Monday, September 15, 2014

#EduRead - 9/17/2014 - How to Tacklet Student-Led Discussions

Welcome again to #EduRead - the weekly twitter chat focused on an educational article.

This Week's Article:
This week's article is How to Tackle Student-Led Discussions from ASCD.  Please join us at 8pm Central on Wednesdays to chat!

Archive of the Chat
Weren't able to make it to the chat? Need to refresh your memory on that great idea mentioned during #eduread?  **Storify posted after chat**

About #EduRead
If you would like to submit an article to be read, please click here!

How it works:
1. Each week, we will post an article to be read here on the blog and publicize it on twitter using the hashtag #EduRead

2. We will have a weekly chat to discuss the article on Wednesday nights at 8pm Central.

3. If you choose, during that week, feel free to publish a blog post reflecting on the article or how you applied it to the classroom.

4. If you blog about the article, please post a link to your blog post in the comments section here so that we have an archive of blog posts relating to that week's article.

Monday, September 8, 2014

#EduRead - 9/10/14 - How Do You Plan?

Welcome again to #EduRead - the weekly twitter chat focused on an educational article.

This Week's Article:
This week's article is "How Do You Plan" by Grant Wiggins.  Please join us at 8pm Central on Wednesdays to chat!

Archive of the Chat
Weren't able to make it to the chat? Need to refresh your memory on that great idea mentioned during #eduread?  **Storify posted after chat**

About #EduRead
If you would like to submit an article to be read, please click here!

How it works:
1. Each week, we will post an article to be read here on the blog and publicize it on twitter using the hashtag #EduRead

2. We will have a weekly chat to discuss the article on Wednesday nights at 8pm Central.

3. If you choose, during that week, feel free to publish a blog post reflecting on the article or how you applied it to the classroom.

4. If you blog about the article, please post a link to your blog post in the comments section here so that we have an archive of blog posts relating to that week's article.

Monday, September 1, 2014

#EduRead - 9/3/2014 - Visible Thinking in HS Math

Welcome again to #EduRead - the weekly twitter chat focused on an educational article.

This Week's Article:
This week's article is Visible Thinking in High School Math.  Click here to read the article.  Please join us at 8pm Central on Wednesdays to chat!

Archive of the Chat
Weren't able to make it to the chat? Need to refresh your memory on that great idea mentioned during #eduread?  Read the Storify of tonight's chat!

About #EduRead
If you would like to submit an article to be read, please click here!

How it works:
1. Each week, we will post an article to be read here on the blog and publicize it on twitter using the hashtag #EduRead

2. We will have a weekly chat to discuss the article on Wednesday nights at 8pm Central.

3. If you choose, during that week, feel free to publish a blog post reflecting on the article or how you applied it to the classroom.

4. If you blog about the article, please post a link to your blog post in the comments section here so that we have an archive of blog posts relating to that week's article.

Monday, August 18, 2014

#EduRead - 8/20/14 - Never Say Anything a Kid Can Say

Welcome again to #EduRead - the weekly twitter chat focused on an educational article.

This Week's Article:
This week's article is Never Say Anything a Kid Can Say.  You can access the article by clicking HERE.  Please join us at 8pm Central on Wednesdays to chat!

Archive of the Chat
Weren't able to make it to the chat? Need to refresh your memory on that great idea mentioned during #eduread?  **Archive posted after the chat**

About #EduRead
If you would like to submit an article to be read, please click here!

How it works:
1. Each week, we will post an article to be read here on the blog and publicize it on twitter using the hashtag #EduRead

2. We will have a weekly chat to discuss the article on Wednesday nights at 8pm Central.

3. If you choose, during that week, feel free to publish a blog post reflecting on the article or how you applied it to the classroom.

4. If you blog about the article, please post a link to your blog post in the comments section here so that we have an archive of blog posts relating to that week's article.

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

#EduRead - 8/13/14 - Teaching with Problem Solving

Welcome again to #EduRead - the weekly twitter chat focused on an educational article.

