Summer Days Drifting Away…
But not to fret
It’s the Summer crunch that can put our neurotransmitters to action. The best thing you can do right now is to put it down to paper. Focusing on your priorities and getting things done can help get you through the “summer is almost over” blues and give you the shot of dopamine you need. All good things take time but I say, take the time and make good things! Whether work, play, quality time with friends and family, you get to choose what’s next. Own it and find the joy in it. Then nothing is really over. It’s you taking over each day.
Protip: Try creating a simple scrum board with painters tape and stickies. Prioritize your task from top to bottom and move them from doing to done! Here’s mine:
But before you go own the day I wanted to leave you with some gold nuggets in the form of ideas, inspiration, and opportunities!
New Storefront for Fun Merch @AuthenticMindEdu
All items are currently 25% off and really its just for fun! In order to build a community sometimes we just need a tee-shirt to create that vibe! Here’s the latest design that I fully back and believe! Please reach out if you have a message that needs to be heard! I would be happy to add your design!
Explore the latest designs at https://authenticmindedu.myspreadshop.com/ and be watching with new designs on the way!
Digital Whiteboarding is a Skill!
Whether you are new to digital whiteboards or trying to figure out what to do with jamboard sunsetting, digital whiteboarding is a game changer for individuals and teams, project work, and for teaching and learning. Collaborate and visualize tasks, brainstorm, and share! My two favorite platforms that offer a free for educators account is Miro and Figma! Watch my latest reel on this!
And recently, I had the opportunity to design some templates for Figma Edu #FigJam and the results of my design cohort were outstanding! Check out all these amazing (and free to copy!) templates for educators!
Here are two of my favorite contributions:
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Become a Certified Agile Classroom Teacher
Our next offering of Agile Classrooms Certified Agile Classroom Teacher is coming up on August 10th-11th (Weekend!) Definitely PD in your PJS is welcome! This is a fun and paced right experience to leave you with tools, protocols, and inspiration for the new school year! We all want to help students to develop 21st Century Skills and this is the training to give strategies to do just that! And I think its just the missing ingredient to really help personalize learning and empower teams to be successful on projects! See what all the buzz is about in our next class! I can’t wait to meet you!
Well thats what I got this time! Have a wonderful weekend! And thanks for following along! As always reach out if you need support when it comes to #AuthenticLearning!