Graphite Blog

JUNE 29, 2020

A PLN isn't just composed of people you interact with online, but online communities and social media platforms allow for an infinite number of possibilities and combinations depending on your interests. Once you understand the basics of how to use the platform, it's a breeze to connect with educators from around the globe.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 31, 2018

This is her fourth year teaching, so it’s all about that relationship that you form and how you can help each other out. We’re in a situation now that we can jump on social media and share and grow with each other, and my goal is to be able to connect people. Jody: It is.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 6, 2018

Podcasting How To’s and Tips with Jeff Bradbury. It had Dan Callahan on from — at that time, he was kind of working with the EdCamp Foundation and founders, and we just did a show on, “What Is EdCamp?”. The reason that we’re at EdCamp Buffalo is that I’ve heard your show, and it inspired me to create my own EdCamp.

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Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 17, 2019

The post #PottyPD: How to Make the Most of a Captive Audience (FREE TEMPLATE) – SULS043 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. My guest, Pam Hubler, is going to share how she uses #PottyPD to make the most of a captive audience. PottyPD: How to Make the Most of a Captive Audience (FREE TEMPLATE and guest post by @specialtechie).

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Educator Innovator

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

We held the first Edcamp in Philadelphia in May, 2010. We used social media to send out the word. The educators who had connected through social media now had a chance to meet face-to-face and enhance the relationships that they had already started. Each Edcamp is organized by educators, for educators.

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The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Some nail it like EdCamps and EduCon , and others leave something to be desired. When it comes to throwing a worthwhile conference, NYSCATE is one that knows how to make it happen. How NYSCATE Makes IT Happen! Making social media happen * Lisa Nielsen impressed by all that is going on in the social media kiosk.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JUNE 23, 2016

Lisa Dabbs, Tanya Avrith, and Erin Klein will be presenting about edtech tools, social media in education, #NTChat, and connected classrooms. Follow the hashtag #NotAtISTE16 and check out Sue Waters’ post on how to learn this week virtually if you are #NotAtISTE. Free food and drinks as well as hands-on presentations.

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TeacherCast

JUNE 7, 2015

Whether you are a teacher trying to figure out how to invest your limited class resource budget, or an edtech company trying to secure your place in the market, customer service is something to look at closely. Are they in the social media space I am already in? Looking for something great to share on your social media?

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 23, 2017

In today’s show, Peggy George discusses how to get the most out of ISTE 2017 even if you’re not at there: The #notatiste17 Google Group. How to share learning. How to deal with Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) if you can’t go. Listen to Terry Freedman talk about how to get the most out of education conferences and ISTE.

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Shake Up Learning

APRIL 30, 2019

The post How to Choose a Digital Assessment Strategy – SULS010 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. How to Choose a Digital Assessment Strategy with @teachmomrepeat! 08:10] – Kasey explains how her on-air coaching episodes work. [09:02] Heck, you may have even found something on this blog that sparked your interest.

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My Paperless Classroom

MARCH 27, 2018

Whether you are a teacher trying to figure out how to invest your limited class resource budget, or an edtech company trying to secure your place in the market, customer service is something to look at closely. Are they in the social media space I am already in? Look for Edcamps and offer support. Chat > Phone.

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The Web20Classroom

MARCH 18, 2013

And during the conference the Executive Director sent his first tweet and talked about the importance of educators to embrace social media to extend their learning. But no space, time, session, nothing, to talk to attendees about why be a connected educator or how to make that happen.

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Adam Welcome

AUGUST 6, 2016

Last year I was at an EdCamp and in a session with about thirty other educators. I can't exactly remember what the session was about, but our conversation turned to social media, access in schools and certain things being blocked. My Principal just says we can't unblock it." So why would everything be blocked?

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Tech Helpful

JUNE 29, 2017

Snapping, Gramming, and Scoping Your Way to Engagement- Shaelynn, Steven, and myself Educators Steven Anderson (@web20classroom) and Shaelynn Farnsworth (@shfarnsworth) created an interactive learning opportunity that challenged me in how to reach students, teachers, families, and constituencies with the use of social media.

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My Island View

JULY 5, 2017

Public education is a common experience for most Americans, which is why so many people often feel that they have the answers to how to fix what they perceive as a broken system. The Edcamp model of instruction for professional development seems to fit the bill for the needs of both educators and parents.

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Tech Helpful

JUNE 1, 2017

Are we just called to teach students how to navigate the internet or are we called to teach them how to add value to it as well? I've done this using social media, blogging, and various websites. On one side I immediately swiped it under the doormat when the words "crowdsource" and "crowdfund" appeared. integration?

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Graphite Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2015

To cement your bond, attend a local conference together or an Edcamp. Use the travel time to reflect together and brainstorm how to apply sessions to your classroom. People often start by lurking on social media. We are excited for each other when a lesson exceeds expectations. The connections are virtually limitless.

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EdTechTeam

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

With easy access to websites, blogs, online PD, webinars, YouTube, workshops, and social media, finding digital resources is not hard to do. School librarians can help curate what you need, model how to use them, and deploy them in a way that makes for efficient sharing. Ugghh, help, I can’t keep up! Your solution?

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The Web20Classroom

JANUARY 30, 2014

The PD centered around how to use clickers in the classroom. Edcamps too, while not brand new, have offered teachers and other educational professionals the opportunity to craft PD that is meaningful to them and really take back their own learning. Social Media. I remember my first professional development as a teacher.

