It's Time To Get Connected!

Only 4 more days!  Are you ready to be connected?

By: Karen Handlos

Digital Learning has been the biggest change to have impacted the world of education. So, throughout the month of October, Connected Educator Month (#ce 13), we are hoping to better inform educators on what being connected means and what it can do for students. We are also hoping to encourage those who are not connected to become more connected.

We have created a 31/31/31 plan that will highlight 31 days, 31 educators, and 31 connected educator stories from across the state of Kentucky. We will highlight a different Kentucky educator each day who is engaged, connected, continuously learning, giving, and receiving from others within our state and beyond our state. Each educator will reflect on the following questions to help others learn more and find ways to connect:

1.  In what way (s) are you a connected educator?
2.  How does being connected impact your practice?  Give examples.
3.  How does being connected impact you as a professional?
4.  What advice or resources would you recommend to colleagues interested in becoming connected?


For additional ways to connect we have also created other resources that will be highlighted throughout the month:

Book Mob:  Alumi book Mapping to the Core by Heidi Hayes Jacobs (in PD 360) Contact Jackie Rogers at KDE for additional information. jackie.rogers@education.ky.gov

October 17-19 Kentucky Reading Association Conference Theme:  Literacy Without Borders Link to their site http://www.kyreading.org/Conference.aspx

October 21-25 Digital Citizenship Week   

CTQ Common Core webinars

Each Thursday evening 8:04 pm-9:04 pm #KyEdChat on twitter

We hope that you will participate and invite others to do so as well!