Here are my weekly Diigo updates from the week if June 9. I will continue to post each Sunday through the summer, hopefully providing you with some resources for your professional development through August.
Even with no students in the building, make this week ridiculously awesome.
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Don’t have a professional summer slide!
Some ideas to keep YOUR summer slide from happening
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Digital citizenship wipe be more important for us next year.
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Eliminate the “I don;’t know” answer in your classroom.
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Elevating Co-Teaching through the Use of Social Media | MiddleWeb
Some ideas on improving the collaborative model and making it work in the classroom.
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11 Amazing Sources for Online Professional Development for Teachers – EdTechReview™ (ETR)
Some great nine resources so that YOU can choose your own professional development
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How To Use YouTube In Your History Class – Edudemic
Here are some ideas on using YouTube in History class
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How to get the most out of faculty meetings SmartBlogs
Some ideas on restructuring your faculty meetings
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we were meeting with more consistent purpose, usually to discuss the next stage in some strategic priority or professional development objective.
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Often, teacher input was solicited in advance to help create the agenda and ensure its usefulness.
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Finally, a member of the school office was asked to attend the meetings to take copious notes of the conversation. This allowed for an accurate, detailed meeting summary to be distributed shortly after the staff had met.
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Twitter Support for Educators and Parents | Edutopia
Some resources for parents and teachers on how to get the most out of Twitter
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Life of an Educator: 10 shifts for educators to make in the upcoming school year
Some great ideas for the coming school year
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Stop saying ‘teaching’ and start saying ‘learning.’ This simple diction choice makes a ton of difference when it comes to how we think about student success.
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Stop settling for what has been at the cost of what could be
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We all expect our kids to be self-autonomous learners who take some ownership of their learning; educators should be no different considering all the avenues and paths that exist.
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Stop limiting the audience with whom your students can interact and communicate.
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Stop waiting for someone else to make a difference or make the change. You are the difference… you are the change.
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Life of an Educator: Top 10 education blogs to follow this summer
Some great blogs to add to your summer reading list
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