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10+ Ways to Recharge Your Batteries Over the Summer

Teacher Reboot Camp

“A key to growing as an educator is to keep company mainly with educators who uplift You, whose presence inspire You and whose dedication drives You.” quarantinegamessorted Tinyurl.com/quarantinegamez Connect with educators online! q=education Facebook.com/watch/live Facebook.com/ShellyTerrell Webinars Simplek12.com

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10+ Ways to Recharge Your Batteries Over the Summer

Teacher Reboot Camp

“A key to growing as an educator is to keep company mainly with educators who uplift You, whose presence inspire You and whose dedication drives You.” Recharge with books- Book chats/studies, audio books, author virtual events, #BookCampPD, @HackMyLearning, @EduMatchBooks, @BurgessDave, @Foundations_inc. q=education.

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On Professional Development and The Places We Don’t Have Yet

The Jose Vilson

This year, it was human-centered education, appropriate given the ascent of artificial intelligence, social media, and deeper polarization. As it stands, researchers rarely attend the professional development sessions of the teachers they study except when they’re presenting. But that’s another discussion.

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Professional Development Done With Us, Not To Us

The Jose Vilson

Whereas in the beginning, it felt more focused on digital learning and ed-tech, this year felt more like it was a hub for relevant education conversations. Now as a sociologist studying teacher professionalism, I get to keep attending hundreds of hours of professional development. And that they did.

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"Edcamp Style" PD- Personalizing teacher learning on a required PD day!

Tech Helpful

On one day in August before the students came, and again in January of this year we set up Edcamp style PD days. While our PD days weren't like the traditional Edcamp style (we actually came up with the choices instead of the teachers making the choices), the teachers found the days to be useful.

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EdmodoCon 2013 Guest Post #6: L. Butler

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

Guest post #6 is submitted by Lisa Butler, a middle school Spanish and Social Studies teacher in Hershey, PA. In addition to creating Animoto videos, Lisa is active on Twitter (@SrtaLisa), writes about educational technology topics on her blog , and enjoys attending educational conferences. Lisa has been using Edmodo for 2.5

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7 Great NonProfits Changing the Face of Professional Learning

Tom Murray

During my time as a public school employee, I’d occasionally hear about educational organizations that were working to support schools in some capacity. CUE is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1978 with a goal to inspire innovative learners in all disciplines from preschool through college. EdCamp Foundation.