May 4th is the famous Star Wars day and a great time to catch up on some sage advice from teachers who offer tips on how to bring the force into your classroom. Below, I have collected over 10 posts full of ideas from how to manage your classroom like a Jedi to teaching math with Star […]
Category: #Edchat
All posts related to the Twitter teacher discussion founded by Shelly Sanchez Terrell (@ShellTerrell) and Tom Whitby!
The Impact of a Great Teacher #TeacherAppreciationWeek
“Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals with inadequate tools. The miracle is that at times they accomplish this impossible task.” – Haim Ginott Choosing to teach means you have a big heart, because you have chosen to transform society and the world by equipping students with the skills, abilities, and resources to make a meaningful […]
How Hashtags Can Empower You in 2016
“The hashtag, that ubiquitous pound sign followed by a keyword, are part of the language of social media.”- Neil Patel, Forbes In August 2007, Chris Messina introduced hashtags (#) into Twitter’s code, which meant anyone using the platform could add a # sign front of any word(s) without spaces to make it a clickable link leading to […]
LOL! Laugh Out Loud Learning! 10+ Resources
Enjoyed these resources? Get a copy of The 30 Goals for Teachers or Learning to Go. “The kind of humor I like is the thing that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes.” – William Davis Getting our students to laugh in our classes engages them. Humor is a powerful instructional tool that […]
40 Ways to Engage Them in the First 5 Minutes
If you like these ideas, take one of my courses or check out my books. Ask me about training your teachers, ShellyTerrell@gmail.com! One of the best ways I engaged my students were with prompts written on the board. Each day, my students would walk in the door and see the area with the prompt, challenge, or mission and knew they […]
Edhashtag Clouds: Click, Explore, Connect
Love these resources? Get your copy of The 30 Goals for Teachers or Learning to Go. In July 2009, I co-founded the Bammy winning education chat, #Edchat, which has inspired over 400 education hashtags! The hashtag (# in front of a word without spaces, which transforms the word into a url on social media sites, like […]
When Education Leadership Fails You #Edchat
“What is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right.” – Howard Cosell Educators connecting online can transform your life. I’ve shared this many times as a connected educator evangelist. We can use our audience and followings to share students’ voices or support teachers who need mentors, ideas, and the […]
Go on an Epic Selfie Conference Adventure
Recently added to the Survival Tips for Teachers and Goal: Go on an Epic Selfie Adventure Selfie- a picture taken of oneself shared via social media. Each year, I present at various face-to-face and virtual conferences around the world. I remember to take tons of pictures of the memories and magical moments shared with teachers I […]
The Conversation We Need To Have With Leadership
This post is part of Scott McLeod’s Leadership Day 2014 PD should give your Ts a GEM: it should “Grow You”, “Engage You”, and “Mean something to you” — GNichols (@Think_teach) August 6, 2014 Mission: Value Your Time This year, many of us will spend hours in school meetings feeling demotivated, bored, unappreciated, and stressed. We […]
#Edchat Summary: Bringing Students into the Discussion to Improve Schools by @inquirebook
Guest post from @inquirebook in the #Edchat Category & other 12noon NYC summaries found on Berni Wall’s blog! Today’s #edchat topic, How do we bring students into the discussion on how to improve the school environment? was intriguing. In the discussion, most participants pointed out that we cannot invite students to the table unless we are also […]