July 2010 edition of the What Did They Tweet series!

Let’s see what our Personal Learning Network (PLN) tweeted about in education and social media this week.

Tweets

Opportunities for Educators

Below is a list of great opportunities for free resources and more:

• Have your high school students participate in the Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge to win a $50,000 scholarship and $5000 teacher grant! Details here! Tweeted by @DEN. This contest begins August 17, 2010 and ends March 15, 2011.
• Qwizdom “How Do You Q?” Contest Offers $12,000+ in Technology Prizes! More details here!
• Be a published by The Guardian! They want educator stories! More info here!
• Be a Guest Writer for TEFL.net!

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For more tweets, check out these posts:

• Monthly Best Tweets by Larry Ferlazzo.
• My PLN Says… by Burcu Akyol.
• Monthly Tweets by Karenne Sylvester.

Challenge:

Share one of these resources with another educator not on Twitter. Then tell them you got the tip from educators on Twitter!

What was your favorite resource on Twitter this week?

July 2010 edition of the What Did They Tweet series!

Let’s see what our Personal Learning Network (PLN) tweeted about in education and social media these past two weeks.

Tweets

Opportunities for Educators

Below is a list of great opportunities for free resources and more:

• Have your high school students participate in the Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge to win a $50,000 scholarship and $5000 teacher grant! Details here! Tweeted by @DEN. This contest begins August 17, 2010 and ends March 15, 2011.
• Qwizdom “How Do You Q?” Contest Offers $12,000+ in Technology Prizes! More details here!
• Be a published by The Guardian! They want educator stories! More info here!
• Be a Guest Writer for TEFL.net!

If you enjoy this series, you may want to subscribe for FREE to receive regular updates!

For more tweets, check out these posts:

• Monthly Best Tweets by Larry Ferlazzo.
• My PLN Says… by Burcu Akyol.
• Monthly Tweets by Karenne Sylvester.

Challenge:

Share one of these resources with another educator not on Twitter. Then tell them you got the tip from educators on Twitter!

What was your favorite resource on Twitter this week?

Last Week of June 2010 edition of the What Did They Tweet weekly series!

Let’s see what our Personal Learning Network (PLN) tweeted about in education and social media.

Tweets

Opportunities for Educators

Below is a list of great opportunities for free resources and more:

• Have your high school students participate in the Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge to win a $50,000 scholarship and $5000 teacher grant! Details here! Tweeted by @DEN. This contest begins August 17, 2010 and ends March 15, 2011.
• Freelance education bloggers are wanted! You will get paid! Might be nice for extra cash in the summer!More details here!

If you enjoy this series, you may want to subscribe for FREE to receive regular updates!

For more tweets, check out these posts:

• Monthly Best Tweets by Larry Ferlazzo.
• My PLN Says… by Burcu Akyol.
• Monthly Tweets by Karenne Sylvester.

Challenge:

Share one of these resources with another educator not on Twitter. Then tell them you got the tip from educators on Twitter!

What was your favorite resource on Twitter this week?

2nd Week of June 2010 edition of the What Did They Tweet weekly series!

Let’s see what our Personal Learning Network (PLN) tweeted about in education and social media.

Multimedia Tweets

The Last 18 Years In Rap from Week in Rap on Vimeo.

This video has been added to the post, 19 Resources About Personal Learning Networks (PLNs).

This video has been added to the Voki resources on the Technology for Kids Wiki.

Resources

• Incredible Mindmap of Various Links for Kids to Have Fun via @mwedwards
• Interactive 3D version of Anne Frank house via @NikPeachey
• Playcomic- Great resource of kid games & how to create a comic via @inma_a
• The TEDxClassroomProject- What happens when students respond to TED Talks? via @alexgfrancisco

Opportunities for Educators

Below is a list of great opportunities for free resources and more:

• Have your high school students participate in the Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge to win a $50,000 scholarship and $5000 teacher grant! Details here! Tweeted by @DEN. This contest begins August 17, 2010 and ends March 15, 2011.
• The Economist is seeking insights on the topic of the 21st Cyber Schools to win $10,000. Tweeted by @eschoolnews. This ends by June 23rd.
• If you are in the DC area and an educator you will be able to attend the 140 Conference for nearly half the price! Register here!
• Freelance education bloggers are wanted! You will get paid! Might be nice for extra cash in the summer!More details here!

If you enjoy this series, you may want to subscribe for FREE to receive regular updates!

For more tweets, check out these posts:

• Monthly Best Tweets by Larry Ferlazzo.
• My PLN Says… by Burcu Akyol.
• Monthly Tweets by Karenne Sylvester.

Challenge:

Share one of these resources with another educator not on Twitter. Then tell them you got the tip from educators on Twitter!

What was your favorite resource on Twitter this week?

June 2010 edition of the What Did They Tweet weekly series!

Let’s see what our Personal Learning Network (PLN) tweeted about in education and social media for the last two weeks.

