August Is the Month of the Connected Educator This month,
discover how online communities and learning networks are
helping hundreds of thousands of educators learn, reducing
isolation and providing "just in time" access to knowledge and
opportunities for collaboration. The following resources from
NCTE provide additional ideas for being connected this month.
"Creating a Circle of Learning: Teachers Taking Ownership
through Professional Communities" describes how teachers can
reinvigorate their teaching careers through participation in
professional learning communities (PLCs). PLCs continue to push
members to grow as learners and educators, ultimately improving
student learning, and provide a model for teachers to use in
their own classrooms. "Using Blogs to Promote Literary Response
during Professional Development" describes a project that
studied 15 preservice teachers who were using a Ning blog to
respond to children's and young adult literature. Their
perceptions and reactions provided insight into variou