Date: Saturday October 28, 2017
Time: 9:00amPT/10:00amMT/
11:00amCT/12:00pm ET
Location: Blackboard Collaborate
We are thrilled to have the always energetic, passionate educational leader, Dr. Sarah Thomas, joining us today to share her vision for connected educators which inspired the creation of EduMatch. Sarah is a model for all of us as someone who is constantly thinking "outside the box" through her inspiration, reflections, challenging questions, cheerleading of the work of other educators and hard work as she spreads her message about the importance of being a connected educator.
Webinar Description:
With seven billion people in the world, we each represent a tiny dot...but what a beautiful picture we make when we begin to connect! Sarah Thomas, founder of EduMatch, outlines the story behind the magical moment when the project emerged sporadically from a conversation with a fellow educator. Follow the evolution of this series of grassroots connections (and related projects), which has spread internationally. By the end of the session, educators will be encouraged to seize their own "magical moments," and to fuel these through the power of connectivity.
Sarah-Jane Thomas, PhD is a Regional Technology Coordinator in Prince George’s County Public Schools. Sarah is also a Google Certified Innovator, Google Education Trainer, and founder of the EduMatch project, which promotes connection and collaboration among educators around the world. Through EduMatch, Sarah has published two collaborative books, EduMatch Snapshot in Education (2016) and The #EduMatch Teacher’s Recipe Guide (2017). Sarah is also on the leadership team of the ISTE Digital Equity PLN. Sarah was awarded the ISTE Making IT Happen prestigious award at ISTE 2017, "ISTE’s Making IT Happen Award honors outstanding educators and leaders who demonstrate extraordinary commitment, leadership, courage, and persistence in improving digital learning opportunities for students," Sarah inspired educators at ISTE with her talk on "Being a Learner and Building a Personal Learning Family."
Sarah is passionate about best practices, such as flipped/blended learning and gamification, and her passion has expanded to helping educators connect globally. This is the rationale behind the EduMatch project, which she founded in September 2014. The project belongs to all EduMatchers, and together they have grown it to include Voxer, guest blogging, and a weekly Twitter chat/podcast. Their newest development is the publishing arm of EduMatch, under which we have released two books to date. Sarah loves to connect with other educators because she strongly believes that we are all experts at something, and can learn so much from each other! Her mantra: "Let your voice be heard, and let's all grow together."
Blackboard Collaborate( full recording):
https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2017-10-28.0927.M.ACE02B5F35AA7E7975F015AAC6F794.vcr&sid=2008350
Tiny URL for Full Recording:
http://tinyurl.com/EduMatch-SarahThomas-10-28-17
Recording Chat: http://wiki.classroom20.com/October28_2017
Audio Recording (mp3):
Follow-up Reading/Viewing Suggestions: (links shared by participants during the session have been added to this list and also to the Livebinder)
Livebinder Link: http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=2276823
(Note: Click on tab for "Sarah Thomas-EduMatch: Learning with your PLN" in the Livebinder).
Presentation slides from Sarah: https://goo.gl/qgtCQs
http://www.edumatch.org/ (EduMatch web site)
https://www.sarahjanethomas.com/ (Sarah Thomas’ web site)
https://twitter.com/sarahdateechur (Follow Sarah Thomas on Twitter)
http://sarahdateechur.com/ (Sarah’s blog)
https://www.thinglink.com/scene/833043906386984962 (Connect with EduMatch)
http://www.edumatch.org/community-guidelines (EduMatch Community Guidelines)
Slide 17 video: #Showergem https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=5vtybhsFFcA
Slide 18 video: #Moonshot Thinking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s3yeDYy7WM
https://plus.google.com/u/0/+SarahThomasdateechur (Sarah on Google Plus)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/edumatch-tweet-talk/id1000467296? (Subscribe to EduMatch podcasts on iTunes)
http://podcasts.edumatch.org/tweettalk (EduMatch podcasts)
http://www.edcampvoice.com/ (EdCamp on Voxer, July 2-3, 2018)
http://www.edcampedumatch.org/ (EdCamp EduMatch)
https://goo.gl/yWKmUK (EduMatch Person of the Day Form)
http://www.theedsquad.org/ (The EdSquad: Virtual professional learning. Awesome source for calendar of free professional learning events, social feeds, Voxer resources, professional learning opportunities, conferences, )
https://awesome-table.com/-KqBVjnAui_7_K-nOJlU/view (EdSquad Weekly Roundup)
http://www.edumatch.org/books (EduMatch books)
https://www.youtube.com/user/sarahdateechur/playlists (Sarah’s YouTube video playlists including EduMatch Tweet and Talk, podcasts, tutorials, Tech Tuesdays, and much more)
https://youtu.be/63-pz-S8aEQ (EduMatch Tweet and Talk. May 31, 2015: first *ever* #EduMatch tweet and talk (15 min spark chat). Topic: How do you empower the expert within yourself and your colleagues?)
