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 * 8 Things You Can Try This Summer:**
 * For Laughs: ** 7 Crazy Things People Say to Teachers (and How to Respond)

Summer Relaxing, Rejuvenating Reading - educational and also non-education related reading recommendations
 * 1. Reading**

Twitter-based chats for educators who want to discuss specific topics of interest. [|#edchat] (4-5pm Pacific, every Tuesday). For a nicely organized list of education chats via Twitter, check out @Cybraryman1 and his edchat guide: []. Even if you’ve never used Twitter, lurking as the tweets fly by is very informative!
 * 2. Why not try Twitter?**


 * 3. Or Explore these Google Tools- you'll be surprised!**


 * 4. Ever considered becoming a Blogger? Here's how to get started**


 * 5. Check out these highly recommended tools to increase student engagement: Socrative and improve classroom management: ClassDojo**


 * 6. Here are some more cool web 2.0 tools you may not know, that you could use in September.**


 * 7. Start up your Personal Learning Network- you'll never go back!**


 * 8. Listen to Webinars (and earn PDPs):**
 * Free live and archived webinars: Many different topics**
 * Assessing Computational Thinking using Scratch.** Suitable for all curriculum areas - packed with strategies and examples.
 * STEM Webinars**
 * ISTE Webinars on a variety of topics**

Learn about the interactive whiteboard communities and resources that are available online. Save time by adapting teacher create lessons in your content area. We will all be browsing the resources, selecting a lesson we would like to modify and use and downloading it to the gallery. we will then learn how we can customize it for our own purposes. Sign Up Here
 * Do Not Forget: MIMIO Training will start up again in September.**

Free Day of Learning: Free Webinars on Saturday 19th May Learn about integrating the common core standards with the 4 c's of 21st century learning or using ipads in the classroom. Free Webinar for math teachers: Implementing the Common Core into the Math Standards on May 16th Free webinars about iPads in the Classroom on Tuesday May 15th
 * Recent Webinars**

Click here for webinars.- both live and recorded Listen to webinars together: **May 7th, 17th and 21st** 2:20 to 3:15 in the Smartroom Sign Up for Group Webinars Interested in using social media in your classroom or just learning more about it or Web 2.0 tools? Take a look at the webinar recordings from the **Social Learning Summit** that took place recently online. I would recommend these resources that support two webinars by Letitia Cooper: '100+ STEM Websites and Web Tools for Teachers' for math, science and engineering. Also 'If It's Not Free It's not for Me!. She uses Livebinders for her websites, which is another great tool for posting resources.
 * Want to earn PDP's?**

Alison, Leann and Kelley are using online discussions for studying The Pearl with great results. Another podcast: chatting about how online discussion forums impacted student learning in her classroom (3 minutes long).This is an excellent podcast with specific details and suggestions. You can try online discussions too! Take a look at these future workshops.
 * Online Discussion Forums** are being used by teachers in the blended learning group.

To help with planning, please click here to indicate an interest in any of the workshops below:: Online discussion forums Getting Google Docs Up and Running in Your Classroom Glogster Learn more about Glogster The Flipped Classroom Background Information,What Flipping is and is Not.. Learn from a School that has Completely Flipped Digital Story Telling
 * Up coming workshops in the series...**
 * Students as Contributors, Collaborators, Creators, Publishers!**

Please let me know if you have any suggestions for improving this WIKI or future workshops.