Schoology (www.schoology.com)
– The Innovative Educators have been using Schoology to connect, share,
collaborate, and create around the reading of Who Owns the Learning? by Alan November. They have been
wonderful “students” and the online sharing and support that is taking place
has been unbelievable.
The District
Technology Advisory Committee (DTAC), the teachers who use Scholastic
services on a daily basis (our Read 180, SDC, and RSP teachers), and our
Principals and Assistant Principals have all started using Schoology to
connect, communicate, and collaborate.
Finally, we’ve had several training opportunities for teachers to attend and connect
with each other and some new content.
So, what can you do to become a more connected
educator? Start with thinking about how
connected you would like to be – I recommend taking small steps: setting up a Twitter account and following
colleagues, such as @WUSDEdTech
and @maoliver17,
and education leaders, join an organization (free) such as EdWeb.net, or simply take
some time to explore different blogs and follow one by having their articles
delivered to your inbox.
Greg Garner has a great article on Getting Smart where he
focuses on 5 things to become a connected educator. Greg explains what connecting is – learning,
sharing, and mentoring, and what it is not – bragging – and the need to have a
balance so that connecting does not consume your life. Take a look at Greg’s
article “So You’re Already a Connected Educator … Now What?” and
you might want to sign up to get updates from the Getting Smart website (I did!).
Upcoming training to connect with others and Google Apps or
bring your tech needs to an open lab.
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