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Our next #LCPSedChat will be May 7th at 8 pm.  Dr. Eric Williams will be guest moderating this month so be sure to join us.  Below is the topic and questions we will cover.  We hope you can join us. Guest Moderator: Dr. Eric Williams @ewilliams65 When: May 7, 2015 at 8pm Where: Twitter (use Twubs.com or tweetchat.com to follow the conversation more easily) Hashtag: #lcpsedchat Who: EVERYONE! Looking for LCPS teachers...ALL are welcome! Topic: Students and authentic problem solving 1) Why did you go into education? 2) What does an ideal graduate look like? 3) What are examples of authentic problems that students have addressed in your class, school or district? 4) What advice do you have for teachers who engage students in solving authentic problems? 5) How can engaging students in solving authentic problems help recapture the joy of teaching and learning? 6) How does engaging students in solving authentic problems develop the attributes of idea...

February ’ s LCPS Twitter Chats This Month’s Topic: The 4 C’s and 21 st  Century Classroom What can you do to increase collaboration and communication in your classroom?   What are your biggest hurdles to encouraging problem solving?    Is creativity encouraged in your classroom?  How?  Join fellow LCPS educators as we examine and explore the ways to change what happens inside LCPS schools and classrooms. Have a cool activity or tip that you would like to share, be sure to check out the Twitter chat on  Februar y  5 th . Questions and Suggestions When : February 5 t h , 2015 at 8pm How:  Login to Twitter and simply search the hashtag #LCPSedchat Where : Via Twitter… So where ever you and your phone are. ;-) What : “ 4C’s and 21 st  Century Classroom ” Hashtag : #lcpsedchat Who : EVERYONE! ALL are welcome! This month’s Twitter chat will be moderated by @mhaseltine, @jbreynoldsTRT and @mikespeidel....

Our next #LCPSedChat will be January 8th at 8 pm.  We are discussing assessment! Can't wait to chat with you! Hashtag: #lcpsedchat When: Thursday night 1/8/15 8pm EST Who: EVERYONE! Looking for LCPS teachers...ALL are welcome! Topic: Assessment Why is assessment important to your teaching? What is your favorite way to conduct formative assessment? How do you make assessment authentic? What is the most affective way to provide students feedback on assessments? What are some ways that you do summative assessment? What are resources/tools that you use for assessment? FAQ Sign into either tweetchat.com or twubs.com to follow the conversation. Sign in USING your twitter username & password. Type in #lcpsedchat. Now, the sites will automatically put the #lcpsedchat into every tweet for you. EVERY tweet must include the #lcpsedchat to be seen by the group. Introduce yourself and jump into the chat. Ask questions, answer questions. This...

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Our November Twitter chat was a roaring success. Thank you to all who participated! This month we will be discussing student engagement. We can't wait to hear all of the amazing things you are already doing with your students to engage them in their learning. Come ready to share and ready to learn! Can't wait to see you on Twitter at 8pm on December 4th! What does student engagement look like in today’s classroom? How can we leverage technology to promote student engagement? How do we light the fire of learning within our students? Join fellow LCPS educators as we examine and explore the ways to change what happens inside LCPS schools and classrooms. Have a cool activity or tip that you would like to share, be sure to check out the Twitter chat on December 4, 2014 . When : December 4 th , 2014 at 8pm EST How: Login to Twitter and simply search the hashtag #LCPSedchat Where : Twitter (You may want to use twubs.com or tweetchat.com to follow the chat) Hashtag : #lcp...

Thank you to Ruth Ayres for weekly celebrations.  Please join us over at Ruth's blog .  I'm writing this wrapped up in a blanket with a yummy cup of coffee and Bella sitting by my feet feeling so grateful for a lazy Saturday morning.  Brisk autumn temperatures with a shining blue sky makes me feel like everything is right in the world.  I celebrate being a connected educator. This week with colleagues, Mike & JB, we facilitated the first Twitter Chat for our county!  It was amazing. Have you ever started something new? We wondered if it would be just the three of us tweeting back and forth. It wasn't! The archive had over seven hundred tweets! I love the energy and ideas and connections made during a twitter chat. I'm grateful for those who attended and I celebrate the risk of those teachers who tweeted for the first time that night. When I think of teachers, that's what I see...people taking risks, collaborating, celebrating and being the best...

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Thank you to Margaret for this link up for Digital Literacy ! The connections that I've made on Twitter and by blogging have been invaluable! These connections have made me a better teacher! This week we are starting a chat on Twitter for the teachers in Loudoun County. The hope is others find their own PLN! Please join us and share your experiences and your knowledge. The details are below... When: November 6, 2014 First Thursday of the month at 8pm Where: Twitter (use Twubs.com or tweetchat.com to follow the conversation more easily) What: Chat topics & questions will be announced before the chat. Hashtag: #lcpsedchat Who: EVERYONE! Looking for LCPS teachers...ALL are welcome! Topic: Connected Educator What does being a CE mean to you? Where do you go to connect? Advantages to being a CE? How do you encourage others to connect? How has it changed you as an educator? Who do you follow? FAQ Sign into either tweetchat.com or ...

I love ending the week with celebrations! Thank you Ruth !  Please join us and share your celebrations! I celebrate my favorite season...AUTUMN!  I've noticed the colors that greet me each morning, the brilliant skies each evening and the gorgeous leaves shining on the trees.  I celebrate authors, in particular, Sharon Draper. I got the opportunity to hear her speak this week and I loved every moment of it. From the moment her talk began, I could see the teacher in her! She captivated the audience and a couple of my students came out to hear her! What an amazing night!!  I celebrate ZONE Day in class. The final day of the quarter is a celebration of reading. We read. Ninety minutes of reading. It's like the best day of the year. Here are some of my students after they've settled in to their books. What a joy it is to witness this and be a part of it!!! (I read two and a half books!!) I celebrate my PLN! I celebrate the ideas that yo...