#Edchat is a hashtag, a movement—it is a weekly organized Twitter discussion of educators and people interested in education that meet virtually from all over the world. #Edchat serves as a conversation thread on Twitter and is also used for organized weekly discussions.
We're almost into February which means you may already need to refresh your New Year's resolutions! Consider one of these. What have you already tried? What are you loving? #goformative#edchat via: @clcsimon
Perhaps we've reached a tipping point, where pressure to increase grad rates gives way to a renewed focus on what a diploma means. This story published just as report found widespread graduation violations at @dcpublicschools. #edchat@The74@lauraannfayhttps://t.co/Jaft7VwtM3
As a society, we need to spend more time TEACHING our students how to use social media and less time thinking that the related issues will just go away. Anyone completing social media instruction in an academic program? #edchathttps://t.co/ur7IqFA9ou
Read the latest WestEd R&D Alert. Topics include high school re-enrollees, support for school turnaround, education technology, and leadership standards. https://t.co/t0pUmlHBL0#edtech#edresearch#edchat
Excited to co-moderate the #KidsDeserveIt tomorrow at 6 PST/8 CST to discuss what we can do to make evaluation meaningful so all kids get to enjoy the types of classrooms they deserve. Check it out #edchat and #suptchat friends
Use a KWL to review. Use the 1st column to list strengths, 2nd column for topics needing clarification. Then group Ss to share column 1 & address column 2 w/classmates. Whole class review and then close with column 3. #chemchat#edchat#LNCpride
Decisions, Decisions! :) Not one but TWO quotes to help inspire us all this #HappyTuesday :) If you need help deciding whether or not to go mobile with your #edtech, we invite you to reach out to us for more info! #edchat
This is exactly why @AllovueBalance was founded. We will not rest until teachers no longer need to resort to crowdsourcing to get the resources they need to do their jobs. #edfinchat#edfintech#edchat
"Every child in this country is entitled to an education, and every school should utilise their pedagogical approaches to promote an inclusive, accessible learning environment." https://t.co/UYfsDHHXjt#learning#education#edchat#schools
Today is the day! The Problims are here!! 🤗 click the link to read a snippet. (But also go see it for real so you can look at the gorgeous art by Julia Sarda throughout!)
Nesbit Class have been working hard making and designing their own puppets. The children are excited about creating their own puppets shows tomorrow. #edchat
Max McConkey, WestEd's Chief Policy & Communications Officer, will retire effective February 1, 2018. McConkey joined WestEd in 1992 and has served as an executive throughout a period of rapid growth for the agency. Learn more: https://t.co/zEmVW7aQp9#edchat#education
This is why the idea that knowledge is unimportant because “you can always Google it” – a comment now so familiar in education commentaries – is so profoundly wrong.
Memories are made of this https://t.co/AmfwhQ9mtc via @tes#edchat
As public school enrollment grows nationally, several states will face steep declines in the next decade. Many districts are looking to unique strategies to reverse this trend #edchat#suptchat For more: https://t.co/u37ZlvoD4d
So excited to start #TheOutsiders tomorrow with my Grade 8s! It’s my favourite book (I’ve read every summer since grade 8) and the book that made me want to be a teacher! Thanks @bforchuk 😛 #EngChat#EdChat
Here's an idea: what if Ss own the "while you were out" process by creating and posting vid every day that explains what you did in class and what might be due or upcoming. #studentcentered#edtech#edchat
Are you looking to deepen your #PBL practice? Receive graduate credit, and join me, online, for Authentic Connections to PBL this March. This is a @Proj_ARC collaboration with @eduspirePD. Let's go beyond the basic checklist design principles, together! #edchat#pblchat
Meet me at a conference! In early February I'll be presenting at the 2018 National Title I Conference in Philadelphia, PA. Spots are still available but don't wait for them to sell out – register today! https://t.co/p0aQhh9ZwM#edchat#k12#teachers#profdev
Social-Emotional Learning and Empathy are so important for kids. 4 Tools to Help Empower Kids to Stand Up for What’s Right: https://t.co/mlUUpBVSK2#edchat
Building social-emotional skills...
These students are practicing 7 key social-emotional skills: Cooperation, Communication, Assertion, Responsibility, Empathy, Engagement, and Self-control
#edchat#edequity 😀
You know those pics of old classrooms with desks in rows and a stern teacher near the front? It wasn’t always this way. This shot is from New Zealand in the early 20th C. #edchat
(Via @mattpavao from the impressive @RooseveltBSD.)