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There's a lot going on around Region 10!

Check out this month's newsletter so you can be sure you have all the latest bright ideas!

Bright Idea #1: Equity in Education: A Twitter Community
Our team just wrapped up season 6 of our podcast series Step In: Conversations about Equity in Education. Through our journey we've had the privilege of interviewing educators who are passionate about stepping in for equity, and we've explored and learned from a wealth of people and resources. The @ClearTheAir Twitter community quickly became a valuable learning network and we plan to continue engaging with this group of passionate educators. We invite you to step into conversations centered around the responsibility of educators to create a more just and equitable society at #ClearTheAir on Twitter!

Catch all of Digital Learning Radio's podcast episodes for Season 6: Step In: Conversation About Equity in Education here.

Bright Idea #2: 2020 Digital Vision Boards
A few years ago, teachers and I were brainstorming activities for junior high students to do the day they came back from winter break. Instead of having students write their New Years resolutions, as they did in previous years, we decided that we would have them design a Vision Board using a digital tool like Adobe Spark, Canva, PosterMyWall, Google Slides, or Google Draw that would be beneficial for them to get familiar with for a future assignment.

We began designing our own vision boards using a variety of tools, so that we would have something to share with students and had so much! The students ended up loving the assignment. Each year I revised my original board and it continues to bring me joy. Here is the Vision Board Lesson if you'd like to get a head start on your January planning for students or staff.

Bright Idea #3: ISTE Coaching Standards
Have you explored the recently released ISTE Coaching Standards? The ISTE Standards are embedded in all of the learning experiences designed by the Digital Learning Team at Region 10. These standards "will deepen your practice, promote collaboration with peers, challenge you to rethink traditional approaches, and prepare students to drive their own learning." Check out all of the ISTE Standards here.

Save the Date for the upcoming Region 10 Transformative Learning Conference (previously known as the Region 10 Tech Conference), and get to know our keynote speaker Patricia J. Brown.

Join the spring cohort of our newly revamped Digital Fluency Institute! This learning experience provides extensive professional development for administrators, teachers, coaches, and librarians on the critical elements of digital literacy, digital citizenship, and digital learning that ALL educators and their students should know. The sessions are offered in a blended format and consist of learner-centered activities grounded in the ISTE Standards. If you want to know more about what technology integration can and should look like in your classrooms and PD sessions, you can find more information and register here .

Mark your calendars for February 19, 2020! Texthelp (the wonderful folks who have the Read&Write for Google extension!) will be presenting a FREE workshop titled Maximizing Student Success with TextHelp. This session will take place at Region 10's newly renovated Spring Valley location, and you can register (for FREE!) on this Region 10 Calendar of Events page.

We have been enjoying our discussions and learning on Season 6 of our Digital Learning Radio podcast. Whether you are a podcast listener or if you haven't quite picked up the podcast bug yet, we invite you to tune in! Check us out by clicking the image to the left.

Are you interested in becoming an ISTE Certified Educator? TCEA is offering two-day face-to-face trainings in October and November at the TCEA Headquarters in Austin. Learn more and register here.