tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14471730769697095182024-02-08T07:21:32.972-08:00Summer Learning Series 2014Todd Nesloneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16609476999461854620noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447173076969709518.post-925783439738147582014-12-23T08:47:00.000-08:002014-12-23T08:47:02.561-08:00We're BACK (in Early January 2015!) #EduLSWell I am so thrilled to announce that the #SummerLS was nominated for an EduBlog award for Best Open PD, and WON!!!<br />
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Because of that exciting turn of events I have been inspired to bring back the #SummerLS to be a year round learning series, now re-branded as the "Educator Learning Series" or #EduLS.<br />
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You can find the new challenges, here: http://educatorlearningseries.blogspot.com<br />
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Happy Learning, and Happy New Year!Todd Nesloneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16609476999461854620noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447173076969709518.post-30616663451213934002014-08-15T07:02:00.002-07:002014-08-15T07:08:54.791-07:00Challenge Week 11Well, we've reached the end of our #SummerLS. I can't express enough what an experience this has been from me. From originally planning this for my staff of 36, to now having over 2,000 people from 8 different countries participate.<br />
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Thank you each and every one for learning this summer. I DO plan on continuing this once a month throughout the school year (on this same blog), and we'll continue to use the same hashtag :)<br />
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This week's final challenge is brought to you by.....me! And it's all about Google Hangouts!<br />
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You can watch the video challenge <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQr4pRvuK5s" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">HERE</span></a>.<br />
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When you're done with the challenge you can fill out <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/12fnufRtT7Fmy9Wj4Jry6JMUQ_b5DWO_Dzmmf0m3OFmE/viewform?usp=send_form" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">THIS </span></a>Google Form<br />
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(***On a side note: lots of people asked about not having a Google Form to fill out last week. The goal was to have you tweet your Classroom Champions learning. BUT I went ahead and created <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1CSeOzCDdMCcWCidsXT1cwP8Zz5JlOp45uVZ0GagnsxE/viewform?usp=send_form" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">THIS </span></a>Google Form for you to fill out from last week's challenge!)<br />
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See you online!<br />
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***like the video said, if you would like notifications of upcoming challenges, go to our first post and fill out the Google form (if you haven't already; most have)Todd Nesloneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16609476999461854620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447173076969709518.post-91725835762740321852014-08-08T09:52:00.000-07:002014-08-08T10:02:09.360-07:00Challenge Week 10We are in our second to last #SummerLS Challenge! Thank you everyone for following and learning with us.<br />
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This week's challenge is one that is very near and dear to my heart. Almost 2 years ago I connected with an organzation called <a href="http://www.classroomchampions.org/" target="_blank">Classroom Champions</a>. This is an organization that I continue to work with to this day because of what they seek to do. You can read several of my blog posts that talk about things my class was able to do by being a part of Classroom Champions. You can read one <a href="http://nesloneyflipped.blogspot.com/2013/09/multiplication-videos-socrative-and.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>. And if you read <a href="http://nesloneyflipped.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-day-sledsweeney13-classroomchamps.html" target="_blank">THIS </a>post you can see how our athlete, Paralympic Gold Medalist Joshua Sweeney, changed an entire campus.<br />
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My good friend, and Olypmic Gold Medalist, <a href="http://twitter.com/stevemesler" target="_blank">Steve Mesler</a>, co-found Classroom Champions with his sister Leigh.<br />
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And this week's challenge comes straight from Steve Mesler himself. You can watch his video challenge <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/109437323689967986739/posts/D4zZ7fTcbgU" target="_blank">HERE</a>.<br />
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How do you complete this challenge? Excatly what the video says, you watch his TED Talk, watch a Goal Setting video by one of two olympic atheletes, and then TWEET <a href="http://twitter.com/stevemesler" target="_blank">him</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/classroomchamps" target="_blank">Classroom Champions</a> about your learning using the #SummerLS hashtag.<br />
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Also, make sure you add <a href="http://google.com/+ClassroomChampions" target="_blank">Classroom Champions to your circle on Google+</a> to follow the journey of Paralympic Medalist Lex Gillette as he uses Google Glass this year to teach even more kids! <br />
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I can't wait to see the ideas you guys come up with!<br />
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Happy Learning!Todd Nesloneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16609476999461854620noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447173076969709518.post-14474200084238271062014-08-01T06:26:00.001-07:002014-08-01T06:27:41.601-07:00Challenge Week 9We're at week 9! And also, August 1! Man the time has flown by! It looks like we only have 2 more weeks of the #SummerLS left. But don't fret. My plan is to continue doing challenges, once a month, throughout the school year.<br />
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First of all, if you missed <a href="http://twitter.com/kleinerin" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Erin Klein</span></a>'s Classroom Design webinar last week, you can watch it <a href="http://home.edweb.net/setting-brain-friendly-beautiful-classroom/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">HERE</span></a>.<br />
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Here's this week's challenges...<br />
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<b><u>Part 1:</u></b><br />
