"So, what is a Hashtag?
First thing you need to know that is has to do with Twitter, the microblogging service, which is quickly becoming mainstream (even the local tire store, now advertises their Twitter username)."
"Twitter can be overwhelming, even for a seasoned Twitterer.
We use tools, such as Tweetdeck, to help us organize the tweets coming in
--we use #hashtags to filter and connect our conversations
--we @mention, we RT, we DM, we #FF
--we participate in #edchats
--we give credit where credit is due
--we take notes
--we disseminate interesting information to our network
--we amplify our voices to engage in conversation with people from around the world
Yes, it can be overwhelming to follow a conference Twitter hashtag such as #AASSA15 (Association of American Schools in South America Annual Educators Conference . (Day 1, Day 2, Day 3).
You will find a few sample sreenshots of Tweets from the AASSA conference in Curaçao. Unpacked and annotexted to make the value of Twitter as a Professional Development tool, a learning tool visible to the untrained eye."
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#BLC14 Building Learning Communities: Sharing My Notes
July 20, 2014 - Conferences, Featured Carousel, Sketchnoting - no comments
Alan November's Building Learning Communities in Boston is one of my favorite conference. The sheer stimulation to my thinking and creativity, the networking with so many brilliant minds, the sharing of successes and failure and meeting so many new interesting educators is unparallelled.
I am sharing my notes in the spirit of enticing readers to dig further into the thoughts and material shared by keynoters and presenters. Show your information literacy by researching the #BLC14 Hashtag, scouting the presenters' individual blogs, Twitter and slideshare accounts, explore some of the links, or using keywords from my sketchnotes (ex. "participatory culture", "making learning visible", "Digital Dualism", etc.) to google further information."