Here I wrote about Controlling our Attention and today I wanted to continue thinking about this topic. I have another post in the making but having trouble with getting my thoughts together that should precede this post. But as you read you will see I have two-blog post here and probably should refocus my writing. [...]
Entries Tagged as 'twitter'
Channeling your attention
November 21, 2011 · No Comments · leadership, learning, literacy, professional development, reflecting, social networking, writing
Tags: backchanneling·Cathy Davidson·innovation·Now You See It·twitter
How are you using Twitter for PD?
November 12, 2011 · 2 Comments · reflecting
Even though I have been using Twitter off and on for several years I have never fully taken ownership of Twitter as a learning tool. I use TweetDeck on my iPhone, iPad, and MacBook. I have the following columns set up in my TweetDeck #nwp #edchat #cpchat #elemchat #engchat Educators around the world are so [...]
#edchat
November 8, 2011 · 1 Comment · video
What is #edchat hashtag on Twitter? Who are the moderators? What are the details? How do I join?
Recommended Readings…….Tools for Disciplinary Literacy
October 29, 2011 · 1 Comment · Literacy in Social Studies
I was just have a conversation about the powerful potential of Twitter in the classroom and today I ran across Using Twitter in High School Classrooms by Bill Ferriter. Great article! If we are going to prepare our students to be effective participants in this changing political landscape, shouldn’t we be showing them how to [...]
Revising the Writing Process- A Tweet of Notes
November 5, 2010 · 2 Comments · Digital Literacies, digital writing
Tuesday, Election Day, November 2, Because Digital Writing Matters arrived and I spent two hours reading slowly the introduction and the first two chapters. Then I backed tracked and tweeted my notes. I used the hashtag #bdwm for most tweets- I simply forgot on the others. My son asked me the question about what I [...]
Thinking out loud for Tuesday's tech workshop with middle school teachers
August 24, 2008 · No Comments · 21st Century
For several days I have been planning and creating a presentation to kick off the technology professional development for the school year. I am calling the presentation “Why Make the Technology Shift Happen?” The intent of the presentation is to provide insight and motivation in learning new practices that involve technology in our classroom. I [...]
Tags: Carl Fisch·digital immigrants·digital natives·Making Middle Schools Work·Mark Prensky·Planning·presentation·professional development·TAP·technology shift·thinking out loud·twitter
Twitter in Plain English
March 6, 2008 · No Comments · Web 2.0, Web Tools
Common Craft now has Twitter in Plain English. Common Craft offers a simple explanation about how it can be used for a microblog. Sign up at www.twitter.com and tweet me! I am wcgaskins on the tweet network.
Tags: commoncraft·microblogging·twitter
Social Networking
February 29, 2008 · No Comments · 21st Century, learning
One thing I know is that learning is collaborative. It is always helpful to have ways to put a standard on what we learn whether it is through dialague, content creation, journals, books, and other sources. Many times we make conversations with those who have a like interest. We tend to follow what these folks [...]
Tags: 21st century learning·audio·Blogging·blogs·literacies·twitter·video
I Twitter: Try It
January 21, 2008 · No Comments · Web 2.0, Web Tools
Thanks to Liz B Davis at The Power of Educational Technology I think I can Twitter confidently. Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows users to send “updates” (or “tweets”; text-based posts, up to 140 characters long) to the Twitter website, via short message service, instant messaging, I have found the [...]
Tags: social networking·twitter
