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Goal: Test the Power of Hashtags

Teacher Reboot Camp

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 a page where all tweets with this hashtag were aggregated. The Power of Hashtags.

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Goal: Test the Power of Hashtags

Teacher Reboot Camp

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 a page where all tweets with this hashtag were aggregated. The Power of Hashtags.

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Learning @Learning2

The Thinking Stick

The things we have tried, the failures, the successes and how a little conference that was suppose to be a one off in 2007 in Shanghai, China has turned into a yearly conference that sells out in a matter of months and is slowly spreading….is We were one of the first conferences to use Twitter. I pinch myself. to a conference.

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Dave Burgess Talks Student Engagement #MondayMotivation #tlap

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. All you need to do is head over to leave a review on iTunes and just include your Twitter or Instagram handle so we can reach you. . Dave Burgess on Twitter @ burgessdave. Hooking students into a lesson is part of our essential craft of teaching.

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How Scratch and Minecraft Developers Hope to Keep Kids Coding For Life

Edsurge

It was there that one of the most popular learn-to-code tools, developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten group, was born in 2007. How is that community? Natalie Rusk, MIT Developer and Researcher.

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Ten Resources and Next Steps: Education and Poverty….ASCD 2016

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

As always, I invite you to follow me on twitter ( @ mjgormans ). Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. As always, I invite you to follow me on twitter ( @ mjgormans ).

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Designing Student-Centered Learning Experiences With Technolgy

EdTechSandyK

I also reached out to my "extended cooperative network" for ideas via Twitter. At one point I was at a loss for how to approach loading our files to our Google website, so I sent a message via Twitter, and within minutes, five people had sent me suggestions. cooperative learning lamar pedagogy pln twitter' In Web 2.0: