16 Days of Twitter

We began an online professional development for teachers on December 1st. It is called the 16 Days of Twitter. We used Sophia.org as our LMS. The 16 Days of Twitter involves 16 activities to aid teachers as they began their journey using Twitter to build a personal learning network. Teachers and educators are one of the largest groups using twitter. It provides an anytime, anyplace opportunity to continue building knowledge and gaining insight into the field of education.

At a conference this past week, they stated by 2019 50% of high school courses will be offered online. If this is the case for our students, why would we not want teachers to have the same experience in professional development.  There was also a tweet reporting the best PD is self directed PD for teachers. With the 16 Days of Twitter, teachers are afforded the opportunity to pick and choose which networks they wish to create in building their personal learning network.