January is ending as is the twitter effect experimonth. Onto February a new expeirmonth topic release tomorrow. Might even get the experimonth graphic finished and uploaded
Monthly Archive: January 2009
Jan
31
Jan
30
The twitter effect-Educon21 in 5 tweets
If my children’s teachers and principal’s lived by these tweets. All would be well. It’s never this simple, but it should be.
Jan
26
The Twitter Effect-weekend virtual conferencing @educon21
Virtually at educon21 over the weekend. The staff and students at SLA did a wonderful job. Parent volunteers too, I hear!It was easy to become part of the conference from afar as all the sessions were streamed using mogulus. With the visual, audio, chat and twitter all happening at once it was a cacophony for the edtech …
Jan
21
The Twitter Effect Day 12
The blog post with the most audacious title goes to Eight Ways Twitter will change your life. I thought this was funny at first as it came across my reader today from @angelaMaiers. Then I started reading it and more and more of it rang true. Twitter is the killer app for staying on top of …
Jan
20
The Twitter Effect Day 11
Inauguration day. A ”tweet call out” last week from coolcatteacher had me engaging with a classroom outside of my own school, outside of my own state. She was demonstrating twitter to her class and called for us to respond by replying to her and sharing where we were from and how we used twitter. Coolcatteacher (aka Vicki …
Jan
12
The Twitter Effect Day Ten
So today I answered a question for @spedteacher who wants to connect with his tribe. I sent him to a twitter4teachers wiki. I had added my twitter id a few weeks ago. I hope he finds some great people to connect and learn with. I am sure others will respond with good info too, so …
Jan
11
The Twitter Effect Day Nine
Personal Learning Network explained and expanded on Slideshare. Slideshare is a site where you can upload powerpoint presentations and share them publicly or privately. Today’s tweet came from @gardenglen View the slideshare here. It is well worthwhile. I would really like to see a student authored version. Have them explain how they use the network …
Jan
10
The Twitter Effect Day Eight
Stepping out of the echo chamber, is harder than you think. Today I went fishing in twitter. I veered totally off topic and away from the education technologists that I usually follow. I regularly read a blog by an artist I like. Leah of creativeeveryday. Today’s trail started when Leah mentioned on her blog a …
Jan
08
The Twitter Effect Day Seven
This is a pln (personal learning network) at work. @kellyhines a fourth grade teacher sends out the call for ideas… @theheroworkshop answers with the idea. (these are in reverse order, that’s how twitter updates) In the hands of a skilled educator, a project is created. View the students writing blog here. My first thought is 50 students? …
Jan
07
The Twitter Effect Day Six
The power of twitter. I love stories. This one highlights how you never know when your apparent wasting of time in front of the screen actually turns out to be the best thing you could have been doing. At some point that time will manifest itself as worthwhile. It will happen probably where you least …
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