Archive for the ‘#Edchat’ Category

The State of Now in Education #140conf

Friday, November 6th, 2009

My personal mantra comes from Miguel De Cervantes' novel, Don Quixote of La Mancha, when the protagonist reflects, “maddest of all- to see life as it is and not as it should be.” Like the quirky protagonist, Twitterers are often misunderstood, because of their passion for this social medium. This ...

Social Media: Which Tools?

Sunday, September 6th, 2009

Recently, in our morning #Edchat discussion, we discussed how to prevent social media burn-out. Those who participated in the discussion offered several tips on time management and skills to teach students involving social media. Click on the mindmapping link to view some of my favorite tweets from the discussion. You ...

#Edchat Update: Using Tweetdeck for Hashtag Discussions

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

Over 150 educators have participated in the #Edchat Tuesday discussions! Last week was momentous, as several educators and parents gathered to converse with special guest Alfie Kohn. Edchat became the 5th Twitter trending topic! Keeping up with several people in a Twitter conversation can be difficult. Tweetgrid is one way to ...

What Did They Tweet? 8/23-8/31

Sunday, August 30th, 2009

Do you like the new look? The What Did They Tweet? series has gotten a new look thanks to Mind42 a tweet by my very dear friend, Ozge! If this is your first visit, then I invite you to check out the rest of this weekly series, What Did They ...

#Edchat: Join the Conversation

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

Over 400 educators have participated in #edchat discussions. Will you collaborate with us to create educational change? Although relatively new, #edchat has become an incredible collaborative tool for educators to debate and evaluate solutions to various problems through Twitter. Over 400 educators and administrators have contributed to the #edchat discussions from ...