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Category: Twitter
A Coaching Win…The Story of Kelly Lee
Recently I read a post, one in a series, by Adam Schoenbart titled ‘The Coaching Chronicles: Small Victories, Big Impact‘. It reminded me of a “victory” I had the pleasure of hearing about this week. A little back story, right around the…
Taking it to a Whole New Level: Tweet from Class…
***Update*** TwitShot, a third party web tool which I utilized to make this procedure outlined below work, did not renew their domain. Thus it does not work and I haven’t found another option which exists. Just over a year ago,…
Edcamp Garden State
About a month ago (April 30th 2016) I attended Edcamp Garden State, which was a first for me. Now if you have read my blog, you would hopefully know that this wasn’t the first Edcamp I’ve ever attended. But this was,…
Certified BrainPOP Educator
I’m proud to announce I have successfully completed the requirements to become a Certified BrainPOP Educator. When I say proud, I mean PROUD! It was an intense 4-week program. I found out through Twitter that BrainPOP was accepting applications for…
Great Ideas Are Started With: “Is there a way…”
Here’s the setting. The teacher resource specialists for technology are gathered together for a team meeting. On the agenda, our, what has now become annual, Tweet 10 Challenge. One of our team members read a blog post by Alice Keeler.…
The Power of the PLN
I believe I was in a Twitter chat a couple of months ago where we discussed the use of iPads and apps in education. Of course the conversation headed towards app smashing; the workflow of merging different apps to use…
EdCamp Philly 2015 or ‘How I Met Some of the Greatest Twitter Educators in Person, Finally!
This past weekend was the 6th annual EdCamp Philly! I attended, making this my fifth in Philadelphia. I had a blast! I was able to meet, in person, some educators who I follow and/or follow me on Twitter. Quick shout-out…
Creating a Twitter Chat
Twitter chats can be a great way to gain many tried & true ideas in a short amount of time. Hashtags make it quite easy to follow a conversation online. In the past, I have participated in some established chats:…
Challenges… The Current Way to Engage Educators
I’ve been seeing and participating in a lot of Challenges lately. From Edublogs, SMART, & ThingLink I’ve had a chance to think outside the box and review creative ways other educators are using tools. So I helped develop the idea…