Week 11 Review
What I Learned from Twitter and Hashtags
50 People and Hashtags You Must Follow on Twitter by Matt Miller
Here are 3 people and 3 hashtags I explored on Twitter
Jeff Charbonneau:
While looking through his twitter feed I found a post he retweeted by Mike Janatovich called Supporting Teacher Leadership. He reflected on the importance of teacher leadership in schools. He is currently a school administrator but used to be a teacher and still considers himself as one. He says that teachers hold the power to create change through leadership. It is important to build strong relationships and trust with teachers so that they know it's okay to make mistakes and be innovative because that is how we progress. Ultimately, we need to create positive change to help our students and make a positive impact on their lives.
Jeff Charbonneau:
While looking through his twitter feed I found a post he retweeted by Mike Janatovich called Supporting Teacher Leadership. He reflected on the importance of teacher leadership in schools. He is currently a school administrator but used to be a teacher and still considers himself as one. He says that teachers hold the power to create change through leadership. It is important to build strong relationships and trust with teachers so that they know it's okay to make mistakes and be innovative because that is how we progress. Ultimately, we need to create positive change to help our students and make a positive impact on their lives.
Dyane Smokorowski:
Through her twitter feed I found an article by Katherine Bassett called On Gratitude. Bassett was the 2000 New Jersey State Teacher of the Year and now is the President and CEO of NNSTOY. She writes about how a friend challengered her to post something she is grateful for everyday this month. Though she is grateful for a lot of things it is often hard to come up with something. This made her think back to how someone she knew taught a lesson on how to be grateful. Bassett is thankful for the work she does with NNSTOY. This is a neat organization that works with the State Teachers of the Year. Not only did I find out about a reflective article about gratefulness but I also discovered the President of an organization that does some really cool work.
Through her twitter feed I found an article by Katherine Bassett called On Gratitude. Bassett was the 2000 New Jersey State Teacher of the Year and now is the President and CEO of NNSTOY. She writes about how a friend challengered her to post something she is grateful for everyday this month. Though she is grateful for a lot of things it is often hard to come up with something. This made her think back to how someone she knew taught a lesson on how to be grateful. Bassett is thankful for the work she does with NNSTOY. This is a neat organization that works with the State Teachers of the Year. Not only did I find out about a reflective article about gratefulness but I also discovered the President of an organization that does some really cool work.
Joy Kirk:
I really like that Joy focuses on being positive. It's her name after all! Positivity can change a life, it's important we look at life in a good light and share that light when ever we can. While scrolling through her twitter feed I found an article she shared on Nerdy Book Club by Julie Potvin Kitchener called Repeat Readers. This article is by a librarian who noticed that some of her kids re-read books and never switch to something new. She reflected on why they do this instead of picking a new book. She used to really encourage them to find something new and almost got frustrated that they wouldn't choose something new. Now she focuses on being glad that they are still reading instead of quitting reading all together. That is something that all teachers can benefit from. Instead of being upset with our students for not doing something perfectly we can be happy that they're doing it at all.
I really like that Joy focuses on being positive. It's her name after all! Positivity can change a life, it's important we look at life in a good light and share that light when ever we can. While scrolling through her twitter feed I found an article she shared on Nerdy Book Club by Julie Potvin Kitchener called Repeat Readers. This article is by a librarian who noticed that some of her kids re-read books and never switch to something new. She reflected on why they do this instead of picking a new book. She used to really encourage them to find something new and almost got frustrated that they wouldn't choose something new. Now she focuses on being glad that they are still reading instead of quitting reading all together. That is something that all teachers can benefit from. Instead of being upset with our students for not doing something perfectly we can be happy that they're doing it at all.
#whatisschool:
While exploring this hashtag I discovered a website called edutopia.org. This website has a lot of different information and resources for teachers. The specific article that I came across is called Building Staff Rapport with Flash Lessons. This articles about a cool way for administration to stay connected with the teachers. It also gives them all a chance to be learners again. It was a pretty cool website and article and I recommend exploring them.
While exploring this hashtag I discovered a website called edutopia.org. This website has a lot of different information and resources for teachers. The specific article that I came across is called Building Staff Rapport with Flash Lessons. This articles about a cool way for administration to stay connected with the teachers. It also gives them all a chance to be learners again. It was a pretty cool website and article and I recommend exploring them.
#weirded:
While exploring this hashtag, The tweet that caught my attention wasn't a resource but instead an idea. One teacher responded to a question saying that she "co-taught with the teacher who asked for only wrong answers to science questions just to get students to think of something to say." I thought this was a really neat idea. It helps students to not be afraid to be wrong. It's OK to take guesses and really learn from trial and error. I think this is a cool idea that teachers should use in their classroom especially with science. Students can learn that it's OK to be wrong.
While exploring this hashtag, The tweet that caught my attention wasn't a resource but instead an idea. One teacher responded to a question saying that she "co-taught with the teacher who asked for only wrong answers to science questions just to get students to think of something to say." I thought this was a really neat idea. It helps students to not be afraid to be wrong. It's OK to take guesses and really learn from trial and error. I think this is a cool idea that teachers should use in their classroom especially with science. Students can learn that it's OK to be wrong.
#tosachat:
The last hashtag I looked into helped me discover another edutopia post. This one is about the different types of inquiry you can use in your classroom. I really like the graphic they showed that is like teaching kids to swim. There is structured inquiry where the class engages together. There's controlled inquiry where the students have a little more freedom but that are still working how the teacher wants them to. There is guided inquiry where the teachers in charge but the students get to choose what they make. And there's free inquiry where the students really just choose whatever topic they want. It's important that we let our kids do free inquiry so that they can really own their own learning.
The last hashtag I looked into helped me discover another edutopia post. This one is about the different types of inquiry you can use in your classroom. I really like the graphic they showed that is like teaching kids to swim. There is structured inquiry where the class engages together. There's controlled inquiry where the students have a little more freedom but that are still working how the teacher wants them to. There is guided inquiry where the teachers in charge but the students get to choose what they make. And there's free inquiry where the students really just choose whatever topic they want. It's important that we let our kids do free inquiry so that they can really own their own learning.