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This week's first challenge comes from <a href="http://twitter.com/8amber8" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Amber Teamann</span></a> in Texas. Her video challenge is about <a href="https://www.smore.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Smore</span></a>. A great free tool that allows you to make some cool online newsletters and such. You can watch her video <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9oQhGmthjqUaEtReENDS1hYbzA/edit" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">HERE</span></a>.<br />
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Her next part covers how she has used Twitter on her campus as an administrator and the neat little function called "Fast Follow". You'll definitely want to read <a href="http://technicallyteamann.com/twitter-me-this-why-use-twitter-for-school-communication/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">THIS</span></a> post to learn more!<br />
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Your challenge this week is to create your own Smore, and then to read Amber's blog post (and leave a comment). Once completed you can fill out <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1RUGLwe9qFyjefq-1DfykY2zEIWT-dKRho1rT3RdSGXk/viewform?usp=send_form" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">THIS</span></a> Google Form.<br />
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I come across many great resources, but one of my favorite is <a href="http://sophia.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Sophia</span></a>. Sophia is an online platform that I use for flipping my classroom. They have over 40,000 videos already made by other educators. Plus Bill Nye (the Science Guy) is a Sophia partner and has exclusive content on their site!<br />
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The best part? Sophia has partnered with Capella University to offer <a href="http://www.sophia.org/professional-development-for-teachers" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">FREE</span></a> certifications. You can get Flipped Classroom Certified, iPad Certified, Chrome Classroom Certified, or Virtual Classroom Certified....ALL FOR FREE!!! And you get a nifty little certificate and t-shirt out of it! Go <a href="http://www.sophia.org/professional-development-for-teachers" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">HERE</span></a> to see the certifications.<br />
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What is your challenge this week? Create a <a href="http://sophia.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Sophia</span></a> account, play around on the website, and choose 1 (or more) of the certifications to complete. Once you've completed your certification take a picture with your certificate and tweet it to the #SummerLS hashtag. Then fill out <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1CXRoH5YennmbonT5whrQgt1WFM9GPkjcJY1Yv6ShlkI/viewform?usp=send_form" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">THIS</span></a> Google Form.<br />
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Happy learning this week! Remember to continue to tweet all your learning with the #SummerLS hashtag!Todd Nesloneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16609476999461854620noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447173076969709518.post-76418719519272366572014-07-25T04:10:00.001-07:002014-07-25T05:16:17.608-07:00Challenge Week 8Can you believe it? We're already at the final full week of July! I'm really excited about sharing the challenges with you this week.<br />
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As you know, since I started doing this Summer Learning series 8 weeks ago, I've constantly wanted to show the power of connection. The power of social media. Every week I've brought you challenges and videos made by my friends. And the coolest part? Every single challenge, every single week, is by someone who I met online through Twitter. <br />
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This week is a 3-parter! Don't worry, it's not a ton of work :) There's just so much goodness to share this week! And remember TWEET out your learning using the #SummerLS hashtag!<br />
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<b><u>Part 1:</u></b><br />
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My good friend <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://twitter.com/kleinerin" target="_blank">Erin Klein</a> </span>(the author of <a href="http://www.kleinspiration.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Kleinspiration</span></a>) is the educator bringing you the first challenge for this week. It's all about Classroom Design!! You can watch here challenge video <a href="http://www.touchcast.com/erinklein/design_a_brain_friendly_space" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">HERE</span></a>. <br />
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The first part of the challenge is to sign up for Erin's FREE Webinar happening this Tuesday at 2pm CST. You can sign up for the Webinar <a href="http://www.instantpresenter.com/AccountManager/RegEv.aspx?PIID=ED52DA80824E" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">HERE</span></a>.<br />
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The second part of Erin's challenge is to visit <a href="http://classroomcribs.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Classroom Cribs</span></a> and sign up for the email list serve to know when the website launches!<br />
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Once you've signed up for Erin's webinar and the Classroom Cribs email list serve fill out <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1JXb8o58FcT2MgVsOXl5UALF0GHj0hxuXZufUy0nKhqw/viewform?usp=send_form" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">THIS</span></a> Google Form.<br />
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Two weeks ago, <a href="http://twitter.com/iamkesler" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Chris Kesler</span></a> made you a video teaching you about Google Forms. Well this week my good friend (and fellow <a href="http://www.the3techninjas.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Tech Ninja</span></a>) <a href="http://twitter.com/techninjastacey" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Stacey Huffine</span></a> has created you a video teaching you some tips and tricks about Google Docs. If you haven't used, or aren't using, Google Docs, I can't express enough how much easier my life has become since using all the great Google Drive tools!<br />
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You can watch Stacey's video <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMUJOxtQRe4&feature=youtu.be&hd=1" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">HERE</span></a>.<br />
