We recently began the summer session of my new online courses. We announced a scholarship and were so moved by the personal statements and bios that we decided to award a few scholarships for the summer session. Below is the bio and an excerpt from the personal statement of Jamil Ahmed, a teacher from Bangladesh, who […]
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Meet the Inspiring Teacher Scholarship Recipient, Jesus Sosa
We recently began the summer session of my new online courses. We announced a scholarship and were so moved by the personal statements and bios that we decided to award a few scholarships for the summer session. Below is the bio and an excerpt from the personal statement of Jesus Sosa, a teacher from Venezuela, who […]
9 Reasons You Should Join the Free Goal Minded Teacher Online Course!
“The whole being of any teacher is within our hearts. Although education prepares us to teach, it is the love of learning that sustains us.”- Robert John Meehan I am excited to announce that after a year collaborating with INTEF (Instituto Nacional de Tecnologías Educativas y de Formación del Profesorado) and the Ministry of Education […]
How to be a Teacherpreneur!
Love these resources? Get your copy of The 30 Goals for Teachers or Learning to Go. Social media is powerful and teachers are using it to spread their passion and transform education. Teacherpreneurship, teacher edupreneur, and edupreneur are just a few terms for educators who have been successful spreading their ideas! Teacherpreneurship is not just about […]
Edhashtag Clouds: Click, Explore, Connect
Love these resources? Get your copy of The 30 Goals for Teachers or Learning to Go. In July 2009, I co-founded the Bammy winning education chat, #Edchat, which has inspired over 400 education hashtags! The hashtag (# in front of a word without spaces, which transforms the word into a url on social media sites, like […]
Go on an Epic Selfie Conference Adventure
Recently added to the Survival Tips for Teachers and Goal: Go on an Epic Selfie Adventure Selfie- a picture taken of oneself shared via social media. Each year, I present at various face-to-face and virtual conferences around the world. I remember to take tons of pictures of the memories and magical moments shared with teachers I […]
Moments That Take Our Breath Away
“Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” ~ Hilary Cooper Thank you for another year of inspiration. Your support, participation, collaboration and sharing made 2013 momentous. I am a goal-oriented person. Each year, I adopt a theme/vision and set goals, action plans, and keynotes […]
Nudges We Create & Watch Breathe New Life
“We get to make things. Things that make the world nudge a little bit in what we hope is the right direction.” Wilson Miner, Webstock 2012 I’ve been thinking a lot about our ability to create and the impact of what we leave behind when we no longer exist. As an educator, speaker, writer, human […]
Happy Holidays from Shelly & Rosco!
This year has been amazing because you have shared with us and inspired us. In April 2009, I began my journey using social media (Twitter, Facebook, Nings, Second Life, blogs, etc.) to develop my passionate/personal learning network (PLN). I was so inspired by my PLN that I sought out to visit you at various conferences and […]
11 of '11 Projects Transforming Education
Adam Simpson, an educator in Turkey, recently challenged bloggers to reflect on and post 11 of their best blog posts of 2011 (11 of 11). Reading several of the blogger’s posts and different takes on it has spurred me to reflect on my past year blogging and collaborating with my passionate/personal learning network (PLN) who […]