A Variety of Summer Professional Learning Options: May 2022 Digital Buzz Radio Podcast

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Happy Summer! As you take a deep breath after a school year when you've poured yourself into your students and their learning growth, I hope you are reflecting on your successes with your students. You deserve many, many, MANY pats on the back!!!! 

If you're like most teachers, you might also begin thinking about periods of learning which didn't go the way you had hoped or which you know were ok but still have room for improvement. If you are starting to think about your own professional growth, then the May 2022 episode of Digital Buzz Radio is for you!

In this episode, Georgetown ISD Digital Learning Coaches Amy Heil, Heather Solis, Marcie Lindsey, and I discuss a variety of ways educators can take advantage of their summer break to participate in professional learning. Below is some more info on the options we talked about in the episode.

Impactful Technology Use Sessions

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Marcie Lindsey speaks in detail about these sessions in detail in the episode, and she also wrote about the sessions in this blog post. The sessions are inspired by this Impactful Technology Use Rubric which comes from the research based Dynamic Learning Project. These sessions can be taken asynchronously online or in person. To sign up for them, you can search for "Impactful Technology Use" in the professional development section of Eduphoria Strive, which is easily access through ClassLink.

Professional Learning Networks (PLNs)

On a more informal side of professional growth, Amy, Heather, and I discuss how we have benefitted from our participation in Professional Learning Networks (PLNs). Amy shares a great definition of PLNs from this website, and Heather and I share how we learn from and grow our PLNs on Twitter. 

Speaking of Twitter, below are a few hashtags and accounts which we mention during our discussion:

GISD Digital Learning & Innovation Hub

Last but certainly NOT least, Amy reminds us that resources for learning about all things Georgetown ISD Digital Learning 24/7 are available at www.georgetownisd.org/digitallearning! From this page, you can easily navigate to our blog, podcast, and YouTube channel!

How to Listen to Digital Buzz Radio

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I hope the info above has encouraged you to take a listen to this month's episode of Digital Buzz Radio! It really adds to the learning when you listen to a conversation rather than just reading about a topic. 

Digital Buzz Radio can be accessed on multiple podcast platforms. Pick from your favorite below!

I am a Digital Learning Coach for Georgetown ISD in Georgetown, Texas. I love to collaborate with teachers to design for purposeful, engaging technology integration in teaching and learning. My general areas of interest include blended and online learning, information literacy and ethics, and encouraging educators in their pursuit of lifelong learning. Speaking of lifelong learning, please connect with me on Twitter where I am @DLCoachSandy. :-)

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