Corwin Connected Educators
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Savvy internet consumption starts right here!
Teachers and students are constantly inundated with information, yet lack the organizational skill necessary to effectively utilize it. From Twitter hashtags to online communities, this handy guide will help you to find, store, and share the best information and resources found on the web today-and teach your students to do the same. Real-world tips, tools, in-depth examples and lesson plans help you systematically:
Understand the curation processFind, collect, and share reliable web-based informationBuild students' information literacy skillsHelp students research and organize problem-based learning projects Use cutting-edge curation tools like Evernote, Diigo, and Pocket
Bundle: Corwin Connected Educators Series: Fall 2014
by Dr Peter M DeWitt, Tom Whitby, Mark D. Barnes, Spike C. Cook, Pernille S Ripp, Tony Sinanis, Brad M Currie, Kristen N Swanson, Steven W. Anderson, and Joseph M Sanfelippo
The Corwin Connected Educator series is your key to unlocking the greatest resource available to all educators: other educators. Using social media and Web 2.0 technologies, you'll learn and collaborate with one another in new ways. These short volumes feature practical strategies to use right away--and the series website lets you connect with authors and access additional resources. The bundle includes all of the Fall 2014 books published in the series:
- Connected Leadership: It's Just a Click Away
- The Relevant Educator: How Connectedness Empowers Learning
- Empowered Schools, Empowered Students: Creating Connected and Invested Learners
- All Hands on Deck: Tools for Connecting Educators, Parents, and Communities
- The Power of Branding: Telling Your School's Story
- Flipping Leadership Doesn't Mean Reinventing the Wheel
- Teaching the iStudent: A Quick Guide to Using Mobile Devices and Social Media in the K-12 Classroom
- The Edcamp Model: Powering Up Professional Learning
Being a Connected Educator is more than a set of actions: It's a belief in the potential of technology to fuel lifelong learning. To explore the books in this series, visit the Corwin Connected Educators companion website.
This book explores the idea of why branding schools is important, the benefits of branding a school, and gives leaders an action plan for branding. Branding is a way for leaders to make students' learning visible to the entire education community in order to share best practices, celebrate achievements, and make sure that the education community is focused on the most important person: the student. This book will give leaders:
An understanding of why branding is so important to students' successStories of how branding has brought positive impacts to schoolsTools to start telling your school storyThere is also the Connected Educators Series website where readers can connect with all of the authors of the series, find more resources, and find real support for putting branding into practice.
This book is for both administrators and teachers. The first half examines the obstacles administrators face in leading an empowered school where teachers have agency and voice. Each chapter tackles an obstacle, lays out the benefits of changing the system, and gives leaders a plan to do so. Following the same structure, the second half of the book addresses the challenges teachers face in leading empowered students. Again, each chapter addresses the obstacles and the benefits of change, and gives teachers a plan for action. Throughout the book are stories from educators who have put these principles into practice to change their schools. The book discusses several ways to empower teachers and students, including:
Cultivating the experts at your schoolRevitalizing the staff meetingChanging classroom setupGiving students a voiceThere is also the Connected Educators Series website where readers can connect with all of the authors of the series, find more resources, and find real support for putting flipped leadership into practice.
This book helps teachers understand the lives and minds of today's learners, who have grown up surrounded by iPhones, iPads, computers, and other digital forms-media that are still novelties to many educators. Many educators assume that kids are proficient in using technology, but evidence shows that students need leaders to show them how to thoughtfully and meaningfully use technology to enhance their learning. This book will give teachers:
A method for effectively leading content curation through social mediaA vocabulary for discussing technology with studentsAn understanding of how digital and mobile learning is making wavesPractical ideas and activities for engaging students through devicesThere is also the Connected Educators Series website where readers can connect with all of the authors of the series, find more resources, and find real support for putting flipped leadership into practice.
Principal Professional Development
by Joseph M Sanfelippo and Tony Sinanis
Build transformational leadership using social media!
Close the gap of knowledge and experience between educators and learn how you really can find the time to connect with other leaders using social media. This highly instructive and conversational guide makes it easy. Filled with real-world experiences from leaders all over the country, you'll build balanced and effective leadership skills, grow a network of support, and model your vision for a thriving community of learners. Includes a handy start-up guide to help busy principals:
Connect virtually with K-12 leadersModel continuous learningFind solutions using Twitter, Google Hangouts, and more
Bring communities together for involvement that makes a difference!
Impact your students in a positive way and join the leagues of educators who are learning to engage with students, parents, and communities using social media and Web 2.0 technologies. Featuring practical strategies that you'll want to put to use right away, plus a dedicated series website for additional resources, this short and easy-to-follow book will show you:
How smartphones and tablets can work for your goalsThe secret to getting-and keeping-parents involvedHow to inform, engage, and empower stakeholdersHow tools like Skype can connect the community at large
Professional growth and social media savvy at your fingertips!
This information-packed resource from digital experts Anderson and Whitby makes it easy to build a thriving professional network using social media. Easy-to-implement ideas, essential tools, and real-life vignettes help teachers learn to:
Find and choose the best social media tools, products, and communitiesStart and grow a collaborative, high-quality PLN using Twitter, blogging, LinkedIn, and moreUse social media to enhance 21st Century educationEngage in authentic personal and professional learningIncludes invaluable resources and an in-depth analysis of the social media landscape. Collaboration has never been easier with this must-have guide!
Tap the power of digital learning!
In today's digital world, distance and cultural differences are inconsequential. Technology empowers students and provides them with unlimited resources and opportunities. With this easy guide, you'll learn the five essential skills to transform students into global learners:
Creating and sharing digital informationUsing social mediaDigital publishingBuilding a personal learning networkUsing aggregators to create, maintain, and share contentLoaded with tips and examples for using PLNs, Facebook, Twitter, Skype, YouTube, Jing, and other essential tools, this breakthrough guide to incredible learning opportunities will keep you and your students a step ahead!
The Edcamp Model
by Kristen N Swanson, Kevin Jarrett, Dan Callahan, Hadley J. Ferguson, Kim Sivick, Christine Miles, Michael Ritzius, Ann Leaness, and Mary Beth Hertz
This volume in the Connected Educators series teaches you to run an Edcamp "unconference," where participants combine individual expertise with active collaboration for real results.
