Tagboard and Twitter Chats

I shared this really awesome tool, Tagboard. It was posted by Richard Byrne.  He has a website called freetechforteachers.com.  

Retweetin'

Richard Byrne

Tagboard pulls together #s from all over the net - Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Google+, etc (see picture) and presents them in a beautiful interface making it easy to scroll through and browse.  With more and more people (albeit at a glacial pace) moving to Google+ for PD, searching it might benefit users.  

Here's how it works.

Just add a #.

That interface!

I took part in a Twitter chat called #EdTechBridge.  The chat focused on project based learning - specifically how they are graded.  I've always been fascinated  by the idea of using project as a way for students to learn. I find that it is a daunting task to get started, so I am always looking for tips. I am trying to start an initiative at my school where we would start with, say, 50 students, and try to create a PBL-based curriculum for them all 4 years.  

Chattin' and retweetin'

I am somewhat glad that this screen grab has Craig Kemp on it.  Craig is an educator in Singapore.  The first twitter chat that I took part in was a chat that he started, #whatisschool.  That chat tries to reimagine what school can and should be.  It has provided me with amazing ideas that I've learned from educators around the world.

My opinion of these chats is relatively positive in that I can get a ton of ideas from them and I love to chat in the theoretical.  Gets me away from the mundane