Multimedia Tweets

Below is one of the videos, Richard Baraniuk on open-source learning.

Art teachers will love this free program and this is excellent for students creating characters for stop motion films.

Resources

• Story Starters- What-if questions for stories via @bjnichols
• Multiple intelligence quiz- shows strength areas for learning via @CarolRainbow
• 50 Informative and Well-Designed Infographics via @ptaylorsjr
• Visualizing the BP Oil Disaster- Students see a Google map of the how the oil disaster would look over the area they live via @tombarrett

Opportunities for Educators

Below is a list of great opportunities for free resources and more:

• If you are in the DC area and an educator you will be able to attend the 140 Conference for nearly half the price! Register here! I will post more details about the education panel on this blog!
• Freelance education bloggers are wanted! You will get paid! Might be nice for extra cash in the summer!More details here!

If you enjoy this series, you may want to subscribe for FREE to receive regular updates!

For more tweets, check out these posts:

• Monthly Best Tweets by Larry Ferlazzo.
• My PLN Says… by Burcu Akyol.
• Monthly Tweets by Karenne Sylvester.

Challenge:

Share one of these resources with another educator not on Twitter. Then tell them you got the tip from educators on Twitter!

What was your favorite resource on Twitter this week?

End of May 2010 edition of the What Did They Tweet weekly series!

Let’s see what our Personal Learning Network (PLN) tweeted about in education and social media.

Multimedia Tweets

You can find my contributions in slides #47 and #136!

This is the kind of school all students around the world should be able to attend. The leadership is supportive and the teachers are committed to their students’ learning even if it means stepping out of their comfort zones!

Flickr image by dkuropatwa

Resources

• Students find the best educational applications for their Ipod touches or smart phones via @ischooladvocate
• 100 online language learning resources via @NewsNeus
• TogetherVille- A social network for kids under 10 via @NikPeachey
• If your students are learning in a one-to-one laptop school, you may want to join this community of educators, Bring Your Own Laptop To School Group via @Joevans

Opportunities for Educators

Below is a list of great opportunities for free resources and more:

• Nominate a Teacher for @ASCD’s Outstanding Young Educator Award
• Educators submit your best idea for Early Learning: Making a Difference to win $200 and a Flip Video camera. Tweeted by @weareteachers. This ends by June 1st.

If you enjoy this series, you may want to subscribe for FREE to receive regular updates!

For more tweets, check out these posts:

• Monthly Best Tweets by Larry Ferlazzo.
• My PLN Says… by Burcu Akyol.
• Monthly Tweets by Karenne Sylvester.

Challenge:

Share one of these resources with another educator not on Twitter. Then tell them you got the tip from educators on Twitter!

What was your favorite resource on Twitter this week?

3rd week of the May 2010 edition of the What Did They Tweet weekly series!

Let’s see what our Personal Learning Network (PLN) tweeted about in education and social media.

Multimedia Tweets

You can embed this on your blog or wiki as well! You can choose to have the music play. Visit the full page for the entire experience!

Recently, I added this VoiceThread to the post, 17 Resources about Personal Learning Networks (PLNs)

What I really love about this video is how passionate Chance is about his performance. Many students would be extremely shy to show this type of emotion during a talent show in front of their peers, however, Chance is brave enough to show his emotion.

Resources

• 100 interactive presentation media other than PowerPoint via @hrheingold
• Editstorm- Collaborative brainstorming on a free sticky note board via @esolcourses
• Creative Commons comic book- A simple way to use Twitter with your students via @Jenverschoor
• Create a funny slogan with this Slogan Generator via @AnnaPires
• Create a funny slogan with this 10 best practices for using wikis in education via @Vale24

Opportunities for Educators

Below is a list of great opportunities for free resources and more:

• Nominate a Teacher for @ASCD’s Outstanding Young Educator Award
• Enter to Win a Mouse Mischief Classroom Makeover from Simplek12.com! This ends by May 21st.
• Educators submit your best idea for Early Learning: Making a Difference to win $200 and a Flip Video camera. Tweeted by @weareteachers. This ends by May 25th.

If you enjoy this series, you may want to subscribe for FREE to receive regular updates!

For more tweets, check out these posts:

• Monthly Best Tweets by Larry Ferlazzo.
• My PLN Says… by Burcu Akyol.
• Monthly Tweets by Karenne Sylvester.

Challenge:

Share one of these resources with another educator not on Twitter. Then tell them you got the tip from educators on Twitter!

What was your favorite resource on Twitter this week?

2nd week of the May 2010 edition of the What Did They Tweet weekly series!

Let’s see what our Personal Learning Network (PLN) tweeted about in education and social media.

Videos and Presentations

Web 3.0 from Kate Ray on Vimeo.

