Today was our first social studies PD, and it was awesome meeting all of our social studies educators! I was super nervous stepping out of my comfort zone, but I learned a lot and I’m super excited to take the feedback they gave me and work to improve our next PD session! Areas for celebration: Teachers learned how they could use a variety of digital tools to promote student learning Teachers used the class comments feature in Google Classroom to share resources they use to build community and prompt student thinking Teachers shared really honest and useful thoughts on shifting to inquiry-based learning Areas for improvement: I have a tendency to rush when I’m nervous. Learners need time to process. I need to slow down and give teachers more time to think and talk about how they can use some of the learning strategies we talked about in their own classrooms. Teachers have varying levels of comfort using tech. I need to find ways to better address and support tea