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I was so honored to chat with Todd Whitaker and Rick Wormeli after their keynote at the #nassp16 conference.

This was a really fun conversation today. These two guys were so excited about what they were talking about they just kept going. It was awesome.

• Professional Development.
• Twitter chats (Comprehensive list of Twitter Chats)
• Twitter is the best free professional development there is.
• Exposed to newer research-based information
• How sad that we use research as an excuse to not do something.
• The teachers is a ceaseless researcher in their classroom.
• When there is a great teacher, there is no research, because it has never been done.
• How to help your great teachers fly.
• How to help struggling teachers.

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