#summertimemadness: Reflection so far + Next steps!

After all the conferences and PD I've been to so far, I really want to have a #stayconference where everyone works in the comfort of their own homes or classrooms on applying all the awesome ideas. Then, there would be twitter chats hosted by awesome folk throughout the day for feedback. I may try to make this happen in a chill version... we'll see! 

Work Break!!!! :-) 

One thing that ISTE made me reflect on is my own personal ideas about technology. I couldn't get past the home keys in keyboarding until most of the way through 3rd grade, my mom typed my papers until I got into AP classes, I've never gamed, I had a free flip phone with no texting or camera or data until a little over a year ago. And now, I tweet and blog a pretty significant amount, text too much, and embed technology in my teaching in meaningful ways. It's nuts... Sadly, I have AIM to thanks for my ability to type, but getting an iPhone and using Google Drive and teaching with awesome teachers has really helped me be a profficient 21st century teacher. Gotta have that genius time and professional learning network to grow!

Twitter + Google = GREAT teaching!
 Never thought I'd use them sooo much

SO, goals because #cantstopwontstop #neverstopexploring:

1) Plan a mini #stayconference???

2) Gamify a unit

3) Make models of Cornell notes and AVID binders

4) SLEEP

5) PLN it up

6) Help students create PLNs

7) SLEEP

8) Convince Revolution Donuts to move to Sanford, EAT DONUTS FOR DAYS

Quotes and Ideas (mainly from Kevin Carrell of Red Rubber Ball (@kckatalyst) and Amy Burvall (@amyburvall):

• "How is your want to? You've got to check it, EVERY SINGLE day" @kckatalyst
• Thanks to Google (and other search engines, but REALLY, standards y'all - GOOGLE!), teachers can be freed up to be designers
• "Iteration is the new failure" @jaimecasap (#firstattemptinlearning #FAIL)
• "Play is the highest form of research" @kckatalyst (#geniustime)
• "If you can bring a community together around an intention, we can do amazing things" @kckatalyst

@kckatalyst