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Your challenge this week is to create a Google Doc, share it with someone, and use some of the tips/tricks Stacey has shown you! Once you've done that fill out <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1sc58haszgBrt_340YHTQzJMP0ATELSPFFtmX7tt0W3w/viewform?usp=send_form" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">THIS</span></a> Google Form.<br />
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About a year ago I read a post that <a href="http://twitter.com/angelamaiers" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Angela Maiers</span></a> had shared, written by <a href="https://twitter.com/ArinKress" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Arin Kress</span></a>. Before I share with you Arin's post, I wanted to first share with you the video she has made for you for the third part of this week's challenge. You can watch Arin's video <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WBqFWLDkyI&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">HERE</span></a>.<br />
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The post that Arin wrote is <a href="http://hatechalk.blogspot.com/2013/07/you-matter-youre-genius-angela-maiers.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">HERE</span></a> and that is where you can read the letter she sent out to her students.<br />
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In Arin's video she also mentions Angela's #YouMatter TED Talk. You can find that TED talk <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FHdHUzRnms" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">HERE</span></a>.<br />
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I can't express enough how much this part means to me. I myself wrote a letter like this to my students last year. The last day of school I had a very tearful exchange with a parent about the huge impact that one little letter had. You can read about my experience <a href="http://nesloneyflipped.blogspot.com/2014/06/a-new-chapter-begins.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">HERE</span></a>.<br />
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Once you've completed Arin's challenge and wrote your own letter to your future students fill out <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1UgIZxNZxqNUBF72EnOn-N3HKgexOwh3MSkVDtqD6W6M/viewform?usp=send_form" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">THIS</span></a> Google Form.<br />
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Thank you so much for joining us each and every week! Have fun learning this week and remember TWEET out your learning using the #SummerLS hashtag!Todd Nesloneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16609476999461854620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447173076969709518.post-23932424707096996172014-07-18T05:41:00.001-07:002014-07-18T07:15:07.756-07:00Challenge Week 7Week 7 is upon us! What an exciting journey this has been so far. It's so much fun as I travel around the country this summer and find people who are completing the #SummerLS with us! To see this movement of teachers, passionate about learning, is such a great feeling!<br />
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I know many of you are behind a challenge or two, so this week is going to be a fairly easy week to give you a little time to catch up, but also still give you a challenge!<br />
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<u><b>Part 1:</b></u><br />
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About a year ago I learned about this "walkie-talkie" kind of app called <a href="http://voxer.com/"><span style="color: blue;">Voxer</span></a>. It took me quite a while to understand the value or how to really use it, but now I'm addicted to it!<br />
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My good friend, <a href="http://twitter.com/benjamingilpin"><span style="color: blue;">Ben Gilpin</span></a>, has made a quick TouchCast video to explain Voxer a little more with some ideas on how you can use it! You can find that video <a href="http://www.touchcast.com/ben_gilpin/benjamingilpin"><span style="color: blue;">HERE</span></a>.<br />
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So your challenge this week is download Voxer and start a conversation with someone in your PLN. Ben shared his Voxer contact information in the video and mine is tneslo811. And <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnkxWdOwdD2_dFhyaXR6RnhpMGE1RkpCOEpLcmw1MHc&usp=docslist_api#gid=0"><span style="color: blue;">HERE</span></a> is an entire list of people in education on Voxer.<br />
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Once you've completed this challenge fill out the Google Form <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1A4o2_3Qy-vZDX5B6tSbL0T2QnhH5GflMuJGeGcml5jg/viewform?usp=send_form">HERE</a>.<br />
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<b><u>Part 2 (optional):</u></b><br />
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Last week's challenge included learning about MakerSpaces. You may have heard a book mentioned called "Invent to Learn". Well there is now going to be a weekly book study/twitter chat that will be happening (#itlchat)! It's a great opportunity to connect with and learn from others. <a href="https://twitter.com/Em_Swenson"><span style="color: blue;">Emily Swenson</span></a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/mwmedvinsky"><span style="color: blue;">Michael Medvinsky</span></a> are leading it and you can find more information <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rhsTfcLk1p2Q8slCnFR4z9ekGtk7A60nYML2Aqfsqwg/edit"><span style="color: blue;">HERE</span></a>.<br />
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If you participate in the chat and read the book please fill out this Google Form <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/189FPf97X4lJPmfQKkD4i9QFNc-Dd9ATx904xTCNQryc/viewform?usp=send_form"><span style="color: blue;">HERE</span></a><br />
