How do you learn? How do you hone your craft? I just finished a reading endorsement course from which I just received, via email, a print-your-own certificate. This got me thinking this morning about my learning as a teacher. What kinds of professional development do I do? How do I learn? What makes the difference in my actual classroom?
I learn by:
- reading professional books
- reading journals
- reading educational blogs (see the blogroll for titles)
- reading listservs or email newsletters
- writing blog posts
- writing about my teaching in my journal
- writing a column for Stenhouse Newslinks
- taking courses online to add-on to my certificate
- going to conferences (breakout sessions and keynotes)
- listening to and reading comments from my personal learning network (PLN)
- Following educators and edu-technologists on Twitter
- Talking with teachers
- Trying things out in- in class and online
- Connecting with others online
- Collaborating with teachers
- Watching other people teach and connecting it to my own practice
- Presenting workshops
- Reflecting
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