PLNs Revisited

Three additional people to add:

Anh Phuong Ha (based in Vietnam): Ha has been working in a more rural area of Vietnam and has employed a "borderless classroom model" where she is able to connect with other schools around the world. With these new innovations, she has not only been able to help her students, but students in other countries as well. Ha is also an active member of the Microsoft community and contributes regularly to the online forums and professional development opportunities. 

Twitter: Link

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Scott Hebert (based in Alberta): Hebert has been working on gameifying the classroom, which garnered global attention and an award from the World Gamification Congress in 2015. One example of his work is his experimentation with turning the classroom into a year-long, RPG-style game for students to work on to achieve their goals. He has been sharing his journey under #GameMyClass online, which is what drew attention to his work. 

Website: https://www.mrhebert.org/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MrHebertPE

Michael Dunlea (Based in New Jersey, USA): Dunlea has been focusing on bringing the world into the classroom for his students through the use of virtual field trips. According to the Global Teacher Prize, Dunlea was able to bring his students to fifteen counties in the last year. He has also been leading a program that has global partnerships that allow students to interact around the world across various cultures. These achievements have earned him a number of awards. 

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Reason for Contact:

I chose to reach out to Scott Hebert. The idea of turning the classroom into a full-on RPG is highly intriguing and I wonder how that has impacted his students. I am also curious as to how he has continued to develop his ideas since he started working on gameifying his classroom back in 2013. I also appreciate that Hebert is based in Canada (and more specifically Alberta, where I am from) and may have some more relatable experiences for another Canadian teacher (ie myself). I am also curious about whether these concepts could apply to the library independent of the classroom. There have been assignments in previous courses about doing themes and events in the library, but I wonder how much more we can turn the library into an experience and not just a space. 

Updates to follow

References

Ha Anh Phuong. (2018). Global Teacher Prize, retrieved 24 May 2021 from https://www.globalteacherprize.org/person?id=13728

Hebert, S. (2013). Mr.Hebert.org, retrieved 24 May 2021 from https://www.mrhebert.org/

Michael Dunlea. (2018). Global Teacher Prize, retrieved 24 May 2021 from https://www.globalteacherprize.org/person?id=13745

Scott Hebert. (2018). Global Teacher Prize, retrieved 24 May 2021 from https://www.globalteacherprize.org/person?id=13759