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Announcing ... the 2018 #cyberPD Book!


Get ready for the 8th Annual 
#cyberPD Summer Event!

Check out our #cyberPD Google+ Community to learn more!
We can't wait for YOU to join in the conversations!


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Every year in May, we ask to see your stack of PD books you can't wait to dive into over the summer, looking for just the right book to read together. This year, once again, we were blown away by your response and stacks of books! We agreed, we all need more time to read ...

The book selection is important, but what makes this PD event truly successful are the amazing teachers and educators across the globe that support each other through the learning process.

YOU make #cyberPD a success! Thank YOU for joining us ... whether this is your very first year, or your 8th year, or somewhere in between, we are thrilled YOU are joining in!! 

The beauty of this summertime PD is you make it what you want and you do what you can when you can do it! Personalized online PD that meets your needs!

There were many great books shared again. Yet, this year one book stood out from the beginning. Our list of criteria is extensive and our standards are high. This book must reach a wide audience that will allow for deep thinking and learning. Our hope is that the book selected will push our thinking to make positive changes in our classrooms ... and with this book, positive changes in our world. It's timely, relevant, and so necessary in our classrooms today.
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Announcing ... the 2018 #cyberPD Book! 


Let's dig in and read Sara Ahmed's new title  ...



Sara states in the introduction: 
"I recommend experiencing the lessons in this book first not with your students, but with your peers. This examination is just as valuable for adults as it is for kids: I have used the core elements of these lessons with adults in professional development sessions for years.  
More importantly, if we want to teach students to be compassionate, complex thinkers, we must first muddle through this work ourselves. Otherwise we may not be prepared for the outcomes: the fight or flight, the tears, the crawling of skin, the desire to shake the tables." (Ahmed, xxvi)

Let's get to work! It all begins this July. Order the book (if needed ... it was in many book stacks, so a lot of you are ready to ...), start reading, and join in!  Share your thoughts each week around specific chapters with a reflection in the Google Community -- a blog post, a Google+ comment, and on Twitter (#cyberPD).  We encourage you to respond and comment on at least 3 other participants reflections.  Happy reading!


Questions about #cyberPD? Contact Cathy Mere or Michelle Nero. We are here to help!
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Comments

  1. First, thanks for posting early! :). This is not a book that was on my list, but I will get it for sure. Looks like a great book to experience with others.

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  2. I think you said it all when you said, "What makes this PD event truly successful are the amazing teachers and educators across the globe that support each other through the learning process." I was explaining to my husband this morning how the book we read with this community is always my favorite professional read from the summer, and IT IS ALWAYS the book that stays with me for years to come. There's something about all of the conversation and the multiple perspectives that truly weaves the new thinking into my world. I. Just. Can't. Wait.

    Thank you, Michelle, for being willing to dive in alongside me for this summer opportunity. I don't know where I'd be without you. Truly.

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  3. Very excited for this choice! I don't think you could have picked a more relevant or necessary book for this moment.

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