Access Your Bonus Content for Designer and Maker Level
Welcome and Overview
Course 1: Build a Better Blog
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Setting up Your Blog Domain and Hosting (4:22)
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Getting Wordpress Setup on Your Blog (5:15)
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Setting Up a FREE Wordpress.com Blog
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Choosing the Right Wordpress (Blog) Theme and Look (8:42)
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Setting up Your Pages and Posts (and the difference) (11:54)
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Setting up the Menu and Settings (and what your Home Page options are) (9:12)
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Adding New Plugins and Setting up Widgets (12:27)
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Publishing Posts, Sharing Posts, and Setting up Jetpack (9:03)
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Stats, Analytics, and the Best Plugin (SumoMe) (12:20)
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Building a Blog Audience and Community Over Time (6:05)
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Promote with Purpose: Build Relationships and Connect (10:34)
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The Power of a Blogging Tribe (Join our Triberr) (4:40)
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The Importance of Blog Titles (and five tools to help you pick the best one) (7:56)
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How long (or short) should my articles be? (7:21)
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Creating Cornerstone Content and a Blog Series (7:04)
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Why Email Marketing Matters (and how to start in 5 mins) (3:46)
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Bonus Video: Commit to Consistency for Blogging Success (5:23)
Module 1 Resources: Goal Setting and Priorities for Innovative Teaching and Learning
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Reading: Smarter Ways to Set Goals
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Activity: Setting Goals for the Academy
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Activity: Write a Letter/Email to Your Future Self (4:06)
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Reflective Questions
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Resource: Action Plan Template
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Video: The One Phrase to Stop the Fizzle (3:03)
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Reading: How to Make Writing a Habit
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Activity: Create a Meme and Share it!
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Video: Interview: Ask Me Anything with George Couros (46:55)
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Video: Interview with Bo Adams
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Resource: From Zero to Thousands of Readers
Course 2: Design Thinking
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Lesson 1: What the heck is Design Thinking? (4:02)
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Lesson 2: Why it matters in schools (not just business) (6:00)
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Lesson 3: The LAUNCH Cycle (a K-12 Framework for Design Thinking) (47:16)
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Lesson 4: Design Sprint (Mini-Genius Project) (7:50)
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Lesson 5: Look, Listen, and Learn (3:56)
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Lesson 6: Ask Tons of Questions (3:19)
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Lesson 7: Understanding the Problem and/or Process (2:04)
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Lesson 8: Navigating Ideas (P.A.R.T.S) (4:15)
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Lesson 9: Creating Prototypes (3:15)
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Lesson 10: Highlight and Fix (3:33)
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Lesson 11: Launch It Into the World (your audience) (2:58)
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Lesson 12: Getting Students Started with Design Thinking (K-2, 3-5)
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Lesson 13: Getting Students Started with Design Thinking (6-8, 9-12)
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Lesson 14: Getting Staff Started with Design Thinking - The Ultimate Faculty Meeting (6:08)
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Lesson 15: How Design Thinking Can Transform Your Practice (5:12)
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Lesson 16: FAQs (4:20)
Module 2 Resources: Design Thinking in the Classroom: A Process and Framework for Creativity
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Reflective Questions
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Video: An Interview on Creativity with Harvard's Edward Clapp
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Resource: IDEO's Design Thinking for Educators Toolkit
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Reading: Frequently Asked Questions about Design Thinking from John Spencer
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Reading: 3 Great Examples of Design Thinking in Action
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Video: TED Talk- How to Make Toast
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Resource/Activity: Apollo 13 Rescue (created by NJ Educators)
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Reading: 29 Practical Ways to Empower Your Students (thanks to all who shared their ideas)
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Video: Interview with John Spencer (35:29)
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Resource: 45 Design Thinking Resources to Lead This Movement via Saga Briggs
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Video: Why We Are All in Sales (Dan Pink Interview)
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Activity: Pitch Your Idea Shark Tank Style
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Reading: How to Get Your Ideas to Spread (Seth Godin)
Course 3: Learning Spaces Redefined
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Lesson 1: Not All Learning Spaces are Created Equal (2:54)
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Lesson 2: Using Design Thinking for Learning Space Redesign (2:58)
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Lesson 3: Where to Start?
