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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 2010 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.
My Goals
I Tag…
Memphis’ inaugural EduTweetUp was a great event. Eighteen teachers from many different schools and districts in the greater Memphis area, Tipton County, TN, and Byhalia, MS, enjoyed an evening of food and fun as we networked and shared ideas. The Web 2.0 Smackdown was a fun way for us to share online technologies and services and discuss strategies for integrating them with teaching and learning. A special thanks to Melissa Smith for co-organizing the event.
Below are the slides from the meeting followed by a few resources from the evening.
Review the tweets and links using the event tag: #metu.
EduTweetUps for the Fall are already in the works. Please add your information to the Memphis EduTweetUp database to receive information about future events.
MidSouthEdTech is a Google Group open to anyone in the region interested in educational technology.
Here are the links from the Web 2.0 Smackdown.
We’re planning on concluding next week’s Memphis EduTweetUp with a Web 2.0 Smackdown. Here are a few details for those unfamiliar with a smackdown.
Rules and Organization
Volunteers will choose one of their favorite Web 2.0 tools or social technologies and quickly demo it for the group making sure to share ways that it can be integrated with teaching and learning.
Each demo is allowed a maximum of 3 minutes. Finish in under the time limit or face the Smackdown!
Warning: This is fast and frantic (and lots of crazy fun) — Thus the term SMACKDOWN!!!! The goal is to involve as many people as possible and learn about as many new resources as possible.
Please RSVP
Please help us make appropriate restaurant reservations by RSVP-ing regarding your attendance here.
Invite Others
Please help us spread the word via Twitter, Facebook, your blog(s), email, etc., and include the event tag: #metu.
Event Tag: #metu
All K-12 educators are invited to join us for food and fun as teachers from many different schools and districts connect and share ideas. The evening will conclude with a Web 2.0 Smackdown during which attendees can volunteer to share quick demos (under 3 minutes) of some of their favorite Web 2.0 tools and services. Note that free wi-fi will be available in the dining room. We’ll also have a computer projector and screen.
We’ll be meeting at Amerigo Italian Restaurant (1239 Ridgeway Rd.) at 5:00 PM on Tuesday, May 11, 2010. Please help us spread the word via Twitter, Facebook, on your blog(s), email, etc., and include the event tag: #metu. Note that Non-Twitter-using teachers are absolutely welcome to join us, too. There is no registration fee but please help us make appropriate restaurant reservations by RSVP-ing using the buttons in the Tweetvite widget below.
Proposed Agenda
Event Tag: #metu
I’d be willing to give this a try. I’m not efficient at typing on my iPhone even after nearly a year of use.
A Radical Notion by Chris Lehmann
The Allure of “Magic Bullets” in School Reform by Larry Cuban
60 Educational Game Sites That You’ve Probably Never Seen by Keith Ferrell
A Brief History of Photo Fakery from The New York Times
How the iPhone Could Reboot Education from Wired
NOTE: Diigo users can engage in the conversation occurring “on top” of this article.
This is a really promising start for this future teacher. Kudos to AllyBii and her teacher(s).
GUEST LIST MAKERS
WNY Young Writers’ Studio Community
I’ve occasionally shared some of my favorite words in the Good Words feature of this blog. Angela Stockman tweeted me describing how her students enjoyed these lists, so I offered them the chance to put together a list of their favorite words. I’m very pleased to share with you A Collection of Our Favorite Words from the WNY Young Writers’ Studio Community. This list is full of good words!
About the WNY Young Writers’ Studio Community
The WNY Young Writers’ Studio Community believes “that all people are born writers and that the act of writing enables us to communicate our needs, raise our voices, connect and learn from others, and heal so many things that are broken. At Studio, we learn how to honor and support the writer in everyone, because writers change the world.” (Source)
Invitation to Other Classes and Groups
Would you and your class like to contribute a list of good words to be featured on Clif’s Notes? Just contact me.
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