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My Paperless Classroom

AUGUST 25, 2012

Rough Draft of EdCamp Session Card brought to you by Livescribe The first session was "My students need a PLN." But only during this conversation did I come to understand that my PLN is more of a mindset or a mode of interaction than it is a static resource, it is a how more than a what. This was a new topic and idea for me.

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Shake Up Learning

JUNE 3, 2015

Great group shot of #edcampusdoed w/ @arneduncan pic.twitter.com/oex1G4cNcg — Zac Chase (@MrChase) May 29, 2015 #EdCampUSA On Friday, May 29, I had the privilege to attend #EdCampUSA (aka EdCamp DOED) in Washington D.C. This was no ordinary EdCamp. This EdCamp was held at the U.S. GET YOURSELF TO AN EDCAMP!

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SpeechTechie

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Each year I enjoy the Edublog Awards season, which is ostensibly a competition but really a reminder of the importance of social media in education. In the past few years, quite a few of the SLPs participating in social media have represented in this event, as you can see in last year''s ASHAsphere post.

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Shake Up Learning

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Pam is a graduate of my Become a Google Trainer online course , and she shares her experience with the course and how it helped her with the Google Certified Trainer application and video. You may recognize Pam, as she is very active on social media and serves as one of the community managers of the Shake Up Learning Facebook Group.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 18, 2021

So if you want students to use this feature, you must show them how to enable it. Related: How to Mute ALL Students in Google Meet. Related: How to Integrate Google Classroom and Google Meet. She has presented at FETC, the EdTechTeam Low Country Summit, and EdCamps. PottyPD: How to Make the Most of a Captive Audience.

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 13, 2020

I also had to learn very quickly how to provide virtual professional development. See also: How to Design Google PD That Works! I needed them to understand how to navigate Google Classroom to make the class easy to follow as we moved through the training. It’s been a valuable experience in learning how to teach virtually.

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Adam Welcome

MARCH 6, 2016

Here is how they are getting it done: Student Run EdCamps Yes, you read that correctly. There are places across the country where EdCamps are being run solely by students. To learn more about her work and to witness firsthand how she does it, visit her site. Social Media Interns “Grown-ups love figures.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

OCTOBER 4, 2016

I can’t really comprehensively name all of the things that Nikki does, but here are a few: Co-founder of EdCamp Atlanta. She shared her frustrations, reached out to other people for ideas, and ultimately figured out how to easily use Youtube Live just like Hangouts on Air. Member of the EdSpeakers Group [link]. Get the Book.

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MSEDTechie

MARCH 11, 2016

Some teachers engage in creative learning spaces with makerspaces, some create “classrooms without walls” via social media), and some explore virtual and augmented reality. You don’t have to teach kids how to be makers. Check online, and you’ll see various options for “innovative teaching” fly across the Twittersphere.

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Tech Helpful

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Creating a culture of lifelong learning with digital tools helps students to see the importance of how quickly they can learn with the right keyword search. I also model this for other teachers when they ask me how to do something digitally and I find a resource online through Youtube or a blogpost and share it with them.

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The Principal of Change

JULY 7, 2017

Recently I started to read, “ How To Win Friends and Influence People ” by Dale Carnegie (I would suggest that every educator and administrator read this book), where he states the following: By criticizing, we do not make lasting changes and often incur resentment. Again, feedback is helpful, but delivery is crucial.

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EdTechTeacher

OCTOBER 31, 2016

With the social media buzz around the Apple Teacher Program , we’ve definitely seen how this resource sparks enthusiasm for learning new ideas. A quick glance at the #AppleTeacher posts everyone has been sharing on Twitter, prove that despite not having grown up with technology everyone can learn how to use it.

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MindShift

JANUARY 3, 2017

So after a colleague she admired and teachers she followed on social media began extolling the learning advantages of letting go of control in the classroom, Riley decided to give it a try. “I She shared her findings at a recent EdCamp gathering in New Jersey. I started out small,” she said. Holding myself accountable.

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Educator Innovator

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Kids have access to information; we must teach them how to navigate a world constantly evolving where content is at their fingertips. We would argue our students read and write more now than they ever have before—between texting, social media, gaming, and everything else they do in their digitally fueled, online lives.

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Adjusting Course

JANUARY 30, 2018

Finally, you can see real-time updates by checking out our school's hashtag on social media: #GWgreats. Providing students the opportunity to collaborate is not enough; they need instruction and feedback on how to work together. Students can create using high-tech, low-tech, and no-tech tools.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

Whenever possible, allow individual teachers or grade level/subject area teams to choose how to spend their designated funds, rather than purchasing the same tools for all staff members regardless of need. Celebrate teachers’ innovations publicly during staff meetings and on the school’s website and social media accounts.

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Another way to help organize your files and folders is to use hashtags as we use on social media. I have used hashtags for event files that have hashtags, like #edcamp. To learn how to make the most of thes features, see this post: 8 Ways to Find Anything in Your Google Drive. Leave “Shared with Me” Alone.

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My Island View

OCTOBER 5, 2016

I have always supported teachers and have a record of doing so during my very public run in social media for the last decade. Using pedagogy to teach seems the right way for educators to teach because they have all been educated on what it is, and how to use it for teaching. Therein lies the rub.

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