This Week's Article:
This week's article is Teaching with Problem Solving.  You can access the article by clicking HERE.  Please join us at 8pm Central on Wednesdays to chat!

Archive of the Chat
Weren't able to make it to the chat? Need to refresh your memory on that great idea mentioned during #eduread?  Read the archive

About #EduRead
If you would like to submit an article to be read, please click here!

How it works:
1. Each week, we will post an article to be read here on the blog and publicize it on twitter using the hashtag #EduRead

2. We will have a weekly chat to discuss the article on Wednesday nights at 8pm Central.

3. If you choose, during that week, feel free to publish a blog post reflecting on the article or how you applied it to the classroom.

4. If you blog about the article, please post a link to your blog post in the comments section here so that we have an archive of blog posts relating to that week's article.

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

#EduRead - 8/6/2014 - A Framework for Culturally Responsive Teaching

Welcome again to #EduRead - the weekly twitter chat focused on an educational article.

This Week's Article:
This week's article is "A Framework for Culturally Responsive Teaching", published in Educational Leadership magazine.

Archive of the Chat
Weren't able to make it to the chat? Need to refresh your memory on that great idea mentioned during #eduread?  View the archive here

About #EduRead
If you would like to submit an article to be read, please click here!

How it works:
1. Each week, we will post an article to be read here on the blog and publicize it on twitter using the hashtag #EduRead

2. We will have a weekly chat to discuss the article on Wednesday nights at 8pm Central.

3. If you choose, during that week, feel free to publish a blog post reflecting on the article or how you applied it to the classroom.

4. If you blog about the article, please post a link to your blog post in the comments section here so that we have an archive of blog posts relating to that week's article.

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

#EduRead 7/30/2014 - The Myth of Learning Styles

Welcome again to #EduRead - the weekly twitter chat focused on an educational article.

This Week's Article:
This week's article is "The Myth of Learning Styles" from Change Magazine.  Please join us on Wednesday night at 8pm Central!

Archive of the Chat
Weren't able to make it to the chat? Need to refresh your memory on that great idea mentioned during #eduread? **Archive posted after the chat**

About #EduRead
If you would like to submit an article to be read, please click here!

How it works:
1. Each week, we will post an article to be read here on the blog and publicize it on twitter using the hashtag #EduRead

2. We will have a weekly chat to discuss the article on Wednesday nights at 8pm Central.

3. If you choose, during that week, feel free to publish a blog post reflecting on the article or how you applied it to the classroom.

4. If you blog about the article, please post a link to your blog post in the comments section here so that we have an archive of blog posts relating to that week's article.

Monday, July 21, 2014

No #EduRead this week!

Due to TMC14, the #EduRead chat for July 23 has been cancelled.  We will resume normal operations the following Wednesday! :)

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

#EduRead - 7/16/2014 - Why I Stopped Putting Grades on Papers

Welcome again to #EduRead - the weekly twitter chat focused on an educational article.

This Week's Article:
This week's article is "Why I stopped putting grades on papers" by Ashli.  Please join us on Wednesday night at 8pm Central!

Archive of the Chat
Weren't able to make it to the chat? Need to refresh your memory on that great idea mentioned during #eduread? Check out the archive of the chat!!

About #EduRead
If you would like to submit an article to be read, please click here!

How it works:
1. Each week, we will post an article to be read here on the blog and publicize it on twitter using the hashtag #EduRead

2. We will have a weekly chat to discuss the article on Wednesday nights at 8pm Central.

3. If you choose, during that week, feel free to publish a blog post reflecting on the article or how you applied it to the classroom.

4. If you blog about the article, please post a link to your blog post in the comments section here so that we have an archive of blog posts relating to that week's article.

Sunday, July 6, 2014

#EduRead - 7/9/2014 - Even Geniuses Work Hard

Welcome again to #EduRead - the weekly twitter chat focused on an educational article.

