Journey Summary
This session will help you see how connected educators who are lifelong learners actively seek out other educators with whom to connect. These connections provide opportunities for collegial sharing and individualized professional learning that lead to growth and strengthen teaching practices. This session will help you learn how you can use digital tools to expand your professional learning through links with other educators. You will also learn how to organize and add new tools to your Professional Learning Network (PLN).
Curriculum-framing Questions
Essential Question
- In what ways might people connect and learn from each other?
Unit Questions
- What might we learn from peers in our district?
- What might we learn from peers worldwide?
- What are some ways we can connect with other educators?
Content Questions
- How do you develop a Professional Learning Network (PLN)?
- How do you find timely topics on social media?
- How do you make your time online productive?
Introduction
Connecting with other educators helps us expand our expertise in all areas. In doing so, we discover information and ideas that may not be available to us otherwise. Sharing ideas globally allows us to experience other ideas, cultures, and lessons beyond our classroom. We can also discover lessons and tools to use with students that have proven successful for others. The solitary classroom is a thing of the past. Professional educators may reach beyond their school and district for ideas in management, lessons, tools, and inspiration. Sharing successes is as important as finding resources since many educators are also looking for new resources and insight!
Theory Behind Practice
All eMINTS materials are grounded in research-based best practices in K-12 education.
Digging Deeper
Agenda
- Opener: Game On! Time is of the Essence!
- Social Media and My PLN
- Focus Your Time: Set SMART Goal(s)
- Brain Break
- Grow Your PLN
- Closer: The Wrap Up
Classroom Visit w/Students
Discuss with your facilitator the best way to teach students how to create realistic SMART Goals along with using appropriate information you learned from the benefits of an elevator speech to support an idea. Alternatively, ask your facilitator to assist you in instructing your students on establishing realistic SMART Goals and the use of appropriate information to support an idea.
Classroom Visit w/out Students
Discuss with your facilitator the ways you can incorporate elevator speech into a classroom activity. Ask your facilitator to help you find more resources or to assist with planning the implementation of SMART Goals and taking the proper steps to reach these goals with your students. Reflect on ways you can help your students effectively write and achieve their SMART Goals.
Agenda
During the Session
- Opener: Game On! Time is of the Essence!
- Social Media and My PLN
After the Session
- Focus Your Time: Set Smart Goal(s)
- Brain Break
- Grow Your PLN
- Closer: The Wrap Up
Classroom Visit w/Students
Discuss with your facilitator the best way to teach students how to create realistic SMART Goals along with using appropriate information you learned from the benefits of an elevator speech to support an idea. Alternatively, ask your facilitator to assist you in instructing your students on establishing realistic SMART Goals and the use of appropriate information to support an idea.
Classroom Visit w/out Students
Discuss with your facilitator the ways you can incorporate elevator speech into a classroom activity. Ask your facilitator to help you find more resources or to assist with planning the implementation of SMART Goals and taking the proper steps to reach these goals with your students. Reflect on ways you can help your students effectively write and achieve their SMART Goals.
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