We start off the episode, introducing our new host, Kiera Beddes, a new member of the UCET board and an edtech teacher specialist with Jordan District. You can find Kiera on Twitter, @KBeddes. 

Our topic today focuses on how to seek out, join, and participate in local and global learning communities to pursue professional learning and stay current with research that supports student learning. Our featured guests are Ian Davey, a digital teaching and learning specialist with Ogden School District and Pam Turley, an edtech specialist with Nebo School District. You can find Ian on Twitter @iancdavey and at his website here: https://sites.google.com/view/ian-davey-prof-portfolio/home. Pam is on Twitter @pamturley55 and on her website here: https://sites.google.com/nebo.edu/nebo-ed-tech/home.

Topics covered in this episode:

• How are teaching and learning changing? 
• What are the most important ingredients for teacher improvement? 
• How do you foster an atmosphere of professional learning in your schools?
• How can an educator find their best learning community?
• Why is it so important for educators to be a part of a wider network?

We wrap up the episode with a couple of highlight on things dealing with the topic. For this episode, we spotlight the weekly edchat, #utedchat on Twitter, Wednesday nights at 9 p.m MST. and the Google Educator Group Utah. You can check out more about joining GEG Utah here: https://sites.google.com/pd.uen.org/geg-utah/home

Thanks for joining us and we will see you next month!