So You’re Already a Connected Educator… Now What?
You can completely transform learning for your students by sharing ideas or connecting with other classrooms around the world. Check out these 5 things to focus on once you have taken the plunge to becoming a connected educator.
Innovative Strategies for Writing Success
As more students are heading towards a workforce that demands a post-secondary degree, a growing number of our young people need to know how to write effectively and experience success in writing. College graduates will be required to be writers and analytical thinkers, which is why the new CCSS have a focus on the increased importance of writing.
Good Work: James B. Hunt Edition
Tom's weekly Sunday blog on mission-focused work profiles Jim Hunt, four-time Governor of North Carolina and the most important and longest serving advocate of national standards.
11 Teaching Skills Improvement Online Courses for Connected Educators Month
Looking for ways to celebrate Connected Educators Month? Lesley Vos, Getting Smart Guest Blogger, shares eleven resources to expand your knowledge as a teacher.
10 Ideas to Help Math Teachers Keep that Back to School Buzz
Getting Smart's Math Contributor shares 10 Ideas designed to support teachers to keep the energy and buzz flowing throughout the fall.
6 Steps to Becoming a Highly Effective Leader: Your Personal “SWOT” Analysis
Getting Smart Team Member, Jennifer Aalgaard, reflects and shares her leadership development tactics she learned through Western Governors University.
EdTech 10: Getting Connected
This week's EdTech 10: Connected Educator Month, the launch of the new "Empowering Parents" EdTech 10 topic, and news on updates on the Gates Foundation, Lynda.com, Google Drive and more.
Leave Retention Behind in Favor of Promotion on Mastery
The alternative to retention isn’t social promotion - it's mastery. Why competency-based learning is more important than seat time.
Blended Learning Demands Big Open Spaces
My neighborhood high school is a 50-year-old spider web of additions crammed on to a downtown lot it shares with the district kitchen and stadium. It has little street appeal, no connection with the natural world, and is an energy hog. Like many high schools, the primary architectural features include rows of classrooms off narrow hallways, a cafeteria, and a main office.
Crowdsourcing Hashtags for Connected Educators Month
Celebrate Connected Educators Month by sharing the hashtags you use to to stay connected, engaged and smart in all things EdTech with #SmartCE on Twitter.