Introducing #TheEduCal 2.0 - New and Improved for 2017

#TheEduCal Friends,

If you are reading this, then hopefully you've already experience the new and improved #TheEduCal. On Tuesday, January 10, we relaunched with a brand new, mobile-friendly site and interface. We're writing now to share more about the update and our plans for the year with you, our readers and supporters.

In addition to a full facelift for #TheEduCal on the new Google Sites, some of our updates include:

• Improved programming and automation for all site features and social media promotion 
• Curating event hashtags and sponsoring organizations--special pages will be created on our site for organizations to promote and share their events through #TheEduCal 
• A new and improved reminder system for e-mail updates for new events in your area, calls for proposals, and blog posts.

#TheEduCal is new and improved for 2017 and we need your help in reaching educators everywhere. We believe that we need to talk more about professional learning and help share learning everywhere--and that’s where you come in.

Please continue to add to the calendar and to share on social media with #TheEduCal hashtag and by tagging @TheEduCal. You can also follow us on our brand new Facebook Page. Most importantly, continue to find and share your events so we can all learn and grow together.

We hope to continue to raise awareness of the site and reach new audiences with your help, and will soon be expanding to Facebook and other platforms, too. We are also excited to have welcomed a new wave of Calendar Ambassadors to our team.

#TheEduCal Blog will also receive a renewed focus and we want to help tell your stories. We would love your contributions for posts that share conference experiences and other stories of positivity and growth in education. Please consider sharing your story here.

Finally, with our relaunch we are proud to announce our new sponsor, Participate. Participate is a great site that promotes continuous learning for educators through collections, chats, and courses that empower educators. We are very excited about this partnership and welcome future sponsorship or promotional relationships.

Share #TheEduCal with your friends, with your teachers, with your #PLN, and with the world. Add, share, find, and learn together. If you have any questions or feedback, or would like to contribute in any way, please let us know.


Best,
Adam and Dani 

theeducationcalendar@gmail.com

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Mission Statement

Our mission at #TheEduCal is to help educators share, learn, and grow together by promoting professional learning opportunities. As a crowdsourced site, we count on our users and Ambassadors to add and share these valuable events. Now it’s time to take that to the next level.

Welcome to #TheEduCal Blog. This is the place to share the stories behind the events.

Planning an #Edcamp? Lead a great session at a recent #GAFESummit? Learn something new or make meaningful connections at a conference? We want to hear from you.

On #TheEduCal Blog, we want to share your stories and experiences to add positivity to the world of connected education. Finding events by date and location is great, but it’s the stories and your voices that give them power and impact on our teaching and profession.

In future posts, we hope to share original content written by you, to republish articles and reflections of conference and learning experiences, and to share links to relevant news and events. The plan is to update bi-weekly with a mix of content starting next week to highlight the great things we are all doing to change education.

We hope you will take part in this mission with us. To contribute to #TheEduCal Blog, please review our submission guidelines and form here.

Best,

Adam and Dani

Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter @TheEduCal and to share all upcoming education events and experiences at theeducal.com.

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