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Here's to another great week of learning!Todd Nesloneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16609476999461854620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447173076969709518.post-80082012786437599602014-07-11T12:55:00.004-07:002014-07-11T12:55:25.845-07:00Challenge Week 6<div style="background-color: white; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This week is another two-parter!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Every week you’ve heard me talk about filling out a Google Form after you were done completing a challenge. Well my good friend </span><a href="https://twitter.com/iamkesler" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chris Kesler</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> has created an AMAZING video teaching you all about Google Forms and some great things you can do with them. So your first challenge is to watch Chris’s video, tweet to him one thing you learned, create your own Google Form, and then fill out the Google Form below.</span></div>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/jessievaz12" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jessica Allen</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is one of the smartest people I know! We actually interviewed her on this week’s episode of </span><a href="http://www.eduallstars.com/" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">EduAllStars</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, which you can watch </span><a href="http://www.eduallstars.com/edu-all-stars-podcast-session-55-jessica-van-allen/" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">HERE</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. But Jessica has done a lot of work with Makerspaces. So your challenge for part two is to visit Jessica’s blog and learn all about this INCREDIBLE idea! Go </span><a href="http://edu-mashup.blogspot.com/2014/07/we-are-all-makers.html" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">HERE</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to see Jessica’s challenge (and make sure you tweet her about what you’re learning)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Welcome to Week 5 of our <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">Summer</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">Learning</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">Series</span>! I wanted to address a few common questions before we get into this week’s challenge.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- It’s ok if you’re behind on some of the challenges! Catch up as you can!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- If you need to see the other challenges, scroll under this email. Every time I email out I include past challenges.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We are now up to over 1,500 people taking part in the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">Summer</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">Learning</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">Series</span>. It’s been really amazing to see the conversations and tweets happening over on the #SummerLS hashtag!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This week’s challenge is a fairly easy one.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One great way to continue <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">learning</span> is by listening to Podcasts. I drive 30 miles one way every day to work and to make it go faster I listen while I drive!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So your challenge this week is to listen to three episodes of a podcast and tweet about each one as you listen to them!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Listed below are some of my favorite podcasts!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/eduallstars/id661936380?mt=2" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">EduAllStars</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - I have to of course mention this podcast specially. This is a podcast that I co-started and still co-host. We interview people in education who inspire us. My co-hosts Chris Kesler and Keegan Waid are amazing. We’ve interviewed Olympic Gold Medalists, 15 year old inventors, company start ups, Principals, Teachers, Librarians, Instructional Coaches, Superintendents, and even the US Secretary of Education. We air an interview a week and plan on our next one being this Sunday at 8pm CST. You can watch them live by checking out </span><a href="http://www.eduallstars.com/" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">eduallstars.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> or you can listen to/watch any of the recordings! We interview someone different each week and you can get updates by following <a href="http://twitter.com/eduallstarshq" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">@EduAllStarsHQ</a> on twitter.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here are some other great podcasts</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.eduallstars.com/" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">EduAllStars</span></a></div>
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<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/edreach-two-guys/id697791600?mt=2" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The 2 Guys Show</span></a></div>
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<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/branded-telling-your-education/id784146884?mt=2" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BrandEd</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://podcast.teachercast.net/category/principalcast/" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">PrincipalCast</span></a></div>
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<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/instructional-tech-talk/id590111326?mt=2" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Instructional Tech Talk</span></a></div>
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<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/techlandia/id590497007?mt=2" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Techlandia</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://eduslam.me/" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">EduSlam</span></a></div>
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<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/every-classroom-matters-cool/id606677009?mt=2" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Every Classroom Matters</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So spend some time this week <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">learning</span> through audio and video from others! Did I not include a podcast you love? Tweet out your favorite!</span></div>
