Here are my weekly additions to my Diigo account. There is some really good stuff on organizing your workday and some resources for the Google Classroom. August is here, and students will be in the building before you know it. Take some time to work on your own adult learning (I refuse to call it Professional Development any more).
Make this week ridiculously awesome.
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Two important things to remember for the upcoming year
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Leading Blog: A Leadership Blog: 8 Shifts Young Leaders Need to Make
Some thought provoking shifts for every leader, not just young leaders
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The Seven A’s of Successful High Schools | Connected Principals
While this is written for High Schools, it can apply to all of us
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5 Characteristics of an Innovative Organization | Connected Principals
Some excellent thoughts on what an innovative organization looks like
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Some Teaching Advice from My 5 Year Old | Blogging Through the Fourth Dimension
Some thoughts on creating classroom culture that is positive
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How to Save Time by Reducing Email: 6 Strategies for Staying Afloat | Edutopia
Some ideas on taming the e-mail monster
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Connected Educators – Homepage
BREAKING!!! The official @Corwin Connected Educators Series Website is live ~ http://t.co/VFWACSclme #corwince #Satchat
— Brad Currie (@bradmcurrie) July 30, 2014
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7-Step Prep: Make a Weekly Plan for YOU! | Edutopia
Some ideas to help keep me organized this year
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Our district offers a weekly coffee hour during summer with low pressure tech training #satchat
— Jeff Dahl (@jdahlcroslex) August 2, 2014
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Our district offers a weekly coffee hour during summer with low pressure tech training #satchat
— Jeff Dahl (@jdahlcroslex) August 2, 2014
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How to Tell If Your Interventions Are Working | ASCD Inservice
Some important questions to ask about your intervention program
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Free Technology for Teachers: Video – How to Add Apps to Your Edmodo Account
Some ways to jazz up your Edmodo account
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4 apps for Earth exploration, chemical reactions, and more | eSchool News | eSchool News
4 Science apps for the classroom
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5 Time-Saving Ways Teachers Can Use Google Forms – Edudemic
Here are some GREAT ways to use Google forms in your classroom
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Looking for a conference this year? Here are some suggestions
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Three great add-ons for Google Docs. Try these in your classroom with the new Chromebooks.
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Free Technology for Teachers: WordWriter – A New Way of Learning Vocabulary Through Writing
A great tool for English teachers to encourage student writing.
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Free Technology for Teachers: What is Fat? – A Health and Science Lesson
Some video lessons for Health and Science teachers
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Free Technology for Teachers: How to Create and Publish Audio Recordings With SoundCloud
Great app for use with the Chromebooks. Create and publish audio files.
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Free Technology for Teachers: Three Things to do With QR Codes On Back-to-School Night
Some ideas n how to use QR codes on Back to School Night
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5 More Cool Tools to Take Classroom Collaboration to a New Level
Some great tools increase student collaboration
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9 Tips to Get the Most Out of Conferences – Edudemic
Get the most out of any conference you attend
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5 Proven Ways to Engage Students In Your Classroom – Edudemic
How to truly engage your students
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10 Things Every Teacher Should Know How To Do With Google Docs – Edudemic
How to get the most out of using Google Docs in your classroom
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Great For Summer Science Lessons: 50 Wild Facts About Plants – Edudemic
Some interesting facts to grab your students attention science peeps
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How Teens Are Really Using Social Media – Edudemic
Some VERY interesting stats no teen social media use
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A 5 part series focusing on teacher resources, 50 of them to be exact.
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Introduction to Google Classroom – Edudemic
Here is one of the best guides I have seen for getting the most out of a Google classroom.
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What’s APPening: 100 apps for education | eSchool News | eSchool News
Microsoft’s top 100 educational apps
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