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I think Twitter has its benefits, but the "Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings" is a little much. Can't we even sit down and enjoy a little TV time anymore without sharing our thoughts and opinions with the world?

I think Twitter has its benefits, but the "Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings" is a little much. Can't we even sit down and enjoy a little TV time anymore without sharing our thoughts and opinions with the world?

I have not been happy with the output of my Twitter account. I have come to the conclusion that I am not following enough people, and that some of the people I am following are not right for me. I started to do a search on the internet for Twitter and education and came up with this resource. It includes a long, varied, categorized list of people and organizations to follow in education. The categories include such topics as Special Education, Technology, iPads, Design, General, etc. I have started following several of the people/organizations recommended by this resource and am already getting much more out of Twitter.

Jan, this is really helpful. I've had a similar feeling about my Twitter account. I'll take a look at some of the hashtags in the article you posted and hopefully we'll both get more out of it!

I wish I could convince some of my skeptical colleagues at RMHS how valuable Twitter has been for my own self-directed professional development. For the most part, they think I tweet about random daily happening and any comments about my participation in social media are tongue in cheek. I shrug it off because they don't understand the truth of the value of social media to me. Here is a list of people UNDER 30 YEARS OLD worth following to enhance your own social media self-directed professional development experience. Enjoy!

If you know a history teacher looking to build a PLN on Twitter, this list is awesome! I was psyched that I was on it, but also found a whole crew of great educators I didn't even know were out there. Definitely worth a visit.

This a an article with some good information on how to get started using Twitter in the classroom.

Sent via Twitter by Kathy Santilli.  Great Blog post by Kathy Shrock showing the SAMR model and how it can be applied.

I got a lot out of reading this article. I found the graphic with the SAMR model, side-by-side with the Bloom's model, to be particularly helpful. It is a great visual to keep in mind when planning lessons involving technology.

I follow Jerry Blumengarten on Twitter and have had a few Tweet conversations with him. He has great insights about tech integration that change learning, rather than for the sake of tech integration. This page is like his version of a Diigo page for BYOD resourcs. It links to a lot of great BYOD blogs, articles, lesson examples, etc. Cybrary Man's Educational Web Sites The internet catalogue for students, teachers, administrators & parents. Over 20,000 relevant links personally selected by an educator/author with over 30 years of experience.

The Google for Doodle Competition has been transformed in to activities and virtual field trips for all grade levels.

I saw this in my Twitter feed a few times today. Definitely intriguing.

Changing teaching practices with mobile devices is hard. Here is a story of how one teacher stepped out of his comfort zone. BTW 2eyes is not a mobile app.

Janet, this is a great reminder of some basic teaching practice that goes a long way, no matter what the technology is - pretty funny!

I read a similar article a few weeks ago that cites Carl Hooker as coining the phrase "two eyes, two feet app" (see http://www.edudemic.com/5-tips-classroom-management-mobile-devices/) and it made me giggle a little. Monitoring student use of mobile devices is not an exact science. Will they text? Check Twitter? Check their make up in the camera app? Sure, at one point or another they likely will, but does that mean they are not using the tool academically? I think teaching students how to manage their attention while we are supervising them is much better than zero tolerance rules that deny them the ability to use the power of the mobile device in the classroom at all. It is just another media literacy lesson.

Infographic that is a great guide to making sure you have designed your flipped lesson/unit with the right frame of mind and that your students will get the maximum learning experience. I like that it specifically talks about how the flipped model requires a great teacher to work, rather than eliminating the need for a teacher (which I've read as a criticism of the flip in other places). I also like that it specifically requires time to be carved out for student reflecting and thinking.

This is an excellent how to article for installing iOS 7. I found it on Twitter using the #iOS7. Here are my favorite lines from the article: "If you backed up before you updated then all is not lost. Simply restore from a prior backup to get all your data back and then try again. If you did not backup, then what were you thinking? Go back to the top of this article, read it again and don't be so impatient next time."

Janet, thanks for posting this. It will be very helpful when I'm ready to update my devices (and help others) and all the iPads that will be updating on the Apple Configurator. Here's my favorite line..".Apple devices are very pretty, but they are much better when they run smoothly, so avoiding any potential hitches will keep your stress levels down. " We've never experienced this.. have we.. ;-)

Thanks for posting this. I updated my home iPad, but I think I am going to wait on the others. Any advice is welcome.

Reasons Padlet is great for classroom use and how it can be leveraged in the history classroom. Some of these techniques can be used in almost any classroom! Got this from Beth Gryczewski on Twitter @Gryczewski. She's a very techie history teacher. Worth following!

SAMR Model Explained

Thanks for posting, John. This gives me a clearer picture of the SAMR Model. The first I heard of it was in this class. Is it meant as a sort of hierarchy of progression? For example, the first step or minimum use of technology would be substitution of using paper/pencil means, and Redefinition would be a more sophisticated use, where we are actually achieving new results by using technology? Janet, I also downloaded the Aurasma app and tried it out. Very cool, and I can see many possibilities for students in the classroom.

Janet has mentioned Aurasma to me before. I definitely have to check it out soon and see if my students would like to use it to create some stations around the room. I also posted the link to this quick video on the SAMR model on Twitter a while back. http://youtu.be/us0w823KY0g It is a quick but clear way to explain SAMR to someone who has never heard of it.

Importance of social networking not only for teachers but students as well. Very interesting..

This article brings up some really good points about the types of skills students need and how educators can make sure they are developing theses skills. Having students design and participate in PLCs is a great way to start developing the skills that are going to be essential in their future. Thanks for sharing.

Interesting article, Meg. I started following the guy that was mentioned, Paul Moss, on twitter, and hope to get some good ideas. I love the idea of starting to get kids networking in an educational way. They are already experts on doing it socially! If we have another EdCamp format, I'd love to have a discussion about what PLNs could mean for students, even as young as middle school.

Great message, but it's the video here that is a must see - make sure you click link to see one of the most amazing Rube Goldberg machines.

This is great! The Rube Goldberg machine is quite impressive. I think it would be inspiring to show to the 8th graders before their Science Expo Day Rube Goldberg activity. It is nice to see some marketing that provides girls with an alternative to the stereotypical image of playing dress-up with cute pink dolls.

Love this! It is all over and I showed my 9 year old budding scientist and she was mesmerized!

Methinks Dan Pink might have some thoughts about this...

I wish there was a Diigo "like" button for comments.

George Couros is a MUST follow on Twitter. I really like this post he wrote. It covers new v. experiences teachers, tech integration, parents, and "listening to the nay-sayer". It's a good (and quick) read.

Loved #3, the demographics of our cohort is proof of the debunking of that assumption. My colleague PB and I are two of the oldest teachers at our school and we, along with our team members, are considered leaders in tech integration. I agree it is all about mindset, not age.

I agree with you, John. I went to MassCue on Thursday and noticed that the majority of the teachers there were veteran teachers. I think that years of experience give teachers the necessary understanding and confidence it takes to create change. Veteran teachers in our school also see and value the great ideas of newer teachers and work with them to make teaching better for all students.

This is an interesting infographic. Perhaps this is why the flipped model has gotten some traction. The truth is that because of the internet and social media we get a lot of our information and communication done via video. Heck, my own kids haven't ever really talked on the phone. They only video chat with our relatives using FaceTime. Like all other teaching tools, though, video needs to be varied with other methods and it requires a great teacher for the information to have the right impact on the kids. Summary: When I was a student, 'using video in education' mostly meant showing a movie in class. Which to me, as a student, was clearly much better than the alternative of a lecture. With so much interactive multimedia technology available to today's students, 'video in education' means way more than it used to.