Teacher Reboot Camp

Challenging Ourselves to Engage Our Students

Social Media: Which Tools?

September 6th, 2009 · 7 Comments

Recently, in our morning #Edchat discussion, we discussed how to prevent social media burn-out. Those who participated in the discussion offered several tips on time management and skills to teach students involving social media. Click on the mindmapping link to view some of my favorite tweets from the discussion. You can make this mindmap smaller [...]

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Developing Strong Relationships with Your PLN

August 3rd, 2009 · 12 Comments

Dear Reader,
You may be sick of hearing me talk about the merits of a Personal Learning Network (PLN)! However, if this is the one piece of advice I can leave you with this summer, then I feel I have significantly contributed to your professional development. Recently, one of my connections led to being a guest [...]

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What Did They Tweet?

July 20th, 2009 · 20 Comments

Every week on Twitter I mark a series of tweets as favorites. These are tweets that have either interesting links, encourage thought-provoking conversations, spark some sentiment within me, or need to be read more thoroughly. My Personal Learning Network (PLN) on Twitter is full of educators who consistently engage me in conversation. These individuals ignite [...]

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Oh The Adventures You Will Have If Only…

July 13th, 2009 · 13 Comments

Did you know that educational technologies will soon be the norm? Advances in information and communication technologies (ICTs) and internet technologies means several educators are connecting to thousands at a time. Consider the crumbling economy and the amount of teachers being laid off. More than ever teachers need to be connected in order to make [...]

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