Twitter Chats & Webinars

Over the past several weeks I participated in several online professional development opportunities - four webinars and four live Twitter chats. I really love this kind of PD because you can participate from home and when it fits into your schedule.  Plus, interacting with educators from around the world is such a great way to learn about new ideas and share resources you might not normally be exposed to in day-to-day life.  For example, one of the Twitter chats I participated in asked us to share suggestions for books for summer reading.  Literally within minutes, I had a list of books that I can't wait to get started reading!  Another Twitter chat was focused on social studies and I learned about teaching history through comic books and was able to connect with another educator who can help me get started. My favorite webinar was a live, interactive demo of the new Google Sites and I had been dying to see it, so I loved being able to get a live demo.  Being able to interact with the presenter was an added bonus because he invited me to edit the sample site in real time.  I also loved the webinar where an educator shared her school's makerspace transformation.  The backchannel discussion was really valuable.  For detailed information about all 8 of my experiences, you can read this document.