This Week's Article:
This week's article is Even Geniuses Work Hard by Carol Dweck. In this article, Dweck again works with the ideas of fixed vs growth mindsets, which many of us are familiar with due to her book, Mindset. Please join us on Wednesday night at 8pm Central!

Archive of the Chat
Weren't able to make it to the chat? Need to refresh your memory on that great idea mentioned during #eduread? Check out the archive of the chat!!
**Archive posted after Wednesday's chat**

About #EduRead
If you would like to submit an article to be read, please click here!

How it works:
1. Each week, we will post an article to be read here on the blog and publicize it on twitter using the hashtag #EduRead

2. We will have a weekly chat to discuss the article on Wednesday nights at 8pm Central.

3. If you choose, during that week, feel free to publish a blog post reflecting on the article or how you applied it to the classroom.

4. If you blog about the article, please post a link to your blog post in the comments section here so that we have an archive of blog posts relating to that week's article.

Monday, June 30, 2014

#EduRead - 7/2/14 - Faster Isn't Smarter

Welcome again to #EduRead - the weekly twitter chat focused on an educational article.

This Week's Article:
This week's article is Faster Isn't Smarter. Please join us on Wednesday night at 8pm Central!

Archive of the Chat
Weren't able to make it to the chat? Need to refresh your memory on that great idea mentioned during #eduread? Check out the archive of the chat!


About #EduRead
If you would like to submit an article to be read, please click here!

How it works:
1. Each week, we will post an article to be read here on the blog and publicize it on twitter using the hashtag #EduRead

2. We will have a weekly chat to discuss the article on Wednesday nights at 8pm Central.

3. If you choose, during that week, feel free to publish a blog post reflecting on the article or how you applied it to the classroom.

4. If you blog about the article, please post a link to your blog post in the comments section here so that we have an archive of blog posts relating to that week's article.

Saturday, June 21, 2014

#EduRead - 6/25/14 - Creating a Differentiated Math Classroom

Welcome again to #EduRead - the weekly twitter chat focused on an educational article.

This Week's Article:
This week's article is Creating a Differentiated Mathematics Classroom. Please join us on Wednesday night at 8pm Central!

Archive of the Chat
Weren't able to make it to the chat? Need to refresh your memory on that great idea mentioned during #eduread? Check out the archive of the chat!

(Thanks to Beth from Algebra's Friend for leading and archiving this week's chat!)

About #EduRead
If you would like to submit an article to be read, please click here!

How it works:
1. Each week, we will post an article to be read here on the blog and publicize it on twitter using the hashtag #EduRead

2. We will have a weekly chat to discuss the article on Wednesday nights at 8pm Central.

3. If you choose, during that week, feel free to publish a blog post reflecting on the article or how you applied it to the classroom.

4. If you blog about the article, please post a link to your blog post in the comments section here so that we have an archive of blog posts relating to that week's article.

Sunday, June 15, 2014

#EduRead - 6/18/2014 - The Case For and Against Homework

Welcome again to #EduRead - the weekly twitter chat focused on an educational article.

This Week's Article:
This week's article is The Case For and Against Homework by Robert Marzano. This week's article explores some of the research behind the ever-popular issue of homework. For most of us, homework can be a hot topic, so I'm really eager to hear your thoughts as we chat about the article. Please join us on Wednesday night for this week's discussion!

Archive of the Chat
Weren't able to make it to the chat? Need to refresh your memory on that great idea mentioned during #eduread? Check out the archive of the chat!


About #EduRead
If you would like to submit an article to be read, please click here!

How it works:
1. Each week, we will post an article to be read here on the blog and publicize it on twitter using the hashtag #EduRead

2. We will have a weekly chat to discuss the article on Wednesday nights at 8pm Central.

3. If you choose, during that week, feel free to publish a blog post reflecting on the article or how you applied it to the classroom.

4. If you blog about the article, please post a link to your blog post in the comments section here so that we have an archive of blog posts relating to that week's article.

