Professional Development Meme 2009
I’m a big fan of goal setting. It can provide a road map for the short or long-term and can be an effective motivational strategy. I have set a few professional development goals for this summer and have challenged a few of my friends/colleagues to do the same thing. In 2008 I realized that I could set this up as a blog meme and hopefully encourage some of my online friends to achieve a few items from their To Do Lists. There are a myriad of ways to approach this, but I’ve opted to take the short-term, easy-to-assess approach, but I’ll leave some wiggle room for you to customize it to meet your needs. The official information is below.
Directions
Summer can be a great time for professional development. It is an opportunity to learn more about a topic, read a particular work or the works of a particular author, beef up an existing unit of instruction, advance one’s technical skills, work on that advanced degree or certification, pick up a new hobby, and finish many of the other items on our ever-growing To Do Lists. Let’s make Summer 2009 a time when we actually get to accomplish a few of those things and enjoy the thrill of marking them off our lists.
The Rules
NOTE: You do NOT have to wait to be tagged to participate in this meme.
- Pick 1-3 professional development goals and commit to achieving them this summer.
- For the purposes of this activity the end of summer will be Labor Day (09/07/09).
- Post the above directions along with your 1-3 goals on your blog.
- Title your post Professional Development Meme 2009 and link back/trackback to http://clifmims.com/blog/archives/2447.
- Use the following tag/ keyword/ category on your post: pdmeme09.
- Tag 5-8 others to participate in the meme.
- Achieve your goals and "develop professionally."
- Commit to sharing your results on your blog during early or mid-September.
My Goals
- Continue to improve video skills and integrate my own instructional videos into courses.
- Finish all the items on my To Do List regarding my website.
- Submit at least 1 of the articles currently in progress for review.
I Tag…
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May 24th, 2009 at 6:58 AM
Thanks for the challenge — I’ll give it a try and post in the next week or so.
Larry
Larry Ferlazzo’s last blog post..A Look Back…
May 25th, 2009 at 10:28 PM
I’m in. I have a lot of goals for summer and so much to do. This is a nice device! I should have a posting soon.
May 26th, 2009 at 1:23 PM
Larry and Kevin,
Thanks for agreeing to participate. I look forward to reading about your goals.
May 26th, 2009 at 8:10 PM
Oh Clif–
Leave it to you to force me to follow through on some of my goals.
Thanks for the tag (aka kick-in-the-butt). I will post soon and tag as well.
Lisa
Lisa Thumann’s last blog post..Going Ga Ga Again
May 28th, 2009 at 6:09 PM
Ok. Goal number 1: Complete this blog post.
Thanks for the push. Have many ideas already.
Lisa Parisi’s last blog post..What Would It Take?
May 29th, 2009 at 6:13 PM
Clif,
I feel honored to be in the same group of educators as you have tagged. I’ll do my best to share my goals and complete the challenge.
Michael Richards’s last blog post..What Caught My Eye Today 05/26/2009
June 3rd, 2009 at 12:24 AM
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June 3rd, 2009 at 9:21 AM
I love this challenge. I’ve done something similar here: http://65days.ning.com It’s a group for us to post our summer goals and encourage each other to complete them. I hope some of you will join the group.
AtlTeacher’s last blog post..5 Things for Teachers to Do This Summer
June 4th, 2009 at 12:35 PM
This was wonderful to read! Even though I wasn’t tagged, I couldn’t resist doing this. Thanks for making me think about my goals!
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June 5th, 2009 at 8:56 PM
Please join the 2009 Professional Development Meme even if you haven’t been tagged. http://clifmims.com/blog/archives/2447 #pdmeme09
June 6th, 2009 at 11:46 AM
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RT @clifmims: Please join the 2009 Professional Development Meme even if you haven’t been tagged. http://clifmims.com/blog/archives/2447 …
June 6th, 2009 at 12:45 PM
Clif,
Have added to the meme…
Good luck.
Tim
El Paso
http://web.me.com/timholt/Intended_Consequenses/Intended_Consequences_Blog/Entries/2009/6/5_Professional_Development_Meme__Whatcha_doing_this_Summer.html
June 7th, 2009 at 1:55 PM
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June 8th, 2009 at 10:56 AM
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June 15th, 2009 at 11:25 PM
Lisa Thumann, Lisa Paris, and Michael,
Thanks for agreeing to participate in the pdmeme. I look forward to reading about your goals for this summer.
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