Digital Storytelling for Zero Week

As my district prepares to "go back" to school (we are eLearning for the foreseeable future) one of the concepts I've heard a lot about is Zero Week. If you're like me, you had never heard of Zero Week before this moment. Here's the easy explanation: during the first week, focus on ZERO content. Instead, …

Dear #worldgeochat,

When Ed and I first started messing with the idea of a geography chat group in November 2014, we never really imagined a network like we have today. We have dedicated, supportive educators who truly look to collaborate and make us all better. We’ve connected to amazing authors and organizations. We have all improved from …

Bringing Reality Shows to Geography

Truth be told, I actually love the chaos that every now and then happens in my room. I love the rambunctiousness, the sound, the laughter, the engagement of structured chaos. And thanks to an amazing activity that I replicated from Jill Webs, a middle school teacher living in the heart of the United States, the …

“My expectation is…” the cure (at least for today) for my chatty class

In education there are good years, and there are less good years. For me, this is a year that has been moving in a positive direction, but still wouldn't be listed as a "good year." And that's ok. I'm not complaining about it, I'm dealing with it and focusing on the positives I see daily. …

Jill Weber SPICEs up #worldgeochat

HI all, what an amazing chat tonight! Jill Weber brought it and did an amazing job guest moderating #worldgeochat. Here is the archive, if you like me, were unable to keep up with EVERYTHING. Enjoy everyone. See you next week. http://wke.lt/w/s/PQmn8

Hi all #worldgeochat folks, I found out through the amazing Matt Miller that you can curate (or archive) a Twitter chat pretty easily using Tweetdeck. This is my first attempt at this so hopefully I have everyone's input from our "Talking Assessments" chat from Tuesday, January 15th. To learn to curate your own tweets, checkout Matt …

Talking Assessments

Wow!! This has been an amazing ride coming onboard as a #worldgeochat moderator. It has been crazy since I was asked to do this and now is the first time I get to take charge of a chat and not just guest moderate. Are you ready? This week we will be talking about formative and …

#worldgeochat 2019 – new beginnings

Hello #worldgeochat chatters! As we begin 2019, we wanted to let you know about some changes happening. We've been doing #worldgeochat since 2014, which is amazing to think about. I tried to calculate a number of worldgeochats over the past five years, but I honestly can't figure it out. My best guess is that there …

Sorry #EduTwitter, we need to acknowledge failure

  This past week, @NatGeoEducation hosted #worldgeochat with the topic, "Learning from Failure." There were so many great examples shared of projects gone wrong and how we persevere and get past initial failures. The conversation continued long after #worldgeochat ended, and a Tweet really resonated with me. https://twitter.com/MrKoz31/status/1057777158578454528 We need to get past the EduTwitter …

#worldgeochat Preview – Using Comics in Geography

Tonight, long time #worldgeochat friend, James Caudill, leads us through how we can use comics in geography. If you are like me, and know very little about this topic, here are a couple of resources to help you out! How bringing comics into the classroom made me love teaching again - from Tim Smyth via …