Monday, June 9, 2014

#EduRead - 6/11/14 - Teaching Students to Ask their Own Questions

Welcome again to #EduRead - the weekly twitter chat focused on an educational article.

This Week's Article:
This week's article is Teaching Students to Ask their Own Questions. This week's submission is by the authors of Make Just One Change and as we all know, very small changes in our teaching practice can have huge impacts in student achievement. With the increased emphasis in education on "inquiry learning", I think this week's article will really push me as an educator to make small, but significant changes in my classroom. Please join us on Wednesday night for this week's discussion!

Archive of the Chat
Weren't able to make it to the chat? Need to refresh your memory on that great idea mentioned during #eduread? Check out the archive of the chat!
**Will be posted shortly after the chat!**

About #EduRead
If you would like to submit an article to be read, please click here!

How it works:
1. Each week, we will post an article to be read here on the blog and publicize it on twitter using the hashtag #EduRead

2. We will have a weekly chat to discuss the article on Wednesday nights at 8pm Central.

3. If you choose, during that week, feel free to publish a blog post reflecting on the article or how you applied it to the classroom.

4. If you blog about the article, please post a link to your blog post in the comments section here so that we have an archive of blog posts relating to that week's article.

Monday, June 2, 2014

#EduRead - 6/4/2014 - Homework: A Math Dilemma

Welcome again to #EduRead - the weekly twitter chat focused on an educational article.

This Week's Article:
This week's article is "Homework: A Math Dilemma and What to do About It". The homework issue is typically a topic that comes up about this time every year as teachers starting reflecting on the 13-14 school year and brainstorming how to improve for the upcoming year. I'm eager to hear your thoughts as we look at this homework issue again this year. Please join us on Wednesday night to chat!

Archive of the Chat
Weren't able to make it to the chat? Need to refresh your memory on that great idea mentioned during #eduread? Check out the archive of tonight's chat!


About #EduRead
If you would like to submit an article to be read, please click here!

How it works:
1. Each week, we will post an article to be read here on the blog and publicize it on twitter using the hashtag #EduRead

2. We will have a weekly chat to discuss the article on Wednesday nights at 8pm Central.

3. If you choose, during that week, feel free to publish a blog post reflecting on the article or how you applied it to the classroom.

4. If you blog about the article, please post a link to your blog post in the comments section here so that we have an archive of blog posts relating to that week's article.

Monday, May 26, 2014

#EduRead - 5/28/2014 - Mental Mathematics Beyond Middle School

Welcome again to #EduRead - the weekly twitter chat focused on an educational article.

This Week's Article:
This week's article is "Mental Mathematics Beyond Middle School". I'm really excited to chat about this article because this is a topic that has come up in twitter chats in the past, especially when discussing multiplication facts, etc. We've all had frustrations with our students not recalling their elementary arithmetic skills or putting things like 10x35 in their calculators. How can we develop these mental math skills in our secondary (and post-secondary) math students?

Archive of the Chat
Weren't able to make it to the chat? Need to refresh your memory on that great idea mentioned during #eduread? Check out the Storify of tonight's chat! **Will be posted soon after the chat!**

Sadly, Storify has not been working for me lately... Here's a tagboard of the #eduread hashtag: https://tagboard.com/eduread

Thanks to @kklaster, we have an archive in Google Docs!

About #EduRead
If you would like to submit an article to be read, please click here!

How it works:
1. Each week, we will post an article to be read here on the blog and publicize it on twitter using the hashtag #EduRead

2. We will have a weekly chat to discuss the article on Wednesday nights at 8pm Central.

3. If you choose, during that week, feel free to publish a blog post reflecting on the article or how you applied it to the classroom.

4. If you blog about the article, please post a link to your blog post in the comments section here so that we have an archive of blog posts relating to that week's article.

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

#EduRead - 5/21/2014 - Raising a Moral Child

Welcome again to #EduRead - the weekly twitter chat focused on an educational article.

