862013 - 7292014 - Archive collection


7/29/2014 - 7PM - What are the attributes of a good school culture and what are those of a bad school culture?

7/29/2014 - 1600CET - Faculty/Department Meetings: How can they better serve the faculty or departments?

7/22/2014 - 7PM - Is creativity a necessary quality for an educator? What is a specific example of creativity by you or a colleague?

7/22/2014 - 1600CET - What would be the best plan for collaboration in your district for it to have the most impact?

7/15/2014 - 7PM -  Has the infrastructure & the culture of your school evolved enough to allow tech-supported, innovative teaching & learning?

7/15/2014 - 1600CET -  Is blended learning, a combination of class time (seat time) & online time a feasible model for education in the future?

7/8/2014 - 7PM - Can true authentic learning take place within the Common Core?

7/8/2014 - 1600 CET - What is one thing you are going to do or try in upcoming school year?

7/1/2014 - No #edchats due to ISTE

6/24/2014 - 7PM - How could we make it possible to take students who exhibit mastery in a subject and move them forward regardless of age?

6/24/2014 - 1600CET - With all reform talk what specific positive changes have been made in you school by yourself colleagues or admins?

6/17/2014 - 7PM - If schools in areas of poverty find it difficult to attract teachers of high quality, what are the factors that create this situation?

6/17/2014 - 1600CET - #ISTE14 is fast approaching which begs the question: What should educators expect to gain from big education conferences?

6/10/2014 - 7PM - Being constructive in your ideas, what can the US Dept of Ed specifically do to make positive changes to improve education?

6/10/2014 - 1600CET - With the hundreds of issues that effect teaching & learning, what should be the primary focus for change in education?

6/3/2014 - 7PM - What can we do as teachers to foster parent engagement?

6/3/2014 - 1800CET - Based on your own personal connected experience, how can we offer a program of connected learning to students?

5/27/2014 - 7PM - ow has technology specifically affected your teaching either positively or negatively?

5/27/2014 - 1600CET - What are the advantages for administrators to participate in professional development workshops with their staff?

5/20/2014 - 7PM - What must districts do to meet the professional development needs of Teachers & Administrators?

5/20/2014 - 1600CET -  If it's necessary for schools 2 have systemic plans to integrate tech into ed how best can teachers be brought into the plan?

5/13/2014 - What does critical thinking really mean? What does it look like? How is is fostered in the classroom?

5/13/2014 - 1600CET - How is technology causing classroom management to evolve?

5/6/2014 - 7PM - How do we change the idea of compliance & control being a significant part of learning as we continue through the 21st Century

5/6/2014 - 1600CET - In what specific ways have you grown as an educator as a result of your being connected through social media?

4/29/2014 - 7PM - What are the main reasons educators resist connected collaboration and how do we overcome & break down the resistance?

4/29/2014 - 1600CET - With all the collab. thru connectedness leading to ideas for ed change how do we implement action plans thru connectedness?

4/22/2014 - 7PM - Where are thoughtful discussions of pedagogy & methodology to change the education system taking place? How do educators effectively participate?

4/22/2014 - 1600CET - How have writing, or reading blogs affected your teaching and how has it affected your students' learning?

4/15/2014 - 7PM - What is just one policy in your school that, if changed, would have a positive effect on learning?

4/15/2014 - 1600CET - If we were throw out grouping kids by age, what would be the best alternative to to group them?

4/8/2014 - 7PM - If Professional Development is such an important part of educators being relevant and effective, how are schools doing their best in delivering it? 

4/8/2014 - 1600 CET - In what specific ways, if any, does your school exhibit an need for the education reform we hear so much about?

4/1/2014 - 7PM - If a poll was to be taken about the effects of technology integration in education, would all teachers be the best candidates to take it?

4/1/2014 - 1600CET - Why are not teachers the primary reason for low test score performance as politicians and edu reformers would have the public believe?

3/25/2014 - 7PM - How much autonomy should teachers have in regard to curriculum? 

3/25/2014 - 1600 CET - What are specific things that administrators should address or avoid to make faculty meetings meaningful? 

3/18/2014 - 7PM - If collaboration is such an important component to learning,what can districts do to promote and support collaboration amongst educators? 

3/18/2014 - 1600CET - Are Educational Conferences effective? How can they be more effective? 

3/11/2014 - 7PM Will Project based & problem based learning, gamification or authentic lrng ever make gains on Lecture & Direct Instruction?

3/11/2014 - 1600CET - With CEO of Success Academy, Eva Moskowitz earning $475,000 a year are interests of her Charters focused on kids or profit?

3/4/2014 - 7PM What are the most effective changes in education that educators should file behind to affect a paradigm shift in education? 

3/4/2014 - 1700CET - What purpose should blogs have in the life of an educator? 

2/25/2014 - 7PM - Are the ideas & contributions of connected educators making a difference in education or is it an echo chamber of a like-minded minority? 

2/25/2014 - 1700CET - If grades are an indication of potential wouldn't portfolios be a proof of potential? Should we not adopt portfolios over grades? 

2/18/2014 - 7PM - If kids learn a different rates, why do we house them by age? What are better alternatives? 

2/18/2014 - 1700CET - Has the flipped model been tried by you or a colleague. What has the result been? 

2/11/2014 - 7PM How do we change a teacher's view of Tech as a distraction from learning, to that of an attraction to be a gateway to learning? 

2/11/2014 - 1700CET -  If innovation is a goal of ed & is promoted through higher order thinking skills, why do we focus on worksheets?

