This week I chose to check out Common Core chat since Common Core is becoming a huge topic in education. In every other chat I have participated in, someone has brought up Common Core. I could not find the time for the actual chat on Cybermary's page so I simply took half an hour to read everything I could find in the chat. Because I used this method, I could not find one distinct theme or topic.
This chat consisted on a lot of resources shared through links. This chat also seemed to have only a few loud participants. Mel Riddile and Darren Burris were every other few tweet, with other random people in between. I found that no one was really saying anything; they were just posting a few words and a lot of hashtags. I was disappointed with CC chat. I had hoped to find debates on its worth and ways to implement it but I found next to no discussion.
Friday, October 26, 2012
Thursday, October 11, 2012
#ntchat and Personal Interest Project
I have decided that my personal interest project is going to be about the use of video and podcasts in the classrooms. By videos, I mean those made by non-profit organizations and people, not videos made by organizations like History Channel.
I decided to participate in New Teacher Chat this week. The theme of this chat seemed to be help in general. Many links were shared as were many resources. Someone shared ideas they had for behavior modification for her kindergartners. This can be found at: http://bit.ly/Prf2rO. The ideas were very cute and clever. Another shared a list of websites all teachers would find useful. This can be found at: http://bit.ly/OKJgqx. Some of these sites include Smithsonian Education and edHelper. Another person shared a list of Android Apps that teachers could use in education. This can be found at: http://bit.ly/PZ6jfA. I do not have a smart phone, but many of these looked interesting to someone who does.
A lot of the chat seemed to be trite phrases and begging to join other chats. I don't know if there were less opinion-based questions because the people in the chat have less experience, but I was disappointed. I feel like while many good resources were shared, I did not learn a lot. The only real question was about thoughts on the Common Core and that led to discussion about an upcoming webinar about Common Core.
I did find some new people to follow though. I am following Melanie Amburn. She is an elementary instructional supervisor who provided several interesting links. I am also following Eye on Education. While this is not a person, whoever was tweeting for the company was saying interesting things and proving resources. Finally, I am following Ronnie Gonzalez. He is a director of technology in Texas. He shared some interesting hashtags to check out.
I decided to participate in New Teacher Chat this week. The theme of this chat seemed to be help in general. Many links were shared as were many resources. Someone shared ideas they had for behavior modification for her kindergartners. This can be found at: http://bit.ly/Prf2rO. The ideas were very cute and clever. Another shared a list of websites all teachers would find useful. This can be found at: http://bit.ly/OKJgqx. Some of these sites include Smithsonian Education and edHelper. Another person shared a list of Android Apps that teachers could use in education. This can be found at: http://bit.ly/PZ6jfA. I do not have a smart phone, but many of these looked interesting to someone who does.
A lot of the chat seemed to be trite phrases and begging to join other chats. I don't know if there were less opinion-based questions because the people in the chat have less experience, but I was disappointed. I feel like while many good resources were shared, I did not learn a lot. The only real question was about thoughts on the Common Core and that led to discussion about an upcoming webinar about Common Core.
I did find some new people to follow though. I am following Melanie Amburn. She is an elementary instructional supervisor who provided several interesting links. I am also following Eye on Education. While this is not a person, whoever was tweeting for the company was saying interesting things and proving resources. Finally, I am following Ronnie Gonzalez. He is a director of technology in Texas. He shared some interesting hashtags to check out.
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