As Tom Whitby and I point out in our book, The Relevant Educator: How Connectedness Empowers Learning (Corwin, 2014) we believe there are 8 things all Relevant, Connected Educators do:
Practices and Models Lifelong LearningViews Failure As Part of the Process of LearningBelieves in Sharing and CollaborationWilling to Explore, Question, Elaborate, and Advance Ideas Through Connections With Other EducatorsUses Technology and it's Connection to Other Educators to Learn and TeachUses the Tools of Technology to Personalize Their Professional DevelopmentComfortable With New Technology and Shows a Willingness to ExploreMay Put Creation Over Content and Relevance Over Doctrine
Via Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa)
Getting connected has been the best thing for me personally as an educational leader.