New Years Thoughts

I had a very relaxing and productive school break. I managed to stay away from the computer for a few days at a time. When I did venture online, I quickly discovered many new and exciting ideas thanks to my Personal Learning Network (PLN). Here are a few recommendations for other teachers for the New Year:

1. I am going to continue to build and prune my PLN. It is a powerful resource and the most efficient way to find new ideas for your classes. My productivity comes from using social media for interactions instead of e-mail and Google searches.
2. I need to review ideas for using the web for teaching. Find out which are acceptable to my school and profile them for other teachers.
3. Review my Blogroll and other important sources of ideas. For example, here is a list of 100 class ideas "if you are willing to put down the textbook for a day"
4. Investigate Diigo and how it may replace or compliment Delicious and learn about Yahoo Pipes.