Preface by Peter DeWitt
Introduction
1. Making Connections to Online Communities of Practice
2. Making Connections Locally and Globally
3. Connecting to Build Your Classroom
4. Making Connections for Planning Your Teaching
5. Making Connections to Communicate with Students and Parents
6. Connecting to a Mentor: Virtual and Collaborative
Lisa Michelle Dabbs is an Educational Consultant, blogger and
speaker. Lisa began her career as an elementary school teacher in
Southern California. During that time, she assisted in writing a
federal grant project and became the Project Director of a Language
and Literacy program. She managed that program, reporting on a
regular basis to OBEMLA (now OELA) and successfully guided it
through 5 years of completion. Her passion to serve as a leader
soon moved her to apply for a principalship. She did so and spent
14 years as an elementary school principal in 4 LA County School
Districts. In time she was selected to work as a Coach/Consultant
for Kaplan K-12 Educational Corporation as a Middle School
Consultant & ELA Coach in Los Angeles Unified School District. She
provided staff and teachers with Professional Development,
Technology Support and in classroom coaching. Lisa is currently a
university Adjunct Professor, teaching undergraduate students and
has taught Graduate Level courses in School Administration.
Lisa has a B.A. in Child Development, a M.Ed. in Educational
Administration from the University of La Verne, Life Multiple
Subjects Credential, Bilingual Certificate of Competency and
Administrative Credential. Lisa is active in social media and with
her passion to support and mentor new teachers, in 2010, she
created and founded New Teacher Chat #ntchat. The chat is a
vibrant, weekly, education discussion group on Twitter and is
practitioner focused and supportive. New, Pre-service and
experienced teachers join her weekly on the chat to discuss topics
germane to the needs of the new practitioner. A
Facebook, Google Plus community,
and Remind.com class, which she moderates, add additional ways
to connect.
Lisa is a resident blogger at Edutopia.org and has served
as a member of their Social Media Marketing Team. She also
served for 4 years as the facilitator of Edutopia’s New Teacher
Connections group. Lisa is on the Teacher Advisory Board and Admin
Task Force for Remind.com and blogs for Teachability.com. Lisa has
also written for the Huffington Post, Smartblogs, Kids Discover,
The Teachers Lounge and other on-line publications.
Lisa is a regular commentator at the BAM! Radio Network where she
discusses leadership, and educational issues. She is also a
big #edcamp fan and is on the organizing team
for @edcampLA and @edcampLDR and was one of the founding
members of the first edcamp in California. Lisa is also a
co-moderator of California Edchat #caedchat.
Lisa has presented at local, statewide and national education
conferences including the 140 Character Conference in Los Angeles
on Social Media, Computer Using Educators (CUE), San Diego Computer
Using Educators (SDCUE), California Council on Teacher Education
(CCTE), Orange County Reading Association (OCRA), Association of
Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), and International
Society of Technology Educators (ISTE). She also frequently
presents webinars for Simple K12, Edweb, Follett, Laura Candler,
McGraw Hill, Reform Symposium, and Classroom 2.0 Live. She is
active in her community having served as a library board trustee
and currently as the vice president of an award-winning literacy
nonprofit in her town. You can find her blogging and sharing her
passion to support and mentor new teachers
at LisaDabbs.com and on Twitter @teachwithsoul.
Nicol Howard, PhD has had the pleasure of serving as an educator in
various capacities over the past years 12 years. She has taught at
the high school level (9th – 12th grades and Special Education) in
the Compton Unified School District and grades K through 4 in the
Corona-Norco Unified District and the Santa Ana Unified School
District. She currently teaches 4th grade (STEM) and is an Adjunct
Professor at Chapman University. Nicol is also a Learning
Innovation Technology Leader in the Santa Ana Unified School
District and was nominated as Teacher of the Year, 2015. In
higher education, Nicol has facilitated multiple courses in teacher
education related to technology, learning theories, and research
methods. Her personal research interests are in the effective
use of technology in K12 education and equity issues in STEM
Education.
