Today schools around Chicagoland are closed.  They were closed yesterday too, due to frigid temps.  But learning is still happening.  Teachers are engaging in professional learning on Twitter chats, like #iledchat, which is hosting its second morning chat of the week to accommodate folks who are stuck home.  Teachers are also posting resources to the #engage109 hashtag to share fun learning activities with students and families who are home from school today.  This is such an exciting time to be in education.  Even with all of the changes and external pressures of standardized testing, our teacher are coming together to learn, to improve, to share ideas and to engage students in learning….even when the thermometer reads -15F and everyone is home….learning can happen anytime, anywhere…when you are connected!