This document provides many tips and resources for teachers to prepare for a successful school year, including setting goals, taking breaks throughout the day, sending yourself motivational notes, building a survival kit, connecting with other teachers online through hashtags, using various apps and tools to reduce paperwork and enhance lessons, inviting guest speakers, using backchannel tools for discussions, and collaborating with colleagues more effectively. The overall message is focusing on self-care, setting intentions and staying connected and inspired can help teachers have their best year.

1. ShellyTerrell.com/TeacherZen
Teacher Zen
Ways to Prepare for Your Best Year Yet

2. I have lived with several Zen masters, all of
them cats (or pugs 😉). - Eckhart Tolle). - Eckhart Tolle

3. 30Goals.com

4. We cannot hold
a torch to light
another's path
without
brightening our
own.
- Ben Sweetland

5. Habitrpg.com

6. Exercise & move
throughout the day!

7. GoNoodle.com 5 min. brain breaks

8. Send yourself pep talks
& motivation notes!
TeacherRebootCamp.com/2015/07/31/survivalkit2015

9. Send yourself pep talks
& motivation notes!
Google Calendar Alerts
Time Capsule App
TeacherRebootCamp.com/2015/07/31/survivalkit2015

10. Build your survival kit!
TeacherRebootCamp.com/2015/07/31/survivalkit2015

11. TeacherReboot.com/SurvivalKit

12. Personal/Passionate Learning Networks (PLN)
Refueling the Way We Teach
ShellyTerrell.com/Google

13. Connect withTeachers Online
ShellyTerrell.com/Google

14. #Edtech
#KinderChat
#Elearning
#Mathchat
#Edchat
#Mlearning
Cybraryman.com/edhashtags.html
Find Your #Hashtag!
Bit.ly/educhats.com
#BacktoSchool

15. Photo by Hertsens.Stef, Flic.kr/p/qaL8sk
Social bookmarking & curation
Diigo List.ly
Storify
Pearltrees Scoop.It
Flipboard
Pinterest
Livebinders
Educlipper

16. Reduce time used on paperwork & grading!

17. ShellyTerrell.com/Google
Apps & Tools

18. Collaborative editing
Edit history Publish
Comment
Embed
Translate
Research tools
Quick assessment
Hyperlink search
Grammar & spelling check

19. Separate mobile apps

20. Google
Drive Apps

21. Google Docs

22. Andrew Stillman Add-ons & Scripts for Teachers
Doctopus Goobric
Cloudlab.newvisions.org/add-ons

23. Bookmarklets
Browser tools
Extensions
Mobile apps
Add-ons

24. Bookmarklet
Extension

26. Bit.ly/50chrome

27. Templates database
Docs.google.com/templates

28. Kidblog
Edmodo
Google Classroom Moodle Edublogs
Haiku Learning
Schoology
Wiki Educlipper
Let a VLE/LMS
work for you!
Nearpod
GAFE

29. Add a technology
component to current
lessons or projects

30. Edshelf.com Graphite.org
iLearnTechnology.comideastoinspire.co.uk

31. LEGO
"Build
The
Future"
Ac4vity
by
NASA
HQ
Photos,
Flic.kr/p/8S7KFv
Invite a guest speaker!

32. Education.skype.com/guest_speakers

33. Education.skype.com/mysteryskype

34. Skypeanauthor.wikifoundry.com

35. Students
create
questions
Students
line up to
ask 1 at a
time

36. Backchannel
Linoit.com
Padlet.com
TodaysMeet.com

37. Photo by Education Plus, Flic.kr/p/epXdpJ
Use these tools to
collaborate with colleagues
more effectively!

38. Ifttt.com

39. Evernote

40. Teaching should be such that what is
offered is perceived as a valuable gift
and not as a hard duty. - Albert Einstein
ShellyTerrell.com/TeacherZen

41. Gum.co/learn2go

42. ShellyTerrell.com/TeacherZen

43. ShellyTerrell.com/teacherzen
Gum.co/learn2go
30Goals.com
Facebook.com/ShellyTerrell
Google.com/+ShellySanchezTerrell
Twitter.com/ShellTerrell