If you are in education, love technology, and want to advance the experience and options for student learning, the #edchat hashtag is for you. Ardent educators come together every Tuesday from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. and 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. (EST) to discuss topics voted on the day before. This is arguably the best place on the internet to feel the pulse of the education industry and understand its major obstacles, perspectives, and insight. Luckily, the OpenStudy team also gains our daily perspective from CSO Ashwin Ram who teaches at Georgia Tech. Because we are a technology startup, our value is greater during the first session which usually revolves around technology.
Be prepared because the #Edchat stream is fast! Hundreds of tweets a minute make it difficult to keep up with real time. That’s why we’ve taken the liberty to create a visual list of the top 20 tweets during the first session. Last week’s #Edchat was fantastic so it had to be covered. We’ll be there tomorrow, will you?
Topic: How do we best build community in classrooms using edtech? How do we define community?
(20 Tweets)
To join in on the fun, set your search to #edchat and follow the community chat. If you’d like to add your input, just make sure to include #edchat into your tweet and you will have a chance to be one of the top twenty tweets of the hour!
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Very nicely done! May I ask…how did your capture the tweets in that way? Love the way it just brings them to life. So much more appealing-would love to post in such a way on my blog as well! BTW…I will be there tomorrow! Thanks!
Thanks for the comment Lisa. I use the twitter client Tweetie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tweetie) and take screen shots of each tweet. Tweetie is only compatible with Macs though. Let me know if you have any more questions.
I’ll see you tomorrow at #Edchat!
- Oliver
Great idea! It’s wonderful to get different people’s perpective on edchat and the discussions it’s really hard to follow every thread.
These tweets are beautifully presented!
I guess I now have a reputation to preserve!!
See you at edchat later!
Berni
Thank you for spreading the news about Edchat! I really enjoyed how you showed how the conversation flows together.
Very interesting concept. May I ask how you determine the top “best” tweets? For me, and probably many others, #edchat can’t be defined by a single tweet — It’s about the collaboration of the many tweets.
That said, the way you’ve presented these tweets may get others who don’t partake in #edchat to get an easy glimpse of the type of content created (Rather than them looking at the very long archive or a blog).
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts,
Elana
Elana,
Thanks for the comment. Yes, we have a review process in which our team studies the #edchat topic and thread. From there we take the top tweets that best exemplify the flow, concept, and conclusion of the chat. We normally only focus on the 12:00 session because it deals with ed tech.
Our intent is not to exclude any tweets; however we do want to provide a resource for teachers, parents, and students to experience the pulse of online innovation and collaboration. I hope this answers your question and let me know if you have any more.
Best,
Oliver
P.s. Btw, we are big Edutopio fans!