Attend an Edcamp is part 9 of 13 Ways Teachers Can Hack Their Learning. There are several types of conferences that you can attend, and one of the most interesting is an Edcamp. Dubbed the “unconference”, an Edcamp is a participant led conference where only a loose outline of the day’s activities is planned. Sessions are…
Listen to Podcasts is part 8 of 13 Ways Teachers Can Hack Their Learning. Hot on the heels of RSS is Podcasts, a technology that relies on RSS to work. What are podcasts? The idea of podcasts has been around since the 1980s, but what is now commonly referred to as podcasts started in the…
This week it’s all about the teachers hacking their own learning. 1. Blogging (13 Ways Teachers Can Hack Their Learning) Using blogging to share, publicize, and reflect. 2. Use Twitter (13 Ways Teachers Can Hack Their Learning) Teachers can use Twitter to collaborate, publicize, and reflect. 3. Participate in a Twitter chat (13 Ways Teachers…
Use RSS to stay up to date is part 7 of 13 Ways Teachers Can Hack Their Learning. When I see RSS as part 7 I’m filled with doubt. I believe I should have put this at 1 or 2, but I must have had a reason I put it where I did when I…
Form a reading group is part 6 of a 13 part series, 13 Ways Teachers Can Hack Their Learning. Several of the tips I’ve posted have involved collaboration of some sort, like blogging or Twitter chats. A reading group is a great way to not only read something like George Couros’ The Innovators Mindset but to…
Read is part 4 of a 13 part series, 13 Ways Teachers Can Hack Their Learning. Read! No, I’m not being ironic. Reading is a pretty popular activity in the United States, with over 75% of adults having read at least one book in the last year. As school teachers, we get caught up in all of the…
Take an online course is part 4 of a 13 part series, 13 Ways Teachers Can Hack Their Learning. Take an online course Online courses aren’t just for students, there are many ways teachers can take an online course to increase their knowledge and get experience. Depending on your school district and local professional development…
Participate in a Twitter chat is part 3 of a 13 part series, 13 Ways Teachers Can Hack Their Learning. Although I touched on Twitter Chats yesterday, today I want dig deeper into what Twitter chats are and why you would want to participate. What is a Twitter chat? When Twitter was first released to…
Good discussion starters for those moving from an information environment of carefully vetted resources (libraries and print publication with journalistic integrity) to, well, the Internet. It seems our lessons did not take. To our detriment and possibly to the deteriment of our nation. While the ability to spot “fake” news on the Internet has always…
This is part 2 of a 13 part series, 13 Ways Teachers Can Hack Their Learning. Why Twitter? Twitter launched in July of 2006 as a social network for SMS (cellphone text messaging). Labeled as a “microblogging” site, Twitter was a way to post short. 140 character messages to the world. Much like blogging, Twitter is…