12 Must-Have Items to Make Your Classroom Rock with Deanna Rice

12 Must-Have Items to Make Your Classroom Rock with Deanna Rice

2021 Ditch Summit
12 Must-Have Items to Make Your Classroom RockDeanna Rice View/Record Flip Videos from illinois? Get official PD credits About Deanna Twitter:  @DeeSTEM_Teach  Deanna is a 7-12th STEM teacher in Toledo, OH. She is currently working as an instructional coach. She is currently working as an instructional coach and evaluator. Deanna earned her Master of Chemistry and Education from the University of Toledo and remains focused on making STEM accessible for all students. {tcb_current_year} Thrive Landing Pages. All rights Reserved | Disclaimer
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The 2020 Educator Survival Guide with Dr. Desiree Alexander

The 2020 Educator Survival Guide with Dr. Desiree Alexander

2020 Ditch Summit
 The 2020 Educator Survival GuideDr. Desiree Alexander View/Record Flipgrid Videosfrom illinois? Get official PD credits About Desiree Blog: Killing It: Murder Mystery at the Library Twitter: @educatoralex Email: desiree@educatoralexander.com Instagram: educatoralexander Website: educatoralexander.com Dr. Desiree Alexander is an award-winning, multi-degreed educator who has been in the educational field since 2002. She is the Founder CEO of Educator Alexander Consulting, LLC and the Regional Director of North Louisiana for the Associated Professional Educators of Louisiana. She consults with members of several schools/businesses and presents at conferences globally. Dr. Alexander is lifetime certified in Louisiana in Secondary English Education, as a Reading Specialist, as a School Librarian, as an Educational Technology Facilitator, as an Educational Technology Leader and in Educational Leadership 1. She is certified in Texas as a Principal, in English Language…
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Self Care for Stressed Teachers with Dan Tricarico

Self Care for Stressed Teachers with Dan Tricarico

2019 CUE Craft Ditch Summit
Self-Care for Stressed TeachersDan Tricarico View/Record Flipgrid Videosfrom illinois? Get official PD credits About Dan Website: www.thezenteacher.com Books: The Zen Teacher Podcast: The Zen Teacher Experience Twitter: @thezenteacher Instagram: @ZenTeacher Facebook:  facebook.com/thezenteacher Dan has been a high school English teacher for over twenty-five years. He is also the author of The Zen Teacher:  Creating Focus, Simplicity, and Tranquility in the Classroom (DBC, Inc. 2015) and Sanctuaries: Self-Care Secrets for Stressed Out Teachers (DBC, Inc. 2018). In his spare time, he enjoys writing fiction, listening to music (especially Roots Rock and The Blues), reading mystery novels, staring out of windows, and watching movies.  One of his first loves is writing poetry, and he has published many poems both in print and on-line. {tcb_current_year} Thrive Landing Pages. All rights Reserved | Disclaimer
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Teacher Life Balance with Adam Welcome

Teacher Life Balance with Adam Welcome

2019 CUE Craft Ditch Summit
Teacher Life BalanceAdam Welcome View/Record Flipgrid Videosfrom illinois? Get official PD credits About Adam Website: mradamwelcome.comTwitter: @mradamwelcome Instagram: ​@mradamwelcome Books: Kids Deserve It, Run Like a Pirate, and Empower Our Girls: Opening the Door for Girls to Achieve More Adam has been an elementary school teacher, Elementary Principal, Director of Innovation for a district with 35,000 students and enjoys pushing the envelope to always do what's best for kids!Adam was Principal of the Year for his region, a 20 To Watch for the National School Board Association, guest blogger for EdWeek, NAESP magazine, and many other publications. Adam also consults and works with many education companies as a way to improve their product for others!Adam is passionate about technology integration with all educators and a huge advocate of social media…
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Go from Burned Out Teacher to Burned In Teacher with Amber Harper

Go from Burned Out Teacher to Burned In Teacher with Amber Harper

2019 CUE Craft Ditch Summit
Go from Burned Out Teacher to Burned In TeacherAmber Harper View/Record Flipgrid Videosfrom illinois? Get official PD credits About Amber Website: www.burnedinteacher.com Podcast:  Burned-In Teacher Podcast Twitter: @burnedinteacher Facebook: Burned-In Teacher Facebook Community Amber Harper is a Google Certified Educator, Trainer, and Innovator. She is also the founder of www.burnedinteacher.com and creator of Burned-In EdTech Consulting and Teacher Coaching where she has joined her two loves in her career: edtech and innovation in the classroom and her obsession with helping educators who are struggling to find their own passions within the education profession. As a former public elementary school teacher, she promotes the use of technology as a tool for transformation and efficiency in the classroom and is obsessed with helping teachers take themselves from burned-out to BURNED-IN! She specializes in technology integration…
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Don’t Get Ready, Get Started with Noah Geisel

Don’t Get Ready, Get Started with Noah Geisel

2016 Ditch Summit
Don't Get Ready, Get StartedNoah Geisel View/Record Flipgrid Videosfrom illinois? Get official PD credits About Noah Geisel Twitter: http://twitter.com/senorgBlog: https://medium.com/@senorg/Stackup (a company Noah’s working with) … Get credit for what you read online: https://www.stackup.net/ ​ Noah Geisel has been teaching Spanish, English and Technology for 13 years. An addict of sharing and collaborating with other teachers, he is a constant on Twitter and was a contributing writer to the education blog TeachPaperless.com. Co-founder of the weekly twitter chat #BadgeChatK12, he is excited to be working with Aurora Public Schools on a Digital Badge system that recognizes students’ assets and unlocks opportunities. As a member of the Clinton Global Initiative Meeting, he is working hard to change the world through his Commitment to Action Plan, Recognizing Assets & Opening Opportunities. Noah represented ACTFL as the…
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Building Habits to Be the Most Efficient, Effective You with James Clear

Building Habits to Be the Most Efficient, Effective You with James Clear

2018 Ditch Summit
Building Habits to Be the Most Efficient, Effective YouJames Clear View/Record Flipgrid Videosfrom illinois? Get official PD credits About James Twitter: @JamesClear Website: JamesClear.com Instagram: instagram.com/james_clear Book: Atomic Habits James is an American author, entrepreneur, and photographer. He believes the best way to change the world is in concentric circles: start with yourself and work your way out from there. If you get yourself sorted out, then that is one less person for the world to worry about. You'll be in a position to contribute rather than consume. You will add order rather than disorder. James writes about the art and science of how to live better. Science because he is concerned with the root causes of our behavior and the data behind high performance. Art because he wants to…
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