2/4/2014 - 7PM What would be the effect of building collaboration and reflection time into your work schedule? 

2/4/2014 - 1700CET - How do teachers as education experts regain the leadership of the discussion on education reform? 

1/28/2014 - 7PM - What is Authentic Learning and what role should it play in today's education? 

1/28/2014 - 1700CET - With less than a third of our population completing college with degrees, should college continue to be main goal of Ed?

1/21/2014 - 7PM - What are specific ways in which we can make education more student centric? 

1/21/2014 - 1700CET - What are the pluses and minuses of Powerpoint presentations? What are the alternatives?

1/14/2014 - 7PM - In what ways do you find thought leadership for your profession? Where do you turn for the influential education?

1/14/2014 - 1700CET - Does being a parent make a difference in being an educator? What are those differences?

1/7/2014 - 7PM - How has the use of Technology been accepted and used by your colleagues? What are the differences between adopters and laggards?

1/7/2014 - 1700CET - What are the specific changes in your education philosophy that have taken place since you have become a teacher? 

12/17/2013 - 7PM How do we assess whether Inclusion programs have been successful, or just ongoing placeholders? 

12/17/2013 - 1700CET - If stdts are to have a greater voice in deciding their learning,how do we work that into a system?

12/10/2013 - 7PM As a connected educator, what are the specific differences you have noted between the connected and unconnected educators? 

12/10/2013 - 1700CET - If all educators will be required to teach digital literacy, what do all educators need to know in order to be digitally literate? 

12/3/2013 - 7PM - If Admins are lead educators, where and when do they get to display their skills as an educator. Should they be required to do so? 

12/3/2013 - 1700CET - How can educators use less seat time for students as a result of blended learning to their advantage?

11/26/2013 - 7PM - What are the possibilities open to education if we used mastery instead of age to advance students in the system? 

11/26/2013 - 1700CET - What is Authentic Learning and what role should it play in today's education? 

11/19/2013 - 7PM -  Is there still a fear of tech among educators that prevents them from collaboration through technological connectedness?

11/19/2013 - 1700CET - Does the prevailing Professional Development meet the needs for educators to be Digitally Literate & Relevant?

11/12/2013 - 7PM - What explanations/reasons would you offer for 1/2 of new teachers dropping out of profession in first 5 years of service?

11/5/2013 - 7PM How do we shift lessons from teacher-centric to student - centric and should this be a priority in education?

10/29/2013 - 7PM - As a teacher, if the choice was yours, would you take your school 1:1 laptops, BYOD or little or no districtwide Tech?

10/29/2013 - 17CET - What changes can we expect in education as blended learning begins to be adopted more by institutions of learning?

10/22/2013 - 7PM - If connected educators are such a positive thing for education, why aren't all educators, or even a majority, connected?

10/22/2013 - 1700CET - Should students have more of a voice in their education and what would that look like?

10/15/2013 - 7PM - Edcamps have been growing in popularity over the last few years. Why are they receiving support over traditional Professional Development?

10/15/2013 - 1700CET - When it comes to observations of teachers, what should be acceptable and what should be off limits?

10/8/2013 - 7PM - What are some positive changes that can be made to department and faculty meetings to give them a more positive influence on the school culture?

10/8/2013 - 1700CET - What part should reflection play in the life of an educator and in what ways could it manifest itself?

10/1/2013 - 7PM Acknowledging that computers will not replace teachers, what are the influences and effects that technology has (or will have) on teaching?

10/1/2013 - 1700CET - Fun is a very big positive in learning. What should we do as Teachers to promote it in lessons and as Administrators to promote it school wide?

9/24/2013 - 7PM - With so much research now pointing to the lack of a positive effect of homework on learning, why do so many educators still give it?

9/24/2013 - 1700CET - What lists of things could we devise that would be helpful in getting more educators connected & connected educators better?

9/17/2013 - 7PM -  October is Connected Educator Month, #CEM. What are some specific suggestions to get more of our colleagues to connect?

9/17/2013 - 1700CET School culture has a great effect on lrng in a school/district. What specifically can we do to promote a positive culture?

9/10/2013 - 7PM With the advancement of technology and the internet, it is time to train educators and students to adapt to blended teaching/learning?

9/10/13 - 1700CET - There is a strong belief among some educators that poverty is the biggest factor in a failing ed system. What do you think?

9/3/2013 - 7PM - What changes could be made to the school calendar & daily schedule that would significantly improve learning?

9/3/2013 - 1700CET - How do teachers deal with administrators whose Edu philosophy calls for a 20th Cent. model of teaching & compliance?

8/27/2013 - 7PM - Classroom design is being talked about more and more. How should the classroom of today look and what changes can we make going forward in our own classrooms to make them better for learning?

8/27/2013 - 1700CET Kids may not know what’s needed in education, but they do know how they best respond to their learning. How do we involve their voice in the education conversation?

8/20/2013 - 7PM - If we all benefit from collaborative learning, what can we do specifically to promote collaboration in and outside of school buildings?

8/20/2013 - 1700CET If teachers controlled what their PD looked like, what are the specifics of how it would be different from what it is offered now?

8/13/2013 - 7PM - With the new school year about to begin, what are the specific things that you will be doing differently this year?

8/13/2013 - 1700CET If we could support ONE idea that would have the most positive effect on education. what would that be?

8/6/2013 - 7PM - Are programs like 1:1 Laptops, iPads, Chromebooks and BYOD having a positive effect on education?

8/6/2013 - 1700CET - If teachers are hesitant to leave their comfort zones to learn, how effective is Professional Development in a school system if it is determined by teachers?