A characteristic of an effective educator is someone that is a life-long learner. Being a life-long learner is something that we say we are or would like to be, but not everyone truly is. One of the benefits of the recent boom in social media and the expansion of the internet is that there are countless avenues for an educator to grow professionally and to improve their instruction. One does not need to wait for a publication or a conference to improve or enhance their abilities in the classroom. However, all of the information that is available can be overwhelming and difficult to locate something that you need individually. With that in mind, the Excelsior Springs School District has rolled out a new blog to help combat the concerns listed above. Beginning Thursday, educators are now able to visit the Excelsior Springs School District Professional Development Blog at http://essd40pd.weebly.com/.
This blog is a site that will provide educators with resources for their PDPs and UoIs as well as a place to discover potential learning opportunities and share learning experiences. This site will be a district resource that will work in collaboration with our Middle School site http://tigerpd.blogspot.com/. This summer at a conference with Alan November, he told the audience that the reason why students use social media so much is that they like to know what other students are doing and want other students to know what they are doing. These two blogs are excellent examples and opportunities to learn what other educators are doing and learning as well as a place for you to share what you are doing and learning. Thanks for everyone’s hard work this past day and half. Have a great weekend and TURN UP THE HEAT!!!!!
This blog is a site that will provide educators with resources for their PDPs and UoIs as well as a place to discover potential learning opportunities and share learning experiences. This site will be a district resource that will work in collaboration with our Middle School site http://tigerpd.blogspot.com/. This summer at a conference with Alan November, he told the audience that the reason why students use social media so much is that they like to know what other students are doing and want other students to know what they are doing. These two blogs are excellent examples and opportunities to learn what other educators are doing and learning as well as a place for you to share what you are doing and learning. Thanks for everyone’s hard work this past day and half. Have a great weekend and TURN UP THE HEAT!!!!!