Twitter Lists: Curate the Awesome in One Categorized Place!

Twitter lists are a way for you to bring hashtags and twitter users that you follow together in one place. For example, you could create a list for all of the people that you follow that tweet about the topic of Educational Technology is one list, give it a name and revisit it each and every day, instead of searching out individual users day in and day out! Sounds amazing, right? Here's how:

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Rotational Model of Hybrid Learning

In my local IU there has been a lot of discussion about the Rotational Model of Hybrid Instruction. I like the model! In this model the class is split within three groups, helping to differentiate for individual needs, where there are 3 stations within the classroom: Teacher Led, Collaboration station, and Independent Work station. Here is a fantastic EdSurge article on the model. It's also outlined in the video below.

I came across an article on the model that I liked which provides additional options for the the rotational model on top of the Teacher Led/Collaboration/Independent. You can find the article at this link.

I like that the additional models discussed in the article, such as the “Lab Rotation” may be able to meet additional needs that some learners have such as need for repeated exposure or hearing topics in more than one way, as well as possibility for assessment within the rotation.

Let’s say you use the Lab Rotation model for a day, a learner that requires multiple…

Growth Mindset, Grit and Technology

Last year I wrote a post Blogging and Growth Mindset, More Connected Than You Think. which detailed how you can leverage the reflection process built within blogging to grow the growth mindset in yourself and your learners. I would like to continue that conversation here with what I intend to be a series of posts on developing conscious thought patterns that lead us toward the Growth Mindset.

First, let's continue on the thought pattern that reflection can lead us toward a growth mindset. Beware, I'm about to go down a rabbit-hole, but I swear it'll come full circle!

The stories that you tell yourself about yourself, your habits, your abilities are all an echo chamber and a self-fulfilling prophecy. These stories are running in the background of your mind each time you make an action or choice. When I make a silly error tell yourself the story that "I'm not good with technology.", whether you voice it aloud or you tell yourself the story silently in your head …

Time is Precious, Lesson Plan for Multiple Purposes

We all dread the four letter word of education: TIME! I want to talk a little today about how you can get more out of your time with your kids, how to plan to hit multiple skills and domains at once.

This post is the start of a series of posts that I have in mind, on how you can multiply the number of skills that you are working on with your kids as you plan for lessons. I am going to make a few assumptions:
You believe that you are teacher of the whole child, not just your content area. (If you don't believe this please take some time to evaluate your position!)You believe that all skills, like content, can and should be taught. It is our job to teach these skills in school, for example the 4 Cs (you know the 4 Cs, right? 😏, just in case they are listed below.)CommunicationCollaborationCritical ThinkingCreation Let's say you want your kids to do a research project. When lesson planning you could simply through a rubric together or find one online, hand it out to the kids, and…

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