I just spent the last two days immersed in 21st century professional development. Yesterday, I was fortunate enough to polycom all day with Alan November (@globalearner) along with @carmenstack, @kaleichang, and @KSHAlumnai. Today, I attended the Schools of the Future Conference where @globalearner, and my most favorite, @torres21, were the keynote speakers. If I tried to share everything I learned, this blog post would be way too long to read, so I want to just share two of my main take aways for the last two days:
- We need to ask more questions – not only do we need to ask more questions, but we need to listen to our students questions, and provide them with opportunities to question. (more on this in a future blog post)
- Get on twitter – use it for PD.
Twitter has changed my life. A couple of years ago I heard about it and created an account because I wanted to see what the buzz was about. But I didn’t truly understand the power of twitter and professional development for teachers until I watched a youtube video created by @stumpteacher. I want to share that video with you. And I want you to share that video with everyone you know. You don’t have to be a teacher to take advantage of the learning and sharing that twitter can provide.
I hope this video enhances your professional learning as much as it has enhanced mine.
Thanks for sharing. This is a great video!
This is so perfect for our campus! Kalei and I were just showing Kahea and Kanani how to download Tweetdeck and use it earlier today! You are so awesome! All of our teachers need to view this post and watch the video. Twitter is my number one source for PD! And I have made some awesome connections through using it 🙂 Oh, and Ellen, I think your next posting should have a video of YOU explaining another cool tool the way @stumpteacher did – you know with your body appearing in different sizes and everything. Wait a sec…… TECH CLUB PROJECT!