After one day of my Sexting, Facebooking and Tweeting seminar, I am shocked and amazed, as I always am, by how astute students are. We began our discussion by asking, “Why do teachers/adults feel like they need to limit access to devices?” They responded with nice, safe answers like “because they want us to be …
Sometimes, I feel like the conversations about Twitter center around the impact that it can have on professional development too much. I certainly value it for that reason, but I don’t think that students will use it in the same way. Although I have heard that some teachers are exploring with Twitter in the classroom …
This is why I don’t go to teacher conferences anymore. Why wait?
I just read Princess Academy, a young adult novel, recommended by one of my youth. As a teacher, I read it through different eyes and I was amazed at the way it described literacy development in a mountain village. The desire and passion in one student then transfered to the rest of the village. Literacy might …
Really enjoying our conversations about Facebook, Twitter and blogging! Hope these conversatons continue!
A peak inside the life of a teacher: The reality is that most of us who work in education definitely do not have quiet lives. Depending on the level you teach, you may have a group of students following you down the hallway at any given time. Being an educator is a great way to …
As Sam Harrelson and I gear up for our presentation on Saturday on Connecting via Social Media, we have both been confronted with the question, “Where do we begin?” Do we start with the professional benefits that we have both experienced via Social Media? Do we tout the way that connecting to other professionals from …
If school was like Twitter: At first, this ideas sounded intriguing. We would get together in random chats, organizing our thoughts and sharing resources according to shared categories that grow organically. I’d have the permission to speak and to listen, engaging strangers at times and somehow making close friendships in the process. When things got …
I have been a part of the affiliate marketing network for about 6 months now, but being at Affiliate Summit changes that experience. Now there are faces and stories that literally flesh out twitter handles and blog posts. This is a community that is always tweaking, always searching, always challenging themselves toward something new. That …
