In what ways do teachers lead in online spaces?

Bud Hunt @budtheteacher iPhone: 40.499180,-105.035375 I'm learning. http://www.budtheteacher.com

(Auto generated) 33,720Tweets 1,649Following 7,015Followers 525Listed

following: paul allison chad meenoo Edtechtalk NWP site leaders cvwponline writingproject

Chad Sansing @chadsansing Central VA, USA Chad teaches humanities at a charter school and blogs about reforming classroom practice. NBCT, NETS*T http://classroots.org

8,105Tweets 1,896Following 1,696Followers 152Listed

Paul Allison @paulallison New York, NY English Teacher at East-West School of International Studies and Tech Liaison for the New York City Writing Project http://paulallison.tumblr.com

(auto-generated) 4,682Tweets 2,348Following 2,147Followers 340Listed

following: Chad Meenoo Bud NWP Site Leaders Youth Voices NYCwp

Meenoo Rami @mrami2 SLA English teacher- constantly learning about teaching, books, edtech. Founder & moderator of #engchat. Teacher-Consultant for #nwp through #philwp. http://engchat.org

auto-generated 778Tweets 383Following 1,798Followers 140Listed

follows: Chad Bud Me

Lacy @now_awake I am, I exist

twitter picture, http://a2.twimg.com/profile_images/72017462/feb_061.jpg "wulcm to the cesol" (not background picture too)

(auto-generated) 898Tweets 142Following 115Followers 12Listed

Lacy is one of the bloggers on this site blog at UNCC WP. Site was also designed by Lacy.

Paul Allison [ allisonpr@gmail.com , Weblogs & Wikis & Feeds, Oh My! ] has been been teaching ever since he graduated from Hunter College, CUNY in 1983. After a few years in the desert (Utah), and a couple of years at the High School of Art and Design, NYC, he had a wonderful dozen years at University Heights Secondary School, Bronx, NY, where hPaul Allisone learned that doing school better didn't have to be the same-old, with more effort. After that, Paul worked with English Language Learners at the International High School in Queens for three years. After 9/11, there was a lot of talk about doing meaningful work. At the same time, Paul was finding himself being seduced by new forms of literacy on the Internet. An opportunity to become a "studio teacher" of technology at East Side Community High School, NYC presented itself in the Summer of 2002, and worked there for several years. Currently Paul teachers English at eht East-West School of International Studies in Flushing, Queens. Another community that Paul is a part of is the New York City Writing Project. He was a participant in the NYCWP's Summer Invitational in 1985, and he has worked for the NYCWP in various ways ever since. Currently, with Felicia George, Paul is the NYC Technology Liaison for the National Writing Project.

about ttt, http://teachersteachingteachers.org/?page_id=2 (also Susan here)

Introduction Paul Allison has been been teaching and learning ever since he graduated from Hunter College, CUNY in 1983. After a few years in the desert (Utah), and a couple of years at the High School of Art and Design, NYC, he had a wonderful dozen years at University Heights Secondary School, Bronx, NY, where he learned that doing school better didn't have to be the same-old, with more effort. After that, Paul worked with English Language Learners at the International High School in Queens for three years. After 9/11, there was a lot of talk about doing meaningful work. At the same time, Paul was finding himself being seduced by new forms of literacy on the Internet. An opportunity to become a "studio teacher" of technology at East Side Community High School, NYC presented itself in the Summer of 2002, and Paul taught "New Journalism" at ESCHS for five years. In the Fall of 2007, Paul moved back the the Bronx to teach "New Journalism" in grades 6 -12 at East Bronx Academy for the Future, then he taught English for three years at the East-West School for International Studies. Currently Paul teaches English at the Bronx Academy Senior High. bronxbash.com Another community that Paul is a part of is the New York City Writing Project. He was a participant in the NYCWP's Summer Invitational in 1985, and he has worked for the NYCWP in various ways ever since Paul is the NYC Technology Liaison for the National Writing Project. Bragging rights I commute on foot, running some days, biking others. I do a weekly webcsast called Teachers Teaching Teachers. I've been a member of the New York City Writing Project since 1985. Occupation English teacher Employment Bronx Academy Senior High English Teacher, 2011 - present New York City Writing Project Tech Liaison, 2000 - present Education New York University English Education, M.A., 1988 - 1990 Hunter College, CUNY English, B.A., 1979 - 1983 Art Students League Painting with

Paul Allison Teaching students how to engage in random acts of commenting kindness on YouthVoices.net

Chad teaches humanities at a charter school and blogs on reforming classroom practice and democratic education.

