News.

Journey.

Shift.

Twitter and your PLN can move your career forward
Digitally connected educators are carving out new roles for themselves and challenging the status quo in schools: new approach to school leadership, sea change in CPD (positives) blurring lines in work/life balance if we are always switched on for learning
Teachers can have portfolio careers
Experiences shared, mistakes no longer made twice, decisions about procurement/ strategy so much easier with others’ experiences documented and discussed.

Putting yourself out there requires openess to new directions and opportunities
Thick skins required because there will be criticism.
Careers in e-learning are no longer just about ICT trained specialists or network managers.
E-Learning as opposed to ‘ICT’ or ‘educational technology’ -> what is the focus? (VLEs, learning platforms, Web 2.0 stuff?)
- starting with the learning and using technology as a means to an end, rather than starting with a great tool and trying to make it fit your objectives.
- not using jargon for the sake of it or to get ‘one over’ on someone.
- whole school champion for digital literacy (for students *and* staff)