Tag Professional Development
Do you want to jumpstart Twitter usage in your school or district? Have you considered holding a Twitter Challenge? Run your challenge any number of days, but a well-publicized Twitter Challenge should encourage educators who have been on the fence about Twitter to… Continue Reading →
Not unlike that crazy movie with Ed Norton and Brad Pitt, there seem to be certain #EdTech rules. Wait. #EdTech is like Fight Club? Kinda. Click To Tweet Which Rules Stand & which Rules to Challenge? Wait, You Don’t Talk about #EdTech?… Continue Reading →
Last year at this time I made a list of my Top Ten Professional Learning posts, so far. I think it is time to update for the current year as we all start back to school. Let me know if… Continue Reading →
Your PLN is your Professional Learning Network, your PLN is also your Personal Learning Network. The two terms are often used interchangeably. After a professional conversation recently I am now considering never doing that again. The discussion centered around the future of professional… Continue Reading →
Recently I read Teach Like a Pirate: Increase Student Engagement, Boost Your Creativity, and Transform Your Life as an Educator (affiliate link) by Dave Burgess. The parts of TLAP which stuck for me, which have me thinking about the future… Continue Reading →
If you are lucky enough to attend educational conferences you know they are as much an experience as anything else. The comradery, the openness with which teachers learn from each other is inspiring! So how do you approach such an… Continue Reading →
What does a Teacher Need to Know about Twitter? Twitter is by educators and offers a peer-to-peer, grassroots professional learning opportunity never before experienced by educators. Twitter is called micro-blogging because it limits messages to 140 characters at a time. Twitter can be… Continue Reading →
Why Are Teachers Using Twitter? It is safe to say no other social media has been co-opted into education like Twitter. A recent post by one of the founders of #EdChat, @Tom Whitby, sums the relationship between Twitter and educators nicely:… Continue Reading →
I really like to train others in educational technologies It is my job and something I used to do from the classroom out of passion. When I was in the classroom I will confess that I trained people differently. First,… Continue Reading →
It takes me a while to get ready for an ISTE conference, the International Society for Technology in Education’s annual conference, and #ISTE2015 is like no exception. Last year the Atlanta conference was 50 miles away from our Georgia district and… Continue Reading →
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