Digital Learning News Brief
September 29, 2015
Shannon High School Tweets!
Follow Shannon High School @ShannonBISD and look at the great things that are happening at SHS!
There is No Finish Line!
Join us tonight on Twitter as we talk about the change process and challenges we all face when it comes to change.
@birdville_dl #bisddlp
Tonight's Twitter Chat Questions
Q1: How can we help our peers embrace the change to a more “digital” classroom?
Q2: Share specific ways you are implementing a digital classroom.
Q3: How do you model being a positive change agent?
Q4: How can the digital learning team support you?
Resources for Being Courageous Change Leaders
Have Fun with Change
Developing a Growth Mindset
Teacher As Change Agent
“The developmental role now is helping students to become self-learners. With the teacher not playing a passive role, but a very active change-agent role.”
Details and Registration Opens TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6TH!
October is Connected Educator Month
If you are not quite ready to participate in the world-wide movement, you and your students can benefit by joining the Birdville Digital Learning team in connecting and collaborating this month. Here are some of the ways you can connect:
- Tuesday Twitter Chats: 8 PM each Tuesday evening; follow @birdville_dl #bisddlp
- Digital Learning Fall Conference & EdCamp: Oct. 17, 2015, 8 AM - 1 PM
During the month of October every BISD teacher who shares how they are facilitating a connected and collaborative learning environment on the Digital Learning Lounge blog will be entered into a drawing to win classroom technology!
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Richland High School's Tana Taylor and Lori Scott's Class at Porter Elementary
Digital Learning Lounge!
Teachers and administrators,
Please remember to share the good technology uses that are happening on your campus on the Digital Learning Lounge blog http://bisddlp.blogspot.com/.
Anyone can send an email to dl83.digital-learning@blogger.com to submit a post. The subject of the email is the title of the post. Anything in the body of the email is included in the post, including any automatic signatures so that might need to be edited before clicking send. Images that attached to the email are embedded in the post.
This can easily be done from a smart phone in a classroom, so remember to take the time to share your digital learning successes with your BISD colleagues through the Digital Learning Lounge!
Secondary Digital Learning Team Update!
Student Tool of the Week: Animoto!
Teacher Tool of the Week: Zoom!
Secondary Digital Learning Team!
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