Teachers Leading
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Connections
I've decided to take a few courses to reactivate my teaching certificate. The first class that I'm taking is a "Wikis, Blogs, and Web Publishing" course offered by Rich Kiker. Even though I teach a similar course at Drexel University, I figured I'd learn new technologies and strategies to enhance my courses. I'm getting way more than I thought I would. I have been inspired to seek new challenges and work towards goals that have always been in the back of my mind. Those goals are now at the forefront and I will publish them here once I have refined them in my head. I know what I want to do....I want to work at the university level to get teacher educators using social media to enhance the learning experience for pre-service and graduate level teachers. First, I need to re-establish my social presence. This blog is my first step.
A reflection as I work to refine my network:
For the past 10 years, I have read blogs as a way to learn. It was my main method of professional development since I am an adjunct. It was a great way for me to seek out new strategies, research, etc on my own....for free! I now believe that a way to communicate that to my students is to model the process for them. This is a CHANGE for education and professional development. Tom Whitby discusses in a post dated 10/16/13 that how blogs are connecting educators, thought leaders, and administrative leaders. He states, "To be part of the change, educators need to be part of the process. They need to connect, comment and contribute wherever possible in our connected community of educators. That is where our voice as educators is the strongest. Connectedness is our best chance for positive change that is not mandated, or legislated, but rather collaboratively established." The blogs have been present for several years; however, it's time for teacher educators to become part of that connected community of educators.
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Tuesday, October 29, 2013
New Ventures
Many educational leaders are talking about the use of technology in schools, specifically the use of social media. It's been a "hot" topic for years. I began teaching at the college level 10 years ago and have been using it in each of my classes. I figured that if I expected my students to use it in their classrooms, I should model the effective use of social media in "my" classroom. It wasn't until recently when I began teaching a "Social Media in the Classroom" course that I realized that most of the teachers and/or pre-service teachers in my classes haven't been exposed to the effective use of these technologies in their other college level education classes. Why?
This is the beginning of a new adventure for me. I'm refining my social presence with the vision of modeling effective use of social media in graduate and undergraduate level teacher education courses.
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Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Connections
I've decided to take a few courses to reactivate my teaching certificate. The first class that I'm taking is a "Wikis, Blogs, and Web Publishing" course offered by Rich Kiker. Even though I teach a similar course at Drexel University, I figured I'd learn new technologies and strategies to enhance my courses. I'm getting way more than I thought I would. I have been inspired to seek new challenges and work towards goals that have always been in the back of my mind. Those goals are now at the forefront and I will publish them here once I have refined them in my head. I know what I want to do....I want to work at the university level to get teacher educators using social media to enhance the learning experience for pre-service and graduate level teachers. First, I need to re-establish my social presence. This blog is my first step.
A reflection as I work to refine my network:
For the past 10 years, I have read blogs as a way to learn. It was my main method of professional development since I am an adjunct. It was a great way for me to seek out new strategies, research, etc on my own....for free! I now believe that a way to communicate that to my students is to model the process for them. This is a CHANGE for education and professional development. Tom Whitby discusses in a post dated 10/16/13 that how blogs are connecting educators, thought leaders, and administrative leaders. He states, "To be part of the change, educators need to be part of the process. They need to connect, comment and contribute wherever possible in our connected community of educators. That is where our voice as educators is the strongest. Connectedness is our best chance for positive change that is not mandated, or legislated, but rather collaboratively established." The blogs have been present for several years; however, it's time for teacher educators to become part of that connected community of educators.
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Tuesday, October 29, 2013
New Ventures
Many educational leaders are talking about the use of technology in schools, specifically the use of social media. It's been a "hot" topic for years. I began teaching at the college level 10 years ago and have been using it in each of my classes. I figured that if I expected my students to use it in their classrooms, I should model the effective use of social media in "my" classroom. It wasn't until recently when I began teaching a "Social Media in the Classroom" course that I realized that most of the teachers and/or pre-service teachers in my classes haven't been exposed to the effective use of these technologies in their other college level education classes. Why?
This is the beginning of a new adventure for me. I'm refining my social presence with the vision of modeling effective use of social media in graduate and undergraduate level teacher education courses.
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