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Edhashtag Clouds: Click, Explore, Connect

Teacher Reboot Camp

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 Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram) was invented 8 years ago today by Chris Messina on August 23, 2007.

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Edhashtag Clouds: Click, Explore, Connect

Teacher Reboot Camp

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 Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram) was invented 8 years ago today by Chris Messina on August 23, 2007.

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Epic Ways to Celebrate Pi Day

The CoolCatTeacher

Episode #32 with Scottish Maths Teacher Chris Smith From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Twitter handle: @aap03102. Chris Smith @aap03102 is a Maths teacher from Scotland where his irrational passion for Pi earns him geeky renown. is an individual photo of someone holding a digit of π!

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An #Edchat Conversation-Howard Rheingold and Critical Thinking

The Web20Classroom

When writing your question please include your first and last name, Twitter name and location. **We You can follow him on Twitter, [link] We would like to thank Betsy Aoki, Microsoft''s "Blog Queen" for helping us set-up this discussion with Howard. We will use the hashtag #HRChat for the discussion!

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The People and Moments That Define Us

A Principal's Reflections

After having assumed the duties of both athletic director and vice principal at New Milford High School I became the principal in 2007. It was then in 2009 that I possibly took the greatest risk of my young administrative career. Obviously my journey continues. As a young principal I made many mistakes in my early years.

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Experiences in Self-Determined Learning: Moving from Education 1.0 Through Education 2.0 Towards Education 3.0

User Generated Education

Philipp Schmidt (2007) provide an excellent comparison of how Education 1.0 Rarely do the results of those activities contribute back to the information resources that students consume in carrying them out (Keats & Schmidt, 2007, para. Education 1.0 can be compared to Web 1.0 Keats and J. is similar to Web 1.0. Education 1.0

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Teaching isn’t Rocket Science – It’s Way More Complex

The CoolCatTeacher

Doug Green on episode 284 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Doug: Well, the people that started this back in about 2007… They just started recording their lessons. Twitter: @DrDougGreen. And it just sounds overwhelming. Doug: Yeah. Blog: [link].