Hi All, and Happy Connected Educator Month!
What does it mean to be a “connected educator”? How can we use this community to leverage our collective knowledge?
I challenge you to take 15 minutes each day this month to read one of the activities listed in the Table of Contents below. I hope you enjoy this resource and find one thing that will help you to grow your own professional learning network. Feel free to share what you're learning and trying out here, in this COP.
See: Connected Educator Month Starter Kit
Never been part of an online professional community or network? Already part of a community or network, but want to be more connected? The Connected Educator Month Starter Kit can help you on both fronts. Written by The Connected Educator author Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach and Powerful Learning Practice in collaboration with the Connected Educators initiative, and loaded with helpful links and embedded videos, the kit takes a 31 days approach for this special month, giving you one simple way to get more connected every day. Please feel free to pass it along to any friend or colleague you think could benefit from getting more connected!
Table of contents
About Connected Educator Month......................4
What you can expect this month........................4
About this starter kit..........................................5
Day 1 - What is a connected educator?...............6
Day 2 - What is Web 2.0?..................................10
Day 3 - Twitter...................................................11
Day 4 - Hashtags..............................................13
Day 5 - Even more Twitter...................................14
Day 6 - Become a Facebookworm......................15
Day 7 - YouTube...............................................16
Day 8 - Digital storytelling..................................17
Day 9 - Tell your story........................................18
Day 10 - Photo sharing......................................19
Day 11 - Wikis..................................................20
Day 12 - Webinars............................................21
Day 13 - Map yourself.......................................22
Day 14 - Get a blog..........................................23
Day 15 - Become a blogger...............................24
Day 16 - Future Ready Pledge...........................25
Day 17 - Social bookmarking.............................26
Day 18 - Social networking................................27
Day 19 - Month long forums..............................28
Day 20 - Online communities............................29
Day 21 - Voicethread........................................30
Day 22 - Collaboration with Google docs............31
Day 23 - Teacher Leaders Network....................32
Day 24 - Unlearn & relearn...............................33
Day 25 - Connected learning manifesto.............34
Day 26 - Reflection time..................................35
Day 27 - Voices from the Learning Revolution....36
Day 28 - What makes a connected educator?...37
Day 29 - Web 2.0 check in..............................38
Day 30 - Culminating events............................39
Day 31 - Final thoughts...................................40
Cheers!
Jackie Taylor, Moderator
Evidence-Based Professional Development