Tuesday 11/13 was the first session of
PATUE TALK, a weekly professional development conference for teachers, parents, and members of the ed tech industry to talk and work together.
My goals as the organizer were several. First, I wanted to get more teachers in my immediate community connected to technology. I have been working on developing best practices in ed tech application and it is visible in the work coming out of my room. I also want teachers to experience the support and growth I have experienced in my time as a connected teacher. When I talk about connected teaching I think I always start from the challenges, because that is where most teachers get stuck. Teachers are not running a start-up and can't embrace the possibility of failure. So they need to talk with people who have experience with tech tools in order to decide which are truly worth trying.
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Finally I want to build more casual community around education and technology. To create the connected leaders of the future we have to define, shape, and model what that means.
I want all teachers to be able to find the support and community I enjoy through my PLN. Towards that end I am trying many ways to capture and share these sessions. Look for livestreaming via google hangouts. For this First session I caught a bunch of it thanks to josh, a student on the camera. I have produced three "micro-PD" videos of twitter tips and folks to follow. Let me know what you like and I will make more of it.
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