Nicol earned her B.A. at the University of California at Los
Angeles (UCLA), her M.A. in Educational Technology at Azusa Pacific
University, and her Ph.D. in Education at Chapman University. Her
past and present experiences, along with the notion of equity in
education (specifically achievement), influence her commitment as
an educator, researcher, tech enthusiast, learner, and educational
writer. Nicol’s concern for certain inequities in education and her
research projects have led to publications in educational journals,
such as the EDUCAUSE Review and the Urban Education Journal.
Additionally, she has written for Edutopia and the Corwin
Connect.
Nicol’s overall commitment to the field of education has led her to
speak at various national and international conferences, such as
the Annual Conferences for the American Educational Research
Association (AERA), California Council on Teacher Education (CCTE),
Emerging Scholars Conference (ESC), the Diversity Conference,
Computer Using Educators (CUE), and San Diego Computer Using
Educators (SDCUE). She has also been invited to guest moderate
for #teacheredchat and #profchat on Twitter @nicolrhoward. Please
visit www.NicolHoward.com to learn more about Dr. Nicol R.
Howard.
"This book is an excellent resource for a variety of audiences.
Intended for new teachers, the book is a valuable resource also for
those enrolled in schools of education and veteran teachers
mentoring new teachers or seeking new tips to add to their
repertoire. The book contains a wealth of examples of how educators
gain from online resources such as Twitter and Google Communities
to connect with others and is especially useful for new teachers
looking for how to use online communities to their advantage.
Clearly, any new teachers will save time by using the tips offered
as they learn how to gain access to a variety of online resources.
The authors share their own experiences as well as include
scenarios from other practicing educators of how they use online
resources to refine their teaching skills and enrich their
professional lives."
*Judy Artz, Associate Professor of English*
"Navigating the waters of social media can be tricky for any
teacher and completely overwhelming for those who are new to our
field. Through the voices of two well-respected educators with a
long history of passionate support for new teachers, "Standing in
the Gap" offers a manageable, practical plan for helping educators
get connected and share ideas online."
*Angela Watson, Educational Consultant and Instructional Coach*
"Lisa Dabbs and Nicol Howard offer a stellar exploration of what
collaboration and communication can look like in modern education
and how it can enhance all aspects of school with their book
Standing in the Gap: Empowering New Teachers Through Connected
Resources. Learn about the cornerstone ideas that will help root
connect classrooms, students, parents, and administrators to the
incredible learning in the classroom. Full on insights and
actionable tasks that take you from the concept to implementation
quickly. A must read for those wishing to maximize digital tools as
a way to increase communication and collaboration with all the
educational stakeholders."
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*Adam Bellow, Educational Consultant and Corwin Author, Untangling
the Web*
"Students being "connected" is a given, so educators need to be out
front of digital change. Standing in the Gap gives teachers the
resources and the know-how to lead their students into this global
community. Lisa and Nicol represent the growing body of educators
who recognize that social media gives power, not problems, to
students’ learning."
*Angela Maiers, Founder and President*
"Standing in the Gap drew me right away into a virtual learning
community, with Nicol and Lisa as expert guides and encouraging
mentors. There are so many resources here, shared in each chapter
by teachers who generously open their doors to us. And the Action
Steps tie it all together, make it do-able. This will be a good
tool for our teacher education programs, where novices and experts
are learning together to use online resources and social
media."
*Cynthia Grutzik, Ph.D.*
"As of now there are about 20 books in the Corwin Connected
Educator Series, a seemingly ever-growing set of titles
masterminded by Peter DeWitt and Corwin Press. Each book is
short enough to be read in one sitting, which makes the collection
ideal for book studies and professional development, both during
the summer and throughout the school year. Also, each paperback is
authored by one or two educators who speak (and blog, tweet, etc.)
with a credible voice in the world of connected education. Some of
the topics include:
Flipped leadership
Tools for connecting educators, parents, and communities
Blogging for educators
Best practices for establishing a makerspace
Tools to connect and empower teachers Finally, all of the authors
are active on social media, and they regularly present at local
conferences, which helps in bringing to life the contents of these
books."
*Ross Cooper, Supervisor of Instructional Practice K-12*
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