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Twitter for Teachers. Find this page at: DitchThatTextbook.com/twitter Set up your Twitter account by going to: twitter.com Remember (or write down) your username and passwordAfter you enter your name/e-mail/Twitter username, you can close the tab/window you have open, go back to Twitter and log back in.

Twitter for Teachers

A quick, 90-second video showing what you might find on Twitter: A good 12-minute video walking you through the basics of Twitter: Some just read other people’s posts and click on links. Each of these is a hashtag (with # in front … a way to tag and find content). Some Twitter accounts worth following: @INeLearn — Indiana’s elearning (digital learning) office. HASHTAGS — Go to these hashtags to find other great people to follow: #INeLearn — Indiana elearning#engchat — English teachers#sschat — Social studies teachers#mathchat — Math teachers#scichat — Science teachers#edchat — General education#edtech — Educational technology#tlap — Teach Like a PIRATEAnd, of course … #DitchBook — Ditch That Textbook!

Practical Ed Tech Presentations and Workshops. Our Makerspace Journey. The Stewart Middle Magnet School Library Makerspace Journey I first started my makerspace journey at Stewart Middle Magnet School in January 2014 with a few bins of K’nex spread out on some library tables.

Our Makerspace Journey

It then grew and expanded into a thriving program and a vital part of the library and school. Take a look back at our journey and see what we learned along the way. The Makerspace changed, grew and evolved since it was first conceived and started in January 2014. Follow along with the first two years of the story here. (Note: I left Stewart in May 2017, but the makerspace there continues to grow. Quick Background on Stewart Our school was originally Blake High School, a segregated high school that opened in the 1950s. Our school has a focus on engineering, robotics, aerospace and video game design. A Blog by Krissy Venosdale. 50 Of The Best Teaching And Learning Apps For 2016. 50 Of The Best Teaching And Learning Apps For 2016 by TeachThought Staff What are the best teaching and learning apps for 2016?

50 Of The Best Teaching And Learning Apps For 2016

That’s a good question this post looks to answer. Every year, we put together a collection of what we believe are the best teaching and learning apps for that year. (Here, for example, is our 2015 version of the list below, where you will notice about half the apps are the same, and half have changed. This year, we were asked by the good folks at Easelly (the infographic and visual data platform) to create a collection of resources that while including their apps, would curate a lot of good stuff teachers would benefit from in 2016. Additionally, Easelly has created a free eBook–How to Use Easel.ly in your Classroom–which is a useful tool for teachers integrating Common Core standards, for example, which call for students to work with different mediums to extract key ideas and data. Disclosure of Material Connection: This is a “sponsored post.” NeverEndingSearch — @joycevalenza by Joyce Valenza.