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Lesson 4: Research and the Impact of Learning Spaces
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Lesson 5: Learning Space with Technology
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Lesson 6: Making Change Happen in Your Space
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Lesson 7: Getting the Community Involved
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Lesson 8: Case Study with Joy Kirr
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Lesson 9: Case Study with Jen White
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Lesson 10: Case Study with Aaron Mauer
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Lesson 11: Case Study with Jacqueline Durant-Harthorne
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Lesson 12: Redesigning Learning Spaces Webinar with Tom Murray and Ben Gilpin
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Lesson 13: Setting Up a Brain-Friendly, Beautiful Classroom with Erin Klein (56:03)
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Lesson 14: 5 Steps to Start Your Redesign (2:44)
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Lesson 15: Why Learning Spaces Matter (A Final Call to Action from Edutopia)
Module 3 Resources: Real Classrooms for a Real World
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Reflective Questions
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Reading: Reimagining Learning Spaces with Design Thinking (via Ross Cooper)
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Video: Four teachers that took classroom design to the next level
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Activity: Identify Your Learning Space to Be Transformed
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Video: Setting Up a Brain Friendly Beautiful Classroom (56:03)
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Reading: Flexible Seating and Student-Centered Classroom Redesign (via Kayla Delzer)
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Resource: The Third Teacher - Designing the Learning Environment for Mathematics and Literacy
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Resources: Cult of Pedagogy Eye Candy
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Reading: Your Classroom Doesn’t Have to Be Like Pinterest
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Video: Classroom Makeovers to Engage Learners (via 5 Min Film Festival)
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Video: Google Hangout with Kayla Delzer (TopDogTeaching) in Her Newly Designed Classroom
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Reading: Hey Disney, Here is What the Modern Classroom Looks Like
Course 4: Project Based Learning in the Classroom
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Lesson 1: Introduction to PBL (3:54)
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Lesson 2: PBL Framework and Essential Elements (3:53)
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Lesson 3: How to Begin PBL (7:31)
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Lesson 4: Inquiry-Based Learning (3:04)
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Lesson 5: Passion-Based PBL (2:48)
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Lesson 6: Problem-Based PBL (1:53)
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Lesson 7: Challenge-Based PBL (2:23)
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Lesson 8: Assessing the Product and the Process (2:32)
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Lesson 9: PBL Tools and Resources (5:30)
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THE PBL TOOLBOX
Module 4 Resources: Authentic Learning and Assessment: How to Move Away from the Traditional Activities and T
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Reflective Questions
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Resource: The Buck Institute - PBL Resources
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Reading: Is it a Project or an Activity? Project-Based Learning and its Cousins
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Video: Why Project Based Learning via Trevor Muir
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Video: Interview with Hacking PBL Authors Ross Cooper and Erin Murphy
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Resource: PBL Planning Template from Ross Cooper and Erin Murphy
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Reading: The Case for Authentic Assessment (Grant Wiggins)
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Video: "Authentic" Assessment at School of the Future
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Resource: Mount Vernon's DEEPdt Playbook
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Reading: What happens when veteran teacher shadows student (via Grant Wiggins)
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Video: Lehigh Mountaintop Experience (a look at authentic learning)
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Video: 5 Keys to Rigorous Project Based Learning
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Reading: Beware the Test Prep Trap
Course 5: Social Media with Purpose
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What Social Media is in 2018 (4:38)
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All Social Media Has Different Purpose and Function (6:04)
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What's your purpose? (3:36)
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Twitter 101 (8:56)
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Facebook 101 (4:08)
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Instagram 101 (4:45)
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Hashtags (and why they are so important) (5:33)
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Building Professional Connections (5:03)
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Sharing Your Work (4:16)
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Automation and Systems (4:03)
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Buffer (your time saving app for social) (4:10)
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Leveraging the Power of Your Network (3:54)
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Law of Reciprocity (2:10)
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Building Your Social Tribe (4:49)
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Impact with Social Media (Relationships, relationships, relationships)
Module 5 Resources: Technology’s Role in Innovation: The Frameworks and Tools for Success
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Reflective Questions
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Activity: Twitter Challenge
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Reading: What's next for educators after Twitter?
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Video: Technology is Helping Millennials Change the World (or is it?)
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Video: Interview with Jennifer Gonzalez of CultofPedagogy.com
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Resource: Rollercoaster Project
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Reading: 7 Ways to Use Technology with Purpose
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Activity: Find a Partner to do a Guest Blog
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Reflective Activity: Which STAGE are you on in the Tech Journey?
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Resource: SAMR Model and Technology Frameworks
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Reading: Are cell phones good/bad/both in the classroom?
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Video: An Introduction to Technology Integration
Course 6: Building Better Habits to Reach Your Goals
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Why Habits? (because Goals are Nothing without a System) (6:22)
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Habit Stacking: 10 Quick Habits for the Classroom (10:02)
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Personal vs Professional Habits (and the blurring of lines) (3:41)
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Habit 1: Get a Morning Routine (3:12)
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Habit 2: Write Every Day (3:18)
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Habit 3: Reflect Every Day (4:13)
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Habit 4: Create Something Small (3:00)
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Habit 5: Learn with Intention (weekly focus) (2:37)
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Habit 6: Say Thank You (2:19)
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Habit 7: Focus on Your Strengths (3:53)
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Habit 8: Connect with One New Person Each Week (3:34)
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Habit 9: Share Other People’s Work! (1:58)
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Habit 10: Affirm your goals every day (4:29)
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Bonus Habit: Take Chances Out of Comfort Zone (4:49)
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Connecting Your Process with Your Goals (5:14)
Module 6 Resources: Building the Habits for Innovation: Work Smarter Not Harder
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Reflective Questions
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Video: The Surprising Power of Small Habits | James Clear
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Resource: The Morning Checklist
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Video: Training: Angela Watson shares "How to Do Fewer Things Better" (59:34)
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Resource: Handout to Go Along with Angela Watson Video
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Reading: Habits vs Goals : A Look at the Benefits of a Systematic Approach to Life
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Reading: Deep Work (how to achieve focus in an age of distraction)
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Video: The Power of Habit: Charles Duhigg at TEDxTeachersCollege
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Video: Quit social media | Dr. Cal Newport | TEDxTysons
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Activity: 10 Ways for New School Leaders to Use Twitter
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Reading: How to Turn Uninspiring Goals into Epic Quests
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Video: The Impact We Have as Teachers
