Twitter is a communication tool that allows for open collaboration to aid in teaching, learning, and socializing online. Get Started To get started with Twitter, first, get an account. All you need is an email address and an idea for your Twitter handle (username). Choose something that relates to your interests, passion, superpower, or just…
This post is my submission for learning event eight of the #WalkMyWorld Project 2015. In this learning event we were tasked with creating a hero, or anti-hero and documenting a journey in their life. I would like to share the trials and tribulations that led to the “birth” of my anti-hero, Barton Miki. What journey have…
We’re nearing the end of Learning Event Two of the #WalkMyWorld Project 2015. You can learn more about Learning Event Two by clicking here. This week we challenged participants to engage and connect with others in the community. This required that participants first think about how they wanted to represent themselves, and figure out how…
Hi all, we started releasing materials yesterday for the 2015 version of the #WalkMyWorld project. For those of you that are just joining us, the project is a social media experiment in which we’re organizing a community of learners openly online together to connect, share, and learn. To learn more about the project, you can…
Yesterday we held our third TechTalk of the year. TechTalk is a monthly show that focuses on specific digital texts or tools that should be used in your classroom. We view “classrooms” broadly as stretching from Pre-K up through 12th grade and into higher education. The show is meant to provide an easy, approachable overview…
Yesterday we held our second TechTalk of the year. TechTalk is a monthly show that focuses on specific digital texts or tools that should be used in your classrooms. We view classrooms as stretching from K through 12, and up into higher education. The show is meant to provide an easy to access overview of…
This blog post shares basic principles for educators as they develop their own personal learning network. I detail several options that I personally use. Because of the influx of new and digital literacies the ways in which we learn, socialize, and communicate as a society are constantly in a state of flux. This means that…