Teacher Reboot Camp

Challenging Ourselves to Engage Our Students

PRESTO: How to Build A PLN Using Twitter

October 7th, 2009 · 21 Comments

In order to be cutting edge and stay relevant in any career field, you need a Personal Learning Network (PLN)! A PLN consists of individuals who you choose to take part in your professional development. These individuals share resources, exchange ideas with you, offer support, and collaborate with you. Twitter is one of the quickest [...]

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Cool Sites: A Little Help from my Friends

September 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment

What do I do when my lesson is out of tune? The Beatles said it best, “I get by with a little help from friends.” Several of this week’s cool websites came from my Personal Learning Network (PLN)’s blogs that I subscribe to in my RSS reader! I love my PLN who continually shows me [...]

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Cool Sites: Be a Cutting Edge Educator

September 20th, 2009 · 12 Comments

Before I was an English major, I was a Business major. I attended a magnet school for four years which prepped me for the business world. One of the most valuable lessons I learned was to keep current in my field in order to do the best job possible! When I began teaching, I was [...]

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Avoiding the Edtech Burnout

June 28th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Recently, a good friend and Edublogs webinar moderator, Phil Hart, shared with me a recent Elluminate presentation I unfortunately missed. Edublogs webinars provide a free online gathering of educators or others interested in transforming the educational arena. Through the Elluminate platform, people are able to chat, talk aloud, share screens, answer polls, and so forth [...]

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