This Week's Article:
This week's article, Raising a Moral Child was submitted by @jrykse for this week's chat. While the article is aimed at parents, quite a bit of it would apply to our classrooms as well. Please join us on Wednesday to discuss it!

Archive of the Chat
Weren't able to make it to the chat? Need to refresh your memory on that great idea mentioned during #eduread? Check out the Storify of tonight's chat! **Will be posted soon after the chat!**

About #EduRead
If you would like to submit an article to be read, please click here!

How it works:
1. Each week, we will post an article to be read here on the blog and publicize it on twitter using the hashtag #EduRead

2. We will have a weekly chat to discuss the article on Wednesday nights at 8pm Central.

3. If you choose, during that week, feel free to publish a blog post reflecting on the article or how you applied it to the classroom.

4. If you blog about the article, please post a link to your blog post in the comments section here so that we have an archive of blog posts relating to that week's article.

Monday, May 12, 2014

#EduRead - 5/14/2014 - What Does Multiplying Two Candy Bars Really Mean?

Welcome again to #EduRead - the weekly twitter chat focused on an educational article.

This Week's Article:
This week's article, "What does Multiplying Two Candy Bars Really Mean?" is about writing in math class from the April 2014 issue of Educational Leadership. This article actually ties in to some of our previous articles, so I'm really excited to hear your thoughts! We would love to have you join us this Wednesday!

Archive of the Chat
Weren't able to make it to the chat? Need to refresh your memory on that great idea mentioned during #eduread? Check out the Storify of tonight's chat! **No Storify is available this week - sorry!**

About #EduRead
If you would like to submit an article to be read, please click here!

How it works:
1. Each week, we will post an article to be read here on the blog and publicize it on twitter using the hashtag #EduRead

2. We will have a weekly chat to discuss the article on Wednesday nights at 8pm Central.

3. If you choose, during that week, feel free to publish a blog post reflecting on the article or how you applied it to the classroom.

4. If you blog about the article, please post a link to your blog post in the comments section here so that we have an archive of blog posts relating to that week's article.

Monday, May 5, 2014

#EduRead - 5/7/14 - How Good is Good Enough?

Welcome again to #EduRead - the weekly twitter chat focused on an educational article.

This Week's Article:
This week's article: How Good is Good Enough? is from the December 2013/January 2014 issue of Educational Leadership magazine and the article is about what "mastery" really is.

Archive of the Chat
Weren't able to make it to the chat? Need to refresh your memory on that great idea mentioned during #eduread? Check out the Storify of tonight's chat! **Storify did not cooperate - So sorry that there isn't an archive this week!**

About #EduRead
If you would like to submit an article to be read, please click here!

How it works:
1. Each week, we will post an article to be read here on the blog and publicize it on twitter using the hashtag #EduRead

2. We will have a weekly chat to discuss the article on Wednesday nights at 8pm Central.

3. If you choose, during that week, feel free to publish a blog post reflecting on the article or how you applied it to the classroom.

4. If you blog about the article, please post a link to your blog post in the comments section here so that we have an archive of blog posts relating to that week's article.

Sunday, April 27, 2014

#EduRead - 4/30/14 - The Many Uses of Exit Slips

Welcome again to #EduRead - the weekly twitter chat focused on an educational article. I hope each of you are enjoying the #EduRead chat because I know I am having a great time! I love that each article we've read has been full of great, easy-to-implement ideas! I need to figure out a way to organize my articles though.. right now I have them stuffed in a folder and I'm afraid I'll lose all of my annotations!

This Week's Article:
I can't wait to read and discuss this week's article: The Many Uses of Exit Slips. It is from the October 2012 issue of Educational Leadership magazine and the article definitely touches on so many useful topics, from classroom closure to formative assessment. Please join us this week and share your insights!

Archive of the Chat
Weren't able to make it to the chat? Need to refresh your memory on that great idea mentioned during #eduread? Check out the Storify of tonight's chat.

