Innovate Like a Turtle

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I often talk about innovating like a turtle. Take small steps forward each day. I have a simple three-step strategy for teacher innovation that is simple and works. I've seen it transform schools and teachers' lives (like mine.)

This is a presentation about innovating like a turtle that I shared sometime back. If you flip through the slides, you'll get an idea of what I'm talking about.

Have an awesome school year!! Today we'll talk about a few things:

5 Secrets to Having the Best School Year Ever
My personal strategy of innovation and goals for this year
Cool Cat Teacher's Chromebook Favorites
9 Ways Writing Has Been Reinvented!

So excited to be here in Indiana with you!

This is a customized school day opener from August 2014.

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Vicki Davis

Vicki Davis is a full-time classroom teacher and IT Director in Georgia, USA. She is Mom of three, wife of one, and loves talking about the wise, transformational use of technology for teaching and doing good in the world. She hosts the 10 Minute Teacher Podcast which interviews teachers around the world about remarkable classroom practices to inspire and help teachers. Vicki focuses on what unites us -- a quest for truly remarkable life-changing teaching and learning. The goal of her work is to provide actionable, encouraging, relevant ideas for teachers that are grounded in the truth and shared with love. Vicki has been teaching since 2002 and blogging since 2005. Vicki has spoken around the world to inspire and help teachers reach their students. She is passionate about helping every child find purpose, passion, and meaning in life with a lifelong commitment to the joy and responsibility of learning. If you talk to Vicki for very long, she will encourage you to "Relate to Educate" or "innovate like a turtle" or to be "a remarkable teacher." She loves to talk to teachers who love their students and are trying to do their best. Twitter is her favorite place to share and she loves to make homemade sourdough bread and cinnamon rolls and enjoys running half marathons with her sisters. You can usually find her laughing with her students or digging into a book.

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