Educhat Revisited

We've had a number of runs at Educhat over the past few months, and a recent email has me thinking out loud about how we might use this bi-weekly meeting to facilitate meetings along the model of professional learning communities.



If you'd like a reminder about how Educhat was originally envisioned, check out this earlier post.

Tag Yourself as 'TwitterTeacher'

One of the things we've been trying to get our heads around on Twitter for Teachers, is how educators can find others with similar portfolios. In discussion with Ed Webb on a feed called "Do we want to list 'Teachers on Twitter'?" we happened upon a unique solution that engages teachers in 'tagging themselves'.

Our strategy leverages Twitter, Delicious, and Google Reader (or any other RSS reader). If you know these tools, the explanation below may well set you on your way towards subscribing to a wide variety of TwitterTeachers!

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Twitter for Teachers: The e-Book

How would you like to co-author an e-book?

Yesterday afternoon, after purchasing the domain www.twitterforteachers.com, I began framing a wiki to host the development of a resource for teachers new to Twitter. Now that the site has begun to take shape, you are hereby invited to share your ideas as a member of the collaborative that will draft this e-learning resource.