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Why is it essential that educators be connected? How can collaborating using social media empower your teaching practice? In this edWeb webinar hosted by the Digital Classroom: Teaching with Tech community and presented by Steven Anderson and Tom Whitby, we learned how to be a relevant educator. Participants interacted with questions and discussion around the eight tenets of being a relevant connected educator with examples of how to best leverage social media like Twitter, Hangouts, and more. Steven and Tom discussed principles from their recent book, The Relevant Educator: How Connectedness Empowers Learning, from the Connected Educators Series. This interactive webinar was helpful for teachers, tech coordinators, library/media specialists, and administrators interested in being more connected.

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The Eight Tenets of a Relevant Connected Educator - edWeb

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In this edWeb.net webinar hosted by the Digital Classroom: Teaching with Tech community and presented by Steven Anderson and Tom Whitby, we learned how to be a relevant educator. Participants interacted with questions, polls, and discussion around the eight tenets of being a relevant connected educator with examples of how to best leverage social media like Twitter, Hangouts, and more.

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I have never been afraid of new technology. I rather like the new and being on the edge of something.

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This tenet is my favorite. So often, it is important to cut down to the essential and present it in the most creative way to keep attention.

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I think this is important. I need to be learning programs, and using apps that my students do. I need to model the technology.

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I think it is important to be involved on learning communities. I like Edmodo interactions with GaVS.

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Sharing the wealth is important. My colleagues play an important part in my development as an educator.

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Trial and error is the only way I can get better. I want to be more innovative and interactive, so I have to try new things.

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This tenet seems to me to be instinctive.  The students that I teach today are very different from those I started with 28 years ago

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I found this slide to be perfect for online learning. We do need to be connected.