Monday, March 14, 2016

Our Goals, Your Goals

I never planned on fostering so Connected Educator activities at once. But it's timely as we are seeing the flowers bloom and the temperatures rise.  Being connected using social media makes it so apparent that we have many teachers blooming with ideas in our district.

The first ever Twitter Challenge (#BASDChallenge) is in full swing.  It's only Day 8 out of 15 so you have time to get started and get in on the awesome collaboration taking place!  Each participant who completes the 15 tasks (daily) will be recognized in both a digital and analog format AND will be entered to win a prize!

Some example tweets on the #BASDChallenge so far from the high schools:



Check out the Twitter Challenge list on bit.ly/basdchallenge if you want to join in the fun!


In the Connected Educator Book Club, we are reading is The Connected Educator: Learning and Leading in a Digital Age by Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach and Lani Ritter Hall. We laid the ground rules (and future dates) and talked about goals at our first meeting last week.


Some of the stated goal from our first meeting were:

To help students to understand how making the right connections will benefit them.
To make connections with other teachers/thought leaders to grow professionally.
To connect with other teachers in the same discipline across the district and the world to curate resources and wisdom.
To connect with others to position myself better as an educator.


Do any of these goals resonate with you? Check us out - connect with me and I'll fill you in. It's not too late to join the club!


Future Meeting Dates for the LHS Connected Educator Book Club:

  • March 29 - 3:30-5:30 - LHS Library or online via Google Hangout
  • April 26 - 3:30-5:30  - LHS Library or online via Google Hangout
  • May 31 - 3:30-5:30 - LHS Library or online via Google Hangout


The FHS chapter will have their first meeting this Wednesday at 3:45-4:45PM in the FHS Library.


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