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Is Instagram a good platform for teachers?

January 24, 2021 Adam Hill

Tomorrow marks six months since I started my professional “teachergram” account (@adamhilledu). I’d like to take this opportunity to discuss Instagram as a platform for

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Adam Hill and Media By Example (podcast episode for ‘Social LEADia’)

January 5, 2020 Adam Hill

In a previous blog post, I described Social LEADia as “the book I wish I’d written”. This highly relevant book and its much-needed messages are shifting

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A fresh look at social media (article for ‘VSA Insights’)

July 21, 2019 Adam Hill

‘VSA Insights’ is a regular column on our school’s internal blog, ‘Victoria Wednesday’. This article was written back in March but I revisited it this

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Four features to manage busy Twitter

July 7, 2019 Adam Hill

My PLN is always growing. I love connecting with new educators and getting inspiration from their sharing. I recently passed a milestone of 10K followers,

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Climbing the Hill to Get Social (podcast episode for ‘Get Inspired and Innovate’)

June 23, 2019 Adam Hill

I seem to be recording a lot of podcast episodes lately! I have more in the pipeline as well because many of my PLN connections

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Ten blogs that inspire this one (second edition)

April 21, 2019 Adam Hill

A while ago, I listed ten education blogs that inspire this one. If you missed it, I encourage you to read that first list and

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21st Century Learning Conference 2019

March 10, 2019 Adam Hill

This weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the 11th Annual 21st Century Learning Conference (my first time at this event) and it was even

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Why every teacher should have a PLN (podcast episode for ‘Making Better Teachers’)

February 24, 2019 Adam Hill

I was honoured to be invited on the Making Better Teachers podcast with Kevin O’Shea. Kevin is an inspirational educator and a valued member of my PLN.

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Why should teachers be connected and, specifically, why Twitter?

October 14, 2018 Adam Hill

This was the question that I tweeted out last week. My aim was to gather a few quotes for my upcoming workshop. I’ll be facilitating

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My advice for NQTs

August 19, 2018 Adam Hill

The start of a new academic year is an exciting time but it can also be nerve-racking. It’s the final day of my summer break

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Sins to avoid as teacher tweeters

May 27, 2018 Adam Hill

Twitter is my favourite social media platform for teachers. I have promoted it many times on this blog because my Twitter connections provide daily support,

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Year of the Dog: teachers should #BeMoreDog

February 18, 2018 Adam Hill

On Friday 16th February 2018, we entered a new lunar year: Year of the Dog. I am reminded of an old UK advertising campaign. Who

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Ten blogs that inspire this one

November 26, 2017 Adam Hill

Last weekend, I published my one hundredth blog post. Reaching this milestone made me reflect on my journey as a blogger and got me thinking

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We’re all on the same team

August 20, 2017 Adam Hill

A few weeks ago, I published a post called My issue with Teachers Pay Teachers. I expected it to be controversial, but I didn’t expect the

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Introducing #pypbookstudy slow chats

August 6, 2017 Adam Hill

Our book study group for PYP teachers has been in action for one year already. During that time, PYP teachers from all over the world

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Guest post: Balancing work and play in the sands of Sudan (by Zach Groshell)

July 30, 2017 Adam Hill

Zach Groshell has been teaching overseas for six years and is particularly fascinated with instructional coaching and technology integration. He currently lives in Sudan and,

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My issue with Teachers Pay Teachers

June 11, 2017 Adam Hill

This has been a draft for over a year! I am keen to share my thoughts on this, but I am nervous about actually publishing

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The power of a professional learning network (collaboration with Kriti Nigam)

May 31, 2017 Adam Hill

Kriti Nigam has taught different curricula over a journey of fourteen years. She has been facilitating PYP Grade Five for four years, currently working at

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Are you a connected educator?

February 5, 2017 Adam Hill

I haven’t blogged for a while because I’ve been exploring Delhi, Jaipur and Agra (‘The Golden Triangle’, India). I got to see once in a

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