https://youtu.be/phqeM8KfwPY (EduMatch Special Episode: Social Leadia with Jennifer Casa-Todd)
https://www.badgelist.com/edumatch (EduMatch badgelist)
https://flipgrid.com/tweettalks (Tweet and Talk Flipgrids)
http://www.edumatch.org/swag (EduMatch swag)
http://www.edumatch.org/awesome-table-of-edumatch (Awesome Table of EduMatch: searchable database of previous EduMatch People of the Day)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTqApfP_4ik (Sarah Thomas inspires educators at ISTE 2017 in San Antonio, TX focusing on learning standards. “Sarah Thomas on Being a Learner and Building a Personal Learning Family)
https://www.iste.org/explore/articleDetail?articleid=1016 (2017 Making IT Happen Awardees Highlight How Connected Learning Leads to a Connected World)
https://goo.gl/PPBs2P (Voxer for Education Groups)
https://community.theeducatorcollaborative.com/edujoy-a-love-letter-to-my-pln-personal-learning-network/ (Edujoy: A Love Letter to my PLN by Sarah Thomas)
http://dailygenius.com/3-ways-expand-pln-summer/ (3 Ways to Expand your PLN this Summer)
https://goo.gl/2XNg1f (From PLN to Practice: Tips from 5 Educators on Personalizing your Professional Learning)
Closing Slides:
http://learningrevolution.com (The Learning Revolution Network created by Steve Hargadon. We now have Host Your Own Webinars again! If you would like to schedule a free public webinar on Blackboard Collaborate sign up on this site.)
http://learningrevolution.com/page/host-your-own-webinar (Host Your Own Webinar
details)
http://bit.ly/cr20liveitunesu (This link will open iTunes so you can subscribe to our video podcasts.)
http://tinyurl.com/CR20LIVEFeaturedTeacherNominat (Nominate a Featured Teacher for our shows--you can nominate yourself too if you’d like to present for us)
http://tinyurl.com/cr20livesurvey (Classroom 2.0 LIVE survey link to request PD certificates for live or recorded webinars)
Links added during chat have been added to the Livebinder:
http://cybraryman.com/twitter.html (Cybraryman’s resources for Twitter and Twitter chats)
http://edumatch4education.com (EduMatch blog with guest blogger posts)
http://bit.ly/edumatchpics (EduMatch photo album on Google)
https://goo.gl/SYIRu2 (Designing with Passion form)
http://live.classroom20.com/archive-and-resources/valerie-lewis-featured-teacher (Archived recording by Valerie Lewis, Featured Teacher, on Classroom 2.0 LIVE)
https://passthescopeedu.weebly.com/ (PassthescopeEDU website) https://sciencetoybox.blogspot.com/2017/06/pass-scope-edu-epic-collaboration.html (Pass the ScopeEDU: Epic Collaboration-Stacy Lovdahl shares about Backyard Science in this post)
https://youtu.be/vQAg6-n8IgM (YouTube video: Backyard Science with Stacy Lovdahl, Episode 1)
http://www.sciencetoybox.com/blog.html (Science ToyBox: Science and Technology Tools for Educators)
http://humansofeducation.com/ (Humans of Education: amazing educators to connect with)
https://twitter.com/Humans_Edu (Twitter feed for Humans of Education. A collaborative project between educators and students across the globe. Student led interviews shining light on the humans that make education possible.)