Registration for edcamp Plano begins today! Edcamp Plano is a free unconference designed to allow teachers to collaborate, learn and share ideas about technology! The inconference set up means there is a relaxed and fluid atmosphere. Educators meet over coffee the first hour and break into impromptu sessions after. If you like a session, stay, if you don't, you can move to another one. If you want to present a session, simply sign up on the main board the day of the event. All are welcome to attend and/or present!
Learn more about edcamp Plano at the official wiki for the event. Registration is easy!
http://edcampplano.wikispaces.com/
If you are a teacher at one of the creeks, this event has been approved for flex credit consideration. You will want to sign up in Eduphoria as well as on the unconference website in order to be eligible for credit!
Showing posts with label PD. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PD. Show all posts
Friday, April 1, 2011
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
PD Nerdiness
I have said it before, I will say it again:
I am a PD nerd.
I am sitting in a PD session right now that 2 of my teammates are running. Today's session is on Web 2.0 tools for Elementary Language Arts/Social Studies. I am not here to help, I am here because I want to learn.
I have seen the tools they are showing before, but I am still eager. I think PD is all about what you make of it. I search for nuggets I didn't know or see, I practice things I don't usually have time to practice and think about how I can make the skills being shown a reality in my classrooms. It shouldn't matter if I have seen a tool before or have used something extensively...I am in control of my learning.
If I hadn't come to this session, I never would have thought about the COOL things I could do with www.tagxedo.com
Like Wordle, it lets you create word clouds only with Tagxedo, you decide the shape! Teaching about chocolate? Use a chocolate kiss! Teaching the Civil War? Place your vocabulary in the shape of Abraham Lincoln's head!
Here's my new creation...an ode to Dr. Seuss's Cat in the Hat!
Interested in laughing at me over my PD nerdiness? Want to look at more Tagxedo integration ideas?
Let me know!!!
I am a PD nerd.
I am sitting in a PD session right now that 2 of my teammates are running. Today's session is on Web 2.0 tools for Elementary Language Arts/Social Studies. I am not here to help, I am here because I want to learn.
I have seen the tools they are showing before, but I am still eager. I think PD is all about what you make of it. I search for nuggets I didn't know or see, I practice things I don't usually have time to practice and think about how I can make the skills being shown a reality in my classrooms. It shouldn't matter if I have seen a tool before or have used something extensively...I am in control of my learning.
If I hadn't come to this session, I never would have thought about the COOL things I could do with www.tagxedo.com
Like Wordle, it lets you create word clouds only with Tagxedo, you decide the shape! Teaching about chocolate? Use a chocolate kiss! Teaching the Civil War? Place your vocabulary in the shape of Abraham Lincoln's head!
Here's my new creation...an ode to Dr. Seuss's Cat in the Hat!
Interested in laughing at me over my PD nerdiness? Want to look at more Tagxedo integration ideas?
Let me know!!!
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