<span style="background-color: white;"><br style="color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And after you listen to 3 episodes fill out this </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1NbDY3hx5jrltOqzcUs5FtAMZ1Nh5rkdAKMU_gC8PwJo/viewform?usp=send_form" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Google Form</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></span>Todd Nesloneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16609476999461854620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447173076969709518.post-42521524740350243072014-07-11T12:54:00.005-07:002014-07-11T12:54:35.976-07:00Challenge Week 4<div dir="ltr" style="color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Well we’ve officially made it to the 4th challenge in our first ever <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">Summer</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">Learning</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">Series</span>!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To say this has been emotional overwhelming, would be an understatement. I am in complete awe at the amount of people who are choosing to step outside their comfort zones and <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">LEARN</span>! Like I said when we started this journey, we’re professional students. If we want to challenge and encourage our students to be continual <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">learners</span> we must do the same!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I know some of these challenges may be uncomfortable, difficult, or down-right hard for some of us. But nothing easy was ever worth <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">learning</span>. We know that we <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">learn</span> best through mistakes and failure. So if there’s parts to these weekly challenges that you find tough or pointless, stick with me! I promise it’ll all work out!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Watching you guys tweet your <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">learning</span> via the #SummerLS hashtag has been awesome too! I just love watching the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">learning</span> unfold and I’ve been <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">learning</span> so much by following the tweets too! Oh and by the way we’re up to over 1,300 people participating in these challenges WORLDWIDE! So crazy!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The first challenge is a fun little goofy challenge with some substance behind it. It’s created by someone I was able to meet for the first time just a few months ago and I can honestly say she’s one of my favorite people and someone I consider a great friend, </span><a href="http://twitter.com/jenniferlagarde" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jennifer LaGarde</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I don’t wanna give too much away about this challenge, I’ll just let Jennifer explain the challenge and the reasons behind this challenge </span><a href="http://youtu.be/Nmna8d6quGg" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">HERE</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Once you have completed this challenge please fill out this </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/19XYeZUZfWmhsk6fUPIBNJKxXYzJZBRU_pApVXosZ6pI/viewform?usp=send_form" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Google Form</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This week’s second challenge comes from one of my all-time favorite bloggers, </span><a href="http://twitter.com/pernilleripp" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pernille Ripp</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. This woman is absolutely incredible and I truly look forward to the day when I actually meet her face to face!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One of the greatest tools we have at our disposal is reflection. To actually sit and think. And to get our thoughts out about our growth and <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">learning</span>. So like Pernille says in the video above, find a way to reflect this week. Whether that be to write a blog post, have coffee with a friend, journaling, or just sitting and thinking alone. The point is, stop and take some time to reflect.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you’re interested in blogging but don’t even know where to begin I made a quick video </span><a href="http://youtu.be/XKzWRBDzAKQ" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">HERE</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> that can walk you through how to get a blog set up in just a few easy steps!</span></span></div>
<span style="background-color: white;"><br style="color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Once you’ve completed this week’s Part 2 Challenge, fill out this </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1uX1YZLa5Enp2Dm-YCvhXyky_oOuJhiU_4ZIfUu9DUQk/viewform?usp=send_form" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Google Form</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></span>Todd Nesloneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16609476999461854620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447173076969709518.post-70816254037999401942014-07-11T12:54:00.001-07:002014-07-11T12:54:09.002-07:00Challenge Week 3<div style="color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">We made it to our THIRD <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">Summer</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">Learning</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">Series</span> Challenge!!! I am so pumped about this week’s challenge!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So just to give you an update, we’re now at over 1,150 participants from 7 different countries who are <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">learning</span> together. That’s some pretty exciting stuff!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As I’ve said before I want to continually bring you challenges that aren’t just from me, but are from brilliant minds from across the world. I’ve reached out to friends of mine, that I’ve built relationships with online and face to face, who are all coming together to help build this <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">Summer</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">Learning</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">Series</span> for YOU! That’s how passionate we are about getting you connected and <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">learning</span>.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To continue our theme of <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">learning</span> about Twitter this week’s challenge comes from </span><a href="http://twitter.com/daisydyerduerr" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Daisy Dyer Duerr</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> out of Arkansas. You’ve heard a lot of talk about hashtags and me wanting you to include the #SummerLS hashtag on your tweets. But I know some of you are still trying to figure out what exactly a hashtag is, and what does it do?? Well this challenge is built for you then.