I’ve been thinking a lot about Twitter this week and the profound impact that it has had on my professional learning and teaching practice. I’ve
Tag: Twitter for teachers
Singapore 2019 Google Certified Innovator Energiser #SEA19
This week was the Google Certified Innovator Academy in Singapore. Congratulations to #SEA19, the latest cohort of Innovators! As usual, the Academy was followed by
A fresh look at social media (article for ‘VSA Insights’)
‘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
Four features to manage busy Twitter
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,
Climbing the Hill to Get Social (podcast episode for ‘Get Inspired and Innovate’)
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
Why every teacher should have a PLN (podcast episode for ‘Making Better Teachers’)
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.
Why should teachers be connected and, specifically, why Twitter?
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
Sins to avoid as teacher tweeters
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,
Social media in the primary classroom
Social media is controversial. It generally has a bad reputation and can stir up many passionate opinions, mostly negative. The idea of introducing sites such
Introducing #pypbookstudy slow chats
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
Guest post: Balancing work and play in the sands of Sudan (by Zach Groshell)
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,
The power of a professional learning network (collaboration with Kriti Nigam)
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
Are you a connected educator?
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
Tweetdeck for organised Twitter
When I encourage colleagues to use Twitter for daily inspiration, a common criticism of the platform is that the feed becomes very full! This is
Twitter induction for teachers
My first ever blog post was Twitter: PD at your fingertips. I wrote about my love of Twitter, and how I use it to connect
The power of music… and Twitter
Exploring a theme through music is not something that I have really done before in teaching, but it is certainly something that I will do
Twitter: PD at your fingertips
One of the things that I’m so eager to share is my experience of using Twitter. It might not be for everyone, but I urge