Recently I’ve been expanding my professional learning network and my grad school course encouraged that I participate in a Twitter chat. Seemed like an easy task... Until I Googled “Twitter chats for education with meeting times” and found endless lists of “the best” chats for teachers. Thoughts started swirling… Am I a bad teacher for just starting to participate? Ugh, the times they give are all in Eastern but I live in Texas. Okay, I’ll pick one. #GamesForEd made me excited for new ideas! But I forgot to log on and missed it. I put it on my calendar and set a reminder for the next one. Until I forgot about a meeting and missed #WeirdEd. This was definitely not easy. I have many students identified as gifted and talented. The #gtchat sounded perfect! Finally I was all logged on and then… Nothing. The hashtag was just being used for educational ads. I teach my students to use a growth mindset when they get frustrated. I need to as well. Next up: #mmpd. Logged on and searching again. There was a tweet! Someone else was participating! Except… There were only three of us. Not what I was expecting. Okay, last try. The assignment would be due soon and I was getting disappointed. I teach fourth grade so #elemchat would work. This blog post really hypes it up, too! There weren’t any moderators as Ed said (the post is from 2011, so maybe the chat is outdated). It was cool, however, as other teachers began asking and answering questions. I shared a few ideas and people tweeted back at me! Apparently I need to research the Universal Design for Learning. It was overwhelming and exhilarating. Maybe I’ll try again. I’ll keep my Twitter profile active, at least. References
Morin, Amanda. (n.d.) Universal design for learning (UDL): What you need to know. Retrieved from https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/treatments-approaches/educational-strategies/universal-design-for-learning-what-it-is-and-how-it-works WhatEdSaid. (2011, November 2). Effective professional learning (again) [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://whatedsaid.wordpress.com/2011/11/02/effective-professional-learning-2/
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