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">First you can watch Daisy’s challenge video </span><a href="http://youtu.be/QPaGCeKK8BM" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">HERE</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Daisy’s challenge is for you to participate in at least one moderated Twitter Chat this week using a hashtag. </span><a href="http://twitter.com/thomascmurray" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tom Murray</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> has put together a pretty comprehensive list of all the twitter chats that go on in a week for educators. You can find that list </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/a/navasotaisd.org/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiftIdjCeWSXdDRLRzNsVktUUGJpRWJhdUlWLS1Genc#gid=0" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">HERE</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The easiest way to participate in a twitter chat is by using a program like TweetDeck or Hoot Suite. My favorite is TweetDeck, and I made a quick video explaining Tweet Deck (and a little more about hashtags) that you can watch </span><a href="http://youtu.be/9eWIWf-ZnEM" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">HERE</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Like Daisy’s video says, try to include the #SummerLS hashtag while you’re participating to drive even more people to checking out what we’re doing.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Once you have participated in a Twitter Chat fill out the Google Form </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1poe00h2SDul5vlwbdGXdW6LqjhqOSmkjJ3YW3T_GoXw/viewform?usp=send_form" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">HERE</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to show your completion.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I love reading, but sometimes I don’t even know where to start when it comes to finding a great education book. Well, there are three people who I’ve had to pleasure of getting to spend some time with who have written ABSOLUTELY incredible books. You may have heard of these people or their books. But I reached out to them, and in the midst of their incredibly busy schedules, each of these 3 authors took time out of their schedules to make you a video challenging you.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So the part two of this week’s challenge is to watch all three videos below. Pick one (or more!) of the authors, get their book, and complete the challenge they’ve set forth! None of these books are long or complicated so they should be an easy read in a week!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you’re a teacher you may like….</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Teach Like a PIRATE</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">” by </span><a href="http://twitter.com/burgessdave" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dave Burgess</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Dave is absolutely amazing. I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know him and spend time with him on several occasions. He’s one of the hardest working men I know and he is so passionate about changing the way we do education. His book is all about being a passionate educator and engaging children. If this book doesn’t like your fire and get you excited, I’m not quite sure what will! You can check out Dave’s challenge video </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjrEMfOSqQ4&feature=youtu.be" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">HERE</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Digital Leadership: Changing Paradigms for Changing Times</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">” by </span><a href="http://twitter.com/nmhsprincipal" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Eric Sheninger</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. I had the extreme pleasure of meeting and getting to spend some time with Eric about a year ago for the first time. He is incredible intelligent and has such a huge heart for changing education, but more specifically for helping more forward the leaders in the distrcit. His book was a great read for me as I jumped into administrator. I honestly feel that this book should be a requirement for anyone in a leadership position. You can see Eric’s challenge for you by clicking </span><a href="http://youtu.be/z1-mem-rGTQ" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">HERE</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Passion-Driven Classroom: A Framework for Teaching and <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">Learning</span>”</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> by </span><a href="http://twitter.com/angelamaiers" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Angela Maiers</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. There are few people who have inspired me and changed my mindset of who I am and what my potential is, more than Angela Maiers. She is widely known for her #YouMatter movement on twitter and travels the country speaking about finding your passion and helping kids discover their “genius”. My favorite quote comes from Angela; “You are a Genius and the world NEEDS your contribution”. You can see Angela’s challenge video by clicking </span><a href="http://youtu.be/pYK26afYD7M" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">HERE</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. (for Angela’s challenge, after reading her book, you’ll write about what three things stuck out to you most and how it will impact your school year).</span></span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After reading one of the three books listed above (or several of them!) You can fill out the Google Form </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/15WBGHwEkbv8_vrchJ650yz4kvlKsy9BMnl_2CaxmqMU/viewform?usp=send_form" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">HERE</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to complete your challenge! Also, don’t be afraid to reach out on twitter to these authors (and others). They love interacting and love hearing about what you’re gaining from reading their materials. I always love tweeting out little tidbits from books as I’m reading them and tagging the author in those tweets so they can see how much their writings have meant to me!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I am super pumped and proud to say that in just SEVEN days, over 800 people from over 40 states and from Canada, Venezuela, Chile, Japan, China, Germany, Australia, Hong Kong, and Ecuador are now <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">learning</span> together! How amazing is that??? Again, this is the power of connecting and <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">learning</span>. This is what using social media can do! Just imagine how those numbers will continue to spread as the word gets out!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As you complete challenges and <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">learn</span> to tweet, remember to include the #SummerLS hashtag in your tweets, so that we can all see the tweets going out!