Summer Learning Fun

After participating in a Twitter chat last night (find out more about this here) I was inspired to write a post about sharing out some of what the educators on the chat looked forward to exploring this summer. Thank you to everyone that contributed on Tuesday's #ntchat and my awesome teammates Karen Lagola and Brittany Sherman for some of these ideas.

*Disclaimer. This is not designed to be a task list. Summer is a great time for slowing down, learning at a comfortable pace without a deadline. Take what you like and leave the rest.

Books:

“Teach Like a Pirate” Yargh!  - Increasing student engagement and teacher creativity

“Mindset” The New Psychology of Success” -Understand fixed and growth mindset

“Thinking, Fast and Slow – Explain and harness the two ways we think

 

Productivity Tools:

Tools to Curate Content (for ease, use with web extension or bookmarklet):

• EduClipper (The Pinterest of Education)


• Evernote –Create and share notes/websites/pictures etc. on all devices. 


• Claco – Collaborate and share resources. View my resources 

Design/Make Your Own:

-Create your own infographic: Piktochart, Visual.ly, Infogr.am

-Story Creation App’s: Puppet Pals, Video Scribe, Storybird

Online Skeeball:

Using only your Chrome browser and your Smartphone play Skeeball aka Rollit on your own or with three friends.

 

Check out a Free Education Unconference Near You:

EdCamps – Happening all over the U.S.

 

Grow as a Twitter User:

• Take a tour of Twitter


• Twitter in your classroom


• Chats on Twitter for professional development - Chats happening at different times throughout the week on different subjects. 


• Hashtags in education

May your summer plans turn out better than you imagine!