossie
Oh yes... by the way, here is the REAL song,
by Carole herself. Enjoy!
Yossie Frankel
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