Their site is full of helpful tips for digital citizenship, the best apps and sites for a plethora of content areas and so much more. There are lesson plans, boards to share your favorite groups of content, and a community to connect with other educators.
Well now you can do even more with Graphite and become a Graphite Certified Educator.
The aim is to give teachers who are using technology through the course of their teaching a place where they can contribute their ideas, share their failures and successes and learn from a broader community of other educators.
According to the site:
Our Graphite Certified Educators say the best things about being certified include:
- Being connected to an amazing group of expert educators from across the world.
- Helping other teachers by sharing their experiences with using tech tools in the classroom.
- Earning incentives for their efforts and contributions on Graphite.
- Publicly receiving the credit they deserve for their efforts.
So what do you have to do?
In order to apply, educators must have registered on Graphite, completed a full profile, and have already created and published on Graphite a minimum of Three high-quality Teacher Reviews and One high-qualityLesson Flow. The site has an explanation of what "high-quality" means as well so you can ensure you're on the right track. There are also some other more basic qualifications like being a good writer, working with kids, etc. You can learn more in the FAQs.
What do you have to do?
Once approved, over the course of 2016, Graphite Certified Educators will write at least one Lesson Flow (in addition to the Lesson Flow submitted as part of the application). Certified Educators also will engage in four of the below activities in any combination:
- Writing a Teacher Review
- Creating a Lesson Flow
- Writing a blog post
- Participating in or leading a Graphite Twitter chat
- Posting in the Graphite community discussion forums
More over you're contributing to a community of educators that is sharing technology best practices with other educators globally. That's pretty awesome!
There's more to learn to head over to the Graphite Certified Educators page to see all that you can do, how you can participate and their pretty sweet list of incentives.