WHY Connect: Teachers teaching teachers
Ten Tips for becoming a Connected Educator 
- Learn with/from others
- Engage with others in the field
- Push and be pushed to give your self (and your students) more choices
- Share classroom successes and struggles
- Sharing allows us to see other perspectives
- Sharing help us grow and move towards becoming more successful as individuals and as educators
- Identify common issues – strategize multiple solutions
- Exchange resources for anything/everything
- Learn about edtech and professional development opportunities
- Keep up with trends, research and inspiration
- Encourage a growth mindset
- Practice collaborating
- Model collaborative behaviors for students
- Rejuvenate and re-energize passions and interests by sharing/connecting with others
- Build a PLN
With WHOM to Connect:
A “short list” of awesome educators to follow
- Colleagues in your department/discipline
- Colleagues in your grade level
- Peer colleagues in your school across disciplines
- Peer colleagues in other schools/communities
- Veteran and newbie educators
- Educational thought leaders
- Connected Educators
- Experts anywhere in the world
WHAT to Connect about
- Bullying
- Classroom Management
- Content
- Differentiating Strategies
- Digital Literacy
- EdTech Integration
- Game Based Learning
- JEdTech Integration
- Jewish Texts
- Life-Work balance
- Mindfulness practices
- Pedagogy
- Project Based Learning
- Stress reduction
- Organizing systems
How to Connect:
Teacher Isolation Is Your Choice
- In person
- Peer Observation
- Text
- FB Group
- PLN
- EdChat
- Skype
- Google Hangout
- G+ Community
- Sharing blog posts
