Twitter Hashtags

Here is a list hashtags (#) that you might like to follow on Twitter.


#molib - Missouri Librarians
#edcaht - They chat every Tuesday at 7pm
#Edubk - Find/Suggest books about education
#MusEdChat - Music Ed Chat
#MOedtech - Missouri Teachers
#elemchat - Elementary Teachers
#TT, #tt, #Teachertuesday - on Tuesdays this hashtag is used to post the          teachers you think people should follow on Twitter
#FF,#ff,#Followfriday - on Fridays this hashtag is use to post great Tweeters (may not be about education)

There are also lists that people create on Twitter that you can read to find teachers to follow.

edpros

Here are some good webpages to find teaches to follow on Twitter.

http://twitter4teachers.pbworks.com/w/page/22554534/FrontPage
http://wefollow.com/twitter/teachers
http://wefollow.com/twitter/education

If you have others that you like to follow please add them in the comments!

Rethinking the 21st Century Classroom

With technology becoming a larger part of classrooms, and the push for project based learning, the classrooms are starting to change. There are several schools that are changing the way that things are done and the way that things look. Below there are two links that talk about what different schools are doing to move into the 21st Century Classroom.  I am not saying that these are the right choices for every school or classroom but they get you thinking about what the options could be. There may be parts of the ideas that work in your classroom.  Keep an open mind and think of what could work for you.

Sydney Center For Innovation in Learning - Blog by Stephen Harris the Founder and Director.  This blog has wonderful photos of the school/classrooms they are using. 


iSchool Initiative, A Highs Schools students vision on school change using mobile devices - This is a repost from the Technology Bits, Bites, and Nibbles Blog. Has good information and a video.  

The Eagles are Viral!

Last month I did a post about the Decorah Eagles on Ustream.  I have two friends that have be addicted to watching them for the last several weeks.  Well my friends are not the only people watching. Today NPR reports that 11 million people are watching!  Checkout the NPR story.

'Eagle Cam' Soars With Millions

More for Earth Day

PBS Kids Loop Scoops was posted by two Bloggers that I get a lot of my ideas form ( Richard Byrne of Free Technology for Teachers and Cyndi Danner-Kuhn of Technology Bits, Bites, and Nibbles)  Loop Scoops is a good place to help kids learn about consumer science and environmental science. 




 


Start Fall also has a fun Earth Day game where you have to clean up by sorting the trash!

TweetDeck

When I first started using Twitter the normal Twitter page was just fine.  As I started wanting to follow hashtags (#)  there is just not a good way to do that on Twitter.  Hashtags are not supported by Twitter. Twitter users started using the Hashtags as a way to keep track of things.  If I wanted to talk about something and wanted people to be able to follow the conversation I can start a hashtag .  Lets say I wanted to help connect all the educational iPad users in Missouri I could start a #ediPadmo hashtag.  This would let anyone that wanted to follow all the post that had that hashtag in it. TweetDeck lets you keep track of you normal Twitter Timeline and follow hashtags!  I feel I get much more from Twitter using TweetDeck because I can connect with more educators and get more ideas.  Give it a try!

School House Rock!

It is election day!






And just for fun.....

Happy Earth Day!

Earth Day is April 22!  Below are several webpages to help you get ready to celebrate the Earth for Earth Month and Earth Day.

Earth Day Lessons from Scholastic

EPA Environmental Kids Club

EcoKids

Earth Day TV

EPA Earth Day