Resources

• Online Document Translator- Instantly translates and preserves layout of Office documents via @LarryFerlazzo
• Nurph- Create a chatbox on any site via @educatoral
• Hoot Course- A simple way to use Twitter with your students via @Bethstill
• EmbedArticle- A tool that lets people embed your pages to their site or blog! Great for cross-posting!@jdthomas7

Opportunities for Educators

Below is a list of great opportunities for free resources and more:

• Nominate a Teacher for @ASCD’s Outstanding Young Educator Award
• Enter to Win a Mouse Mischief Classroom Makeover from Simplek12.com! This ends by May 21st.
• Educators submit your best idea for Early Learning: Making a Difference to win $200 and a Flip Video camera. Tweeted by @weareteachers. This ends by May 25th.

If you enjoy this series, you may want to subscribe for FREE to receive regular updates!

For more tweets, check out these posts:

• Monthly Best Tweets by Larry Ferlazzo.
• My PLN Says… by Burcu Akyol.
• Monthly Tweets by Karenne Sylvester.

Challenge:

Share one of these resources with another educator not on Twitter. Then tell them you got the tip from educators on Twitter!

What was your favorite resource on Twitter this week?

Beginning of May 2010 edition of the What Did They Tweet weekly series!

Let’s see what our Personal Learning Network (PLN) tweeted about in education and social media. However, I should note that one of the top stories this week on Twitter was about the new way to embed Tweets as posts in 3 easy steps, which was tweeted by @xdamman. This feature is reflected in this post! Do you like the new look? Please let me know in the comments!

Fantastic Videos

Find the archive of the event here- http://www.learncentral.org/node/71871

Resources by me & others

• Google Wave’s New Wave Templates
• An amazing Glogster: Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century via @tperran
• Smories- Video data bank of short stories read by kids via @NikPeachey
• Guess the Google find out how many points you score in this great game via @ransomtech
• Dictionarist.com- An online talking dictionary which provides definitions and translations in many languages via @FaizaK
• Pecha Kucha’s videosfor the British Council Moscow conference via @olgabarnashova

Opportunities for Educators

Below is a list of great opportunities for free resources and more:

• Nominate a Teacher for @ASCD’s Outstanding Young Educator Award
• Enter to Win a Mouse Mischief Classroom Makeover from Simplek12.com! This ends by May 21st.
• Educators submit your best idea for Early Learning: Making a Difference to win $200 and a Flip Video camera. Tweeted by @weareteachers. This ends by May 25th.

If you enjoy this series, you may want to subscribe for FREE to receive regular updates!

For more tweets, check out these posts:

• Monthly Best Tweets by Larry Ferlazzo.
• It’s Tweet Week on by Kevin Creutz’s blog.
• My PLN Says… by Burcu Akyol.
• Monthly Tweets by Karenne Sylvester.

Challenge:

Share one of these resources with another educator not on Twitter. Then tell them you got the tip from educators on Twitter!

Do you like the new look?

End of April 2010 edition of the What Did They Tweet weekly series!

Let’s see what our Personal Learning Network (PLN) tweeted about in education and social media in the past two weeks.

Video: Starfish and Students

I was deeply touched by this video created by @marynabadenhors, which tells the story of a kid with a starfish. I first encountered the Starfish story on a wall when I was running a music school program at a homeless shelter. Maryna does an incredible job of relating this to education. Please, listen to her message.

TED Talk by Derek Sivers: How to Start a Movement

@Blythe_Musteric tweeted this TED Talk which features one of my favorite videos about a rogue dancing guy who was able to get others to join him.

One of the First Reports of the Internet

@LarryFerlazzo shared this fantastic video showing one of the first news reports of the Internet. This could easily spark a discussion with students on the first reactions of technologies. You can even ask them how they first reacted to new technologies like the Iphone or Ipad.

First Report On The Internet – CBC Prime Time News – The most popular videos are here

Resources

• If you want to start a wiki, then you’ll want to compare the various features on the free Wiki sites using this WikiMatrix. Shared by @AngelaMaiers.
• English language teachers will love this site that has great videos with scripts of the speeches, Big Think. Tweeted by @NergizK.
• Check out this Flash-based animated dictionary of technology, Techtionary. Tweeted by @ransomtech.

Opportunities for Educators

Below is a list of great opportunities for free resources and more:

• Nominate a Teacher for @ASCD’s Outstanding Young Educator Award
• Enter to win a 21st century classroom from Discovery Education! This ends by May 3rd.
• Educators submit your best idea for Early Learning: Making a Difference to win $200 and a Flip Video camera. Tweeted by @weareteachers. This ends by April 27th.

If you enjoy this series, you may want to subscribe for FREE to receive regular updates!

For more tweets, check out these posts:

• Monthly Best Tweets by Larry Ferlazzo.
• My PLN Says… by Burcu Akyol.
• Monthly Tweets by Karenne Sylvester.

Challenge:

Share one of these resources with another educator not on Twitter. Then tell them you got the tip from educators on Twitter!

What was your best find on Twitter this week?