Fellow EdTech blogger and twitter-er Skip Zalneraitis sent the following tweet my way today:
Never one to back down from a challenge, I’m officially throwing my hat into the ring with this post. What’s the challenge, you ask? I’ll let Clif Mim’s original post give you the details:
Directions
Summer can be a great time for professional development. It is an opportunity to learn more about a topic, read a particular work or the works of a particular author, beef up an existing unit of instruction, advance one’s technical skills, work on that advanced degree or certification, pick up a new hobby, and finish many of the other items on our ever-growing To Do Lists. Let’s make Summer 2008 a time when we actually get to accomplish a few of those things and enjoy the thrill of marking them off our lists.
The Rules
Pick 3 professional development goals and commit to achieving them this summer.
For the purposes of this activity the end of summer will be Labor Day (09/01/08).
Post the above directions along with your 3 goals on your blog.
Title your post Professional Development Meme and link back/trackback to http://clifmims.com/blog/archives/353.
Use the following tag/ keyword/ category on your post: pdmeme.
Tag 8 others to participate in the meme.
Achieve your goals and “develop professionally.”
Commit to sharing your results on your blog during early or mid-September.
My Goals
- Learn how to be a better blogger. In my first post, I admitted that I was jumping in before I really knew what I was doing and now’s the time to figure it all out. So, by the end of the summer, I pinkie swear that I will really know what it means to do a trackback and how to use widgets and manage my blog. Plus, I promise to leave comments on blog posts I read and respect like these. And I’ll even promise to take all those tiny slips of paper that clutter my desk and nightstand with ideas I have when there’s no time to write and actually put some of them them into a post.
- Explore interesting tools like Second Life and Diigo and how they can be used as tools for virtual learning and collaboration. I usually am willing to give any new tool a try and can see the big picture, but so far Second Life isn’t one that I “get” in terms of education. Diigo is one I’m very interested in, especially as a potential tool for our AP Literature classes to use for “virtual annotation” of public domain books they read that are online. By the end of the summer I want to have a good handle on Diigo and at least know how to get around in SL without running into walls…
- Submit proposals for presenting at FETC. Anyone out there interested in putting together a preso on Personal Learning Networks?
I feel a little like I’m casting pebbles out into the calm waters and waiting to see how far the ripples reach. Here’s hoping that the ripples reach ’round the world.
I Tag…
Tag…you’re it! Who’s next?
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June 5th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
Michelle,
I’m glad you are excited about this activity. I hope you find it beneficial and I look forward to hearing about your experiences at the end of the summer.
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June 6th, 2008 at 2:55 am
Michelle-
Thanks for joining up. This is exciting.
-Skip
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June 7th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
Thanks for tagging me for this. I’m thinking… will post soon.
-Liz
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June 10th, 2008 at 11:14 am
I finally did it, Michelle! I’m not sure why it was so hard for me… probably limiting it to just 3 goals this summer! Anyway, I’m starting on my own #1 by blogging from one blog this summer: http://teach42morrow.blogspot.com/ Now, on to an FETC proposal. You’ll be hearing from me soon. Thanks again,
Katie
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