A writing/sharing site for youth that Paul Allison manages and designs with colleagues and students. Read more about, http://youthvoices.net/about

also, pallison (http://youthvoices.net/users/pallison)

We are a site for conversations. We invite youth of all ages to voice their thoughts about their passions, to explain things they understand well, to wonder about things they have just begun to understand, and to share discussion posts with other young people using as many different genres and media as they can imagine! Youth Voices is a school-based social network that was started in 2003 by a group of National Writing Project teachers. We merged several earlier blogging projects. We have found that there are many advantages to bringing students together in one site that lives beyond any particular class. It's easier for individual students to read and write about their own passions, to connect with other students, comment on each others work, and create multimedia posts for each other. Further, it's been exciting for us to pool our knowledge about curriculum and digital literacies. If being part of such a community makes sense to you, we invite you to join us too. We welcome any teacher interested in having students publish online and participate in the give and take of a social network like Youth Voices.

Personal First Name: Lacy Last Name: Manship Contact Twitter (link) Blog (link) About Me Teaching Level: Primary Writing Project Site: UNC Charlotte Writing Project | North Carolina

Meenoo posts announcements on the SLA website where she teaches ... can't get to her list without logging in.

Introduction http://budtheteacher.com/blog/about Occupation Learner Employment St. Vrain Valley School District Learner, present Places lived Map of the places this user has lived Northern Colorado, USA Gender Male

Lacy Manship Location: Charlotte : NC My Blogs Thinking through the Chinks Manship Baby Blog Blogs I Follow (list of blogs)

Education

Lacy's role here?

Lacy via email ... "teaching a section of Family and Community in Child and Family Studies at UNCC this semester and we do have a class blog going that we will keep updating and we do some other online work like with Google Forms/Docs for research"

beginning of year show; excitement about working happening on Youth Voices (example of student editing wikipedia photo and the posting); also challenges (teachers of younger students not comfortable with title of post of one of Paul's students); also Paul's old computers and kind of excited; students are thrilled about the work online and talking about it; talking more about projects like Margaret working on like storybird with her students -- and about the intention of the tool versus how the students used it, agency and communication about the forum, interesting to learn from, students rough drafting first and then in this forum that driven by the images, so where are we going to end up?; also students appreciated feedback on their stories; talking about the design of the forum and the intentions and communication opening up teacher thinking about it and working with it; once Matthew received so much response and is excited -- found it very motivated (young writing in 2nd grade); getting him to write even though he's verbal ... storybird has really helped him motivate him.; Paul asking about a suggestion Margaret made about writing about Fall in their area ... but maybe won't work in this area ... love to hear what others think; we have a mission for the K-6th graders but it may not work but would love to hear from others ... and/or Paul suggested that maybe we can give a choice of different tools; idea of a collaborative voicethread comes up; asking about how you do that ... as well as other recommendations ... sketckfu as another idea. Provocative title issue comes up ... did appreciate the thoughtfulness of the comments but certainly the title is a read flag .. want to learn more -- how was it handled? Paul and Briana edited the title ... Briana said Paul was wrong to make a more provocative title. Learning experience -- is this also a learning experience for the community too since this is a place where teachers and students will make mistakes. Our responsiven

About #engchat #engchat is a network of English teachers connecting with one and another via Twitter to share ideas, resources and inspiration. This conversation happens every Monday at 7 PM EST. To join, search for the hashtag, #engchat in twitter or use a tool such as TweetChat to help you follow the discussion. Each week, a guest moderator shares a new idea, perspective or vision of what it means to be an English teacher. More than a conversation, #engchat, is a community. Check out this list of #engchat participants to connect with them directly. I hope you'll join this community and share your ideas and talents as a teacher. Thank you, Meenoo Rami (links to her twitter, http://twitter.com/#!/mrami2)

#engchat: community, conversation and collaboration for English teachers

Chad Sansing Chad teaches humanities at a charter school and blogs on reforming classroom practice at Classroots.org and CoopCatalyst.

Chad Sansing has written 61 posts for Cooperative Catalyst