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Throughout the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">summer</span>, I’m going to utilize people in my PLN (Personal <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">Learning</span> Network) to help bring you challenges. The challenges will not always be “techy” but always be about bettering you professionally. This week’s challenge comes from my friend Brad Gustafson. Brad is a principal in Minnesota and he made this great video to walk you through this week’s challenge! You can watch it </span><a href="http://youtu.be/93C_8M56bAs" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">HERE</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Last week I had you set up a twitter account, if you hadn’t already. This week, I want to hopefully help you continue to find the value in connection. Listed below are 19 people I HUGELY respect in the Education world, who are also active on Twitter. Your challenge this week is to connect with one (or more!) of these people and ask them a question. Here are some examples!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here are some I recommend connecting with who have all agreed to be primed and ready for your Question Tweets (but you can choose ANYONE you find on Twitter; just connect!) <i>**KEEP IN MIND: there may be a lot of tweets going out to these people and they may not see yours right away, so don't get offended if someone doesn't respond quickly :-)</i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Erin Klein </span><a href="http://twitter.com/kleinerin" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">@KleinErin</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Teacher in Michigan</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Brad Gustafson </span><a href="http://twitter.com/gustafsonbrad" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">@GustafsonBrad</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Principal in Minnesota</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Drew Minock </span><a href="http://twitter.com/techminock" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">@TechMinock</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Former Teacher, Augmented Reality Evangelist for </span><a href="http://twitter.com/daqri" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">@DAQRI</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Brad Waid </span><a href="http://twitter.com/techbradwaid" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">@TechBradWaid</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Former Teacher, Augmented Reality Evangelist for </span><a href="http://twitter.com/daqri" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">@DAQRI</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Andrea Keller </span><a href="http://twitter.com/akbusybee" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">@akbusybee</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Tech Specialist in Texas</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Terri Eichholz </span><a href="http://twitter.com/terrieichholz" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">@terrieichholz</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - K-5 GT Teacher in Texas</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Evan Scherr </span><a href="http://twitter.com/evanscherr" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">@EvanScherr</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Assistant Director of Technology in Frankfurt, Germany</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ben Gilpin </span><a href="http://twitter.com/benjamingilpin" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">@benjamingilpin</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Principal in Southern Michigan</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pernille Ripp </span><a href="http://twitter.com/pernilleripp" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">@pernilleripp</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - 5th Grade Teacher in Wisconsin</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jimmy Casas </span><a href="http://twitter.com/casas_jimmy" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">@casas_jimmy</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Principal in Iowa</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Daisy Dyer Duerr </span><a href="http://twitter.com/daisydyerduerr" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">@daisydyerduerr</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Principal in Arkansas</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tony Sinanis </span><a href="http://twitter.com/tonysinanis" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">@tonysinanis</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Principal In New York</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Todd Nesloney </span><a href="http://twitter.com/techninjatodd" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">@TechNinjaTodd</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Principal in Texas</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jennifer LaGarde </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://twitter.com/jenniferlagarde" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">@</a>jenniferlagarde</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Librarian in North Carolina</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Amber Teamann </span><a href="http://twitter.com/8amber8" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">@8Amber8</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Assistant Principal in Texas</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Joe Sanfelippo </span><a href="http://twitter.com/joesanfelippofc" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">@Joesanfelippofc</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Superintendent in Wisconsin</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Michael Medvinsky </span><a href="http://twitter.com/mwmedvinsky" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">@mwmedvinksy</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Music Educator in Michigan</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">AJ Juliani </span><a href="http://twitter.com/ajjuliani" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">@ajjuliani</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Author and Educator in Pennsylvania</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tom Murray </span><a href="http://twitter.com/thomascmurray" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">@thomascmurray</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - State and District Digital <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">Learning</span> Director in Pennsylvania</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After connecting with a few people, asking them a question, and then getting a response, go fill out this quick </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1QXWzrtUk0QMMFmZdoTQcxwn_SWdZeQorzNsza4Abawk/viewform?usp=send_form" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Google Form</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (I’ll piece together some of the responses from this Google Form and share in next week’s Challenge Email).