Connected Educator month in August affected me deeply. I consider myself “connected” — I’m on Twitter often; I use other social media tools to collaborate with others; I love online participatory learning. When I have a puzzling problem or a
Ed tech, conferences, and broadening the discussion
I’ve been pretty vocal about my view of conferences in the past. They seem to me to be a less than optimal format of professional development, and I feel inauthentic standing up and lecturing (presenting) about not standing up and
K12 Online – a great learning opportunity
If you don’t know about the K12 Online conference, you should! This year’s conference starts today, but you can participate any time. The K12 Online conference is a progressive professional learning opportunity to engage educators worldwide around 21st century learning.
August is Connected Educator month!
August is Connected Educator month, and there are so many ways you can participate, whether you are already a “connected educator” or whether you are curious what all this is about! Here is a calendar of events for the month.
Common Core: The good, the bad, and the ugly
This weekend I was a part of a panel presentation at NSBA called “New Opportunities Presented by the Common Core: Deeper Learning, Open Educational Resources, and Increases in Long-Term Student Success.” Common Core and Deeper Learning Among the main points
Zero-based curriculum planning
I have been excited about the potential of the Common Core standards. Fewer standards, deeper coverage, more higher order thinking skills and process orientation, better assessment — it all sounds like an improvement. Yet, as I’ve seen the beginning of
Free, open PD!
The P2PU School of Ed is happy to announce a new round of free, open-licensed professional learning groups for educators that will start March 5. These courses are available for sign-up now: Student Grant Writing – A group for high
Twitter tip – hashtags
I love Twitter. It is one of my favorite tools for professional and personal learning. As I talk with various people about Twitter, I am often asked about hashtags. What are they? How do you use them? So I’m writing
Free, online professional development
I have been working for the last few months on an exciting project that is launching today. The P2PU School of Ed pilot opened sign-up today for seven free, online, open-licensed professional development courses for K-12 teachers. This program is
Global Education Conference (virtual) – Nov. 15-19
Education and technology are fast-changing, dynamic spaces, and personal learning needs are at a all-time high. But with school budgets being tight and release days being scarce, it’s difficult to attend traditional conferences or other professional development events. Enter personal