Tag archives for professionaldevelopment

Connect To The World Through Twitter (Presentation)

Posted by Shelly Terrell on Tuesday, September 28th 2010 9 Comments

Recently, I gave a Keynote for educators new to developing a learning network through Twitter. Please share the following resources with those new to Twitter in order to encourage them to join our passionate educator community. This PRESTO presentation is an updated version of my previous one, How to Build A PLN Using Twitter. In order to be cutting edge and Read full article »

category: PLNs, Tech Tips

tags: Iphone, PLNs, PRESTO, professionaldevelopment, Retweet, rss, RSSFlashG, tips, tweets, Twitter

Edublogs 2009 Awards: Inspiration in Education

Posted by Shelly Terrell on Thursday, November 26th 2009 14 Comments

My blog is relatively new and has become much more than I ever would have expected. I owe this to the various people and organizations I am nominating below for the Edublogs 2009 awards! I have learned by their examples. My knowledge as well as my passion for learning and collaboration I owe to them. Several others not on this Read full article »

category: Cool Sites, Thought-provoking

tags: 2009, blogging, blogs, Edublog Awards, professionaldevelopment

Cool Sites & Tools

Posted by Shelly Terrell on Sunday, November 15th 2009 4 Comments

Every week, I share my favorite finds in this weekly series! Test these tools out. If you want instant access to these fantastic websites connect with me on Google reader! IGNITE: A New Way to Present In a previous post, I shared my Pecha Kucha Youtube playlist. I now have added an IGNITE playlist. IGNITE is Tim O'Reilly's adaption of a Pecha Read full article »

category: Cool Sites

tags: children, edtech, ELL, ESL, ESOL, IGNITE, kids, kindersite, lessonplanning, links, messageboard, organization, Pindax, presentation, professionaldevelopment, stickynotes, Tim OReilly, video, youtube

Attend a Virtual Pecha Kucha

Posted by Shelly Terrell on Thursday, November 12th 2009 2 Comments

You may have heard about the excitement of a Pecha Kucha event. I had the privilege of attending a live one this past Saturday in Paris at a TESOL conference! I recorded all the presentations on my Youtube Channel. Watch Pecha Kucha presentations by Burcu Akyol, Ken Wilson, Lindsay Clandfield, Gavin Dudeney, Jamie Keddie, and Penny Ur. I laughed and Read full article »

category: Conference Highlights, Tech Tips

tags: conference, Pecha Kucha, PowerPoint, Presentations, professionaldevelopment, virtualconference, webinar

Cool Sites: Videos, Wiki Tool, Docs…

Posted by Shelly Terrell on Monday, November 9th 2009 No Comment

Every week, I share my favorite finds in this weekly series! Don't forget to test these tools out. If you want instant access to these fantastic websites connect with me on Google reader! Teacher Training Videos Have you ever wanted to show a video tutorial to your teachers? Have you ever needed a video tutorial on the best practices of using a Read full article »

category: Conference Highlights, Cool Sites