Chapter 7: Always Be Learning

Discussion Questions

• How do you keep up with the changes to your favorite digital tools? How do you learn about new strategies and digital tools?
• How do you learn new skills?
• How do you encourage students to teach themselves when they don’t know how to do something?

Chapter 7 Actions

• Create a learning experience that requires students to solve problems and teach themselves a new skill. Use change as a catalyst for learning.
• Teach yourself a new skill by watching a YouTube video. Maybe you’ve always wanted to learn how to use Google Classroom, or maybe you want to know how to make awesome YouTube tutorials? I guarantee you will find something useful on YouTube. If you aren’t sure where to start, check out my YouTube channel and playlists.

Additional Resources

• Google Search Education
• The Advanced Google Searches Every Student Should Know from November Learning
• The Guide to Keeping Up with Google – blog series
• Gone App Fishing: Finding the Best Apps for Your Classroom blog post
• 18 Challenges for Teachers in 2018 (FREE eBook) – This is an eBook I created at the beginning of 2018 to challenge teachers to learn and try new things. Take a gander and try something on this list.
• 18 Challenges for Teachers in 2018 (companion course).  Go-deeper into the eighteen challenges with this video-based, self-paced, online course to help any educator take their learning to the next level.
• Google Certification Resources from Shake Up Learning
• The Complete Guide to Google Certifications by Kasey Bell
• Google Certified Educator Academies
• Become a Google Certified Trainer Online Course
• Shake Up Learning YouTube Channel