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3. **Networked Design** // We wanted to make sure the teacher academy wasn't just an introduction to tools so we have added an introduction in which everyone will be together and we will discuss what it means to be transparent in our teaching and learning as well as the importance of building collaboration within our school and outside in the world. //


 * // **At the end of our 1st PLP trip to Houston**, we will bring everyone back together to toss out ideas on how they could use the tools they saw to accomplish those goals and hopefully have some action items for them to work on over the summer. //
 * // **Throughout the year**, we will meet to discuss what is working and what is not and how we can help each other for successful implementation. //
 * We also want to give an avenue for teachers from independent schools to network and build relationships that could result in collaborative projects. So we devised a two day conference **at the beginning of the summer** called SummerSpark.
 * // **Before pre-planning each summer**, we will reconvene to discuss what they have come up with to implement in the classroom. //