Rope Climbing, Santa Monica flickr photo by Boss Tweed shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license A new year brings an educator fresh opportunities. If you have a blog that’s been gathering dust, or you feel intrigued by the idea of starting one, this post is for you. Join over twenty teachers across seven countries…
Category: PLN
#teacherbookclub roundup for November
Has Twitter become a virtual staff room for teachers everywhere? #teacherbookclub is a monthly online discussion of books relevant to today’s educator. Past guest authors have been Bill and Ochan Powell, George Couros, Angela Maiers, and John Spencer. This weekend #teacherbookclub discussed a multi-touch free book focused on visual note taking. This book was co-authored…
Ten Steps to get you to your next Twitter Chat
As far as spaces go, Twitter is a great place for educators. Over the past decade, Twitter has become a 24/7 space for professional development. Twitter is a place to share, curate, and develop resources. It has allowed teachers everywhere to have access to experts anywhere. One of my favorite applications is the Twitter Chat….
Digital Bytes 22nd August 2016
10 Reasons Every Teacher Needs a PLN Sylvia Duckworth’s illustrations are becoming legendary in the edtech world, and this one about PLNs is no exception! The staff at TeachThought have added some ways of getting started with each of the 10 Reasons Every Teacher Needs a PLN, so why not extend your PLN by trying…
Getting Connected – the Why and How
Why? Screenshot via sxoop.com/twitter/mosaic.pl The question of why connect is an important one for us to consider. Of course, being connected can lead you to lots of great resources and ideas for lessons, but what we are really talking about here is connecting with people. It is through these personal connections that you can build…