About #EduRead
If you would like to submit an article to be read, please click here!

How it works:
1. Each week, we will post an article to be read here on the blog and publicize it on twitter using the hashtag #EduRead

2. We will have a weekly chat to discuss the article on Wednesday nights at 8pm Central.

3. If you choose, during that week, feel free to publish a blog post reflecting on the article or how you applied it to the classroom.

4. If you blog about the article, please post a link to your blog post in the comments section here so that we have an archive of blog posts relating to that week's article.

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

#EduRead - April 23,2014 - How Am I Doing?

I am so excited about this week's article! I hope you enjoy it and remember to link your blog in the comments below!

This Week's Article:
This week we will be reading the article 'How Am I Doing?' from the September 2012 edition of Educational Leadership. The theme of the magazine was Feedback for Learning and this article is about how to provide effective feedback to our students. This article was actually the spark that started #EduRead, so please join us in our discussion!

Archive of the Chat
Weren't able to make it to the chat? Need to refresh your memory on that great idea mentioned during #eduread? Check out the Storify of tonight's chat.

About #EduRead
If you would like to submit an article to be read, please click here!

How it works:
1. Each week, we will post an article to be read here on the blog and publicize it on twitter using the hashtag #EduRead

2. We will have a weekly chat to discuss the article on Wednesday nights at 8pm Central.

3. If you choose, during that week, feel free to publish a blog post reflecting on the article or how you applied it to the classroom.

4. If you blog about the article, please post a link to your blog post in the comments section here so that we have an archive of blog posts relating to that week's article.

Sunday, April 13, 2014

#EduRead - Trial Run - April 16, 2014

#EduRead will officially start on April 23, but since the book chat for Powerful Problem Solving (#ppschat) wrapped up a week early, we are doing a trial run this Wednesday, April 16, 2014 at 8pm Central.

This Week's Article:
This week we will be reading the article 'Advanced Math? Write!' from the November 2002 edition of Educational Leadership. The theme of the magazine was Reading and Writing in the Content Areas and this article presents an easy to implement way to encourage writing in the math classroom.

Archive of the Chat
Weren't able to make it to the chat? Need to refresh your memory on that great idea mentioned during #eduread? Check out the Storify of tonight's chat.... Click here!

About #EduRead
If you would like to submit an article to be read, please click here!

How it works:
1. Each week, we will post an article to be read here on the blog and publicize it on twitter using the hashtag #EduRead

2. We will have a weekly chat to discuss the article on Wednesday nights at 8pm Central.

3. If you choose, during that week, feel free to publish a blog post reflecting on the article or how you applied it to the classroom.

4. If you blog about the article, please post a link to your blog post in the comments section here so that we have an archive of blog posts relating to that week's article.

Monday, March 31, 2014

Introducing #EduRead !!

If you have been a part of the #MTBoS for any extended period of time, you are probably familiar with the many book chats that we have done over the years. For me personally, the weekly book chats have been an amazing way to push myself as a teacher and learner, but unfortunately time is a major issue during the school year! Out of this frustration #EduRead was born!

The basic idea is that instead of a weekly book chat, we will discuss an educational article each week. The major benefit to reading an article versus a full book is that people have more flexibility to drop in and out of the chat each week depending on their personal schedule. It will allow us the professional dialogue that many of us crave without feeling committed to a 6-8 week book study... It's the best of both worlds!

If you would like to submit an article to be read, please click here!

How it works:
  1. Each week, we will post an article to be read here on the blog and publicize it on twitter using the hashtag #EduRead
  2. We will have a weekly chat to discuss the article on Wednesday nights at 8pm Central, starting April 23.
  3. If you choose, during that week, feel free to publish a blog post reflecting on the article or how you applied it to the classroom.
  4. If you blog about the article, please post a link to your blog post in the comments section here so that we have an archive of blog posts relating to that week's article.

Thanks for joining us on this journey!