</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And then here’s Part 2:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Continuing with my theme of “connection”....one of my favorite tools to use to keep in contact with parents, students, and staff is Remind101. Remind101 is a FREE service that allows you to text parents and students without ever needing their phone numbers, and they never need yours! Best of all it’s a ONE-WAY communication tool! I absolutely love Remind101. It’s also an App that you can download to your phone and send messages directly from your device! You can watch the quick video I made (</span><a href="http://youtu.be/c4QhEpQjYzA" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">HERE</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">) about how to setup and use your Remind101 account today! <b><i>If you're in a country outside of the US (besides Canada) you do NOT need to participate in this challenge due to overseas text costs!</i></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How do you complete this challenge? Well first you go and set up your own Remind101 account and group!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><u>If you’re a Navasota Intermediate teacher </u></b>you can click the link below this sentence, type in your phone number, then the code they give you, and you’re good!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you’re participating in these challenges and you’re </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">NOT</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> with Navasota Intermediate you can click the link below this sentence, type in your phone number, then the code they text you, and you’re good!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The way I will know if you complete this challenge or not is by seeing if you signed up for the Remind101 groups listed above!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thanks for being awesome and choosing to continue your <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">learning</span> this <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">summer</span>! I’m <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">learning</span> along side you and am completing the challenges myself!! If you have any questions please reach out! </span></div>
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Todd Nesloneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16609476999461854620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447173076969709518.post-90444834186341113632014-07-11T12:52:00.001-07:002014-07-11T12:52:11.908-07:00Challenge Week 1<div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
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<span style="background-color: white;">I hope everyone is already enjoying some of their <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">summer</span>! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">One thing that I love about the best teachers, is that we're constant <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">learners</span>. I heard the phrase "Professional Students" once and thought it was a perfect descriptor!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Here's my goal for this <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">summer</span>. I'm starting a <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Summer</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Learning</span> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Series</span>. Every week I'm going to send you a challenge to <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">learn</span> something NEW! Something that will help make you an even better educator. I will be participating with the challenges as well.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">So today I send you the first challenge. The first challenge is....Twitter!!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Twitter has been the the tool that completely revolutionized and changed my career. You can read about my story <a href="http://nesloneyflipped.blogspot.com/2013/09/my-pln-saved-my-career.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">I have created a brief 10 min video to give you a 'heads-up' on where to even begin with Twitter! You can find that video <a href="http://youtu.be/GIVmQ2nvNg8" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Within this video I also mention a link to the "<a href="http://hookedoninnovation.com/2013/03/20/the-21-day-twitterguide4beginners-challenge/" target="_blank">21 Day Twitter Challenge</a>". This is an EXCELLENT tool to use to utilize Twitter. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Twitter allows you to connect with and <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">learn</span> from people from all over the world, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We will be using twitter a lot this upcoming school year, so I wanted to allow you to get a head start. And don't worry, there'll be lots of time to <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">learn</span> and even some hands on training for those who need it!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Together we are going to make Navasota Intermediate the best school in the United States. I truly believe that. The only way that will happen though is if we continually try new and innovative ideas, stay on the cutting edge, and most of all, as long as we're doing what's best for kids. Twitter is a tool that will allow us to <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">learn</span> from experts from all over!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">As you complete the challenges this <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">summer</span> I'm going to ask you to fill out different Google Forms. I'm going to be awarding "badges" to those of you who complete the challenges. There will also be some GREAT prizes when we reconvene in August, for those who are continuing their <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">learning</span>all <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">summer</span> <wbr></wbr>through these weekly challenges. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/a/navasotaisd.org/forms/d/1TT2CV9MGdnBPPnNrr_pTn2eauvgK9z3O8gAHtC8wuyA/viewform?usp=send_form" target="_blank">Here</a> is the Google Form once you complete this challenge.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">So, what are you waiting for?? Challenge 1 has been issued! Start Tweeting!</span></div>
Todd Nesloneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16609476999461854620noreply@blogger.com0