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How Teachers Can Learn From One Another at Unconferences, Meet-ups and Edcamps

MindShift

For larger, more efficient unconferences, the Edcamp Foundation has a site full of resources and ideas for anybody who wants to organize their own “Edcamp,” which is simply a well-articulated version of an education unconference. For the first hour, I attended a session on student blogging. HOW TO DO A SMALL UNCONFERENCE.

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Learning Revolution Newsletter - Weekly Free Event Calendar - Conference Keynotes Update - Edcamp USDOE - Digital Citizenship

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Friday, June 6th at 8am - 3pm in Washington, DC Edcamp US Department of Education: Leading, Learning, Listening , Edcamp US DOE will be an intimate gathering of teacher leaders and policy leaders in order to discuss the most important issues in education. Second Monday of each month is the Teacher Librarian Twitter Chat.

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What Are Your EdTech Resolutions?

TeacherCast

Twitter: @TechEdShow ([link]. Find or organize an EdCamp. Share lessons, images of students engaged in activities to social media. Introduce something New to your students. Many great ways to participate in the TechEducator Podcast. TechEducatorPodcast.com. Follow us Live on Video: [link]. Earn a credential.

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My Edublog Awards Nominations for 2011

SpeechTechie

Best individual tweeter- @SLPTanya , our Twitter Yoda, who not only co-moderates #SLPchat , but also has taken to posing discussion-baiting questions throughout the week under the hashtag #SLPsnQs (always archiving each in chirpstories). This is all in addition to her dedication to interpersonal engagement on Twitter.

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Confessions of a Digital Leader: Connectedness is a Part of This Work

RafranzDavis.com

I found twitter, Edcamp and connected to teachers. It was as if the walls of my classroom crumbled and everything that I thought about student engagement shifted. I wanted students to have more “hands-on” contact…not “drag and drop” technology but to create beyond presentations.

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Literacy in the Digital Age: 9 Great Speaking & Listening Tools

Educator Innovator

is a platform that allows students to take notes synchronized with video. In other words, students can be viewing a video on half their screen while simultaneously taking notes on the other half. This is an innovative way to help students engage deeply with a text, as called for by the Standards. VideoNot.es

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Wahoo! The 2013 Global Education Conference - Still Time to Present + Plan to Attend!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

She was recently chosen to be a Teacher of the Future by the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), and she has also been named a Top Education Influencer on Twitter. Her professional blog, Always Learning, is an invaluable resource for teachers seeking examples of authentic student engagement.