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EdchatHistory

Page history last edited by Shelly S. Terrell 8 years, 8 months ago

Many people wonder how #Edchat began. It all started with a dm- a private tweet started by Thomas Whitby (@TomWhitby) with Shelly Sanchez Terrell (@ShellTerrell). 

 

In July 2009, Thomas Whitby, an adjunct professor, was having many discussions with educators worldwide about the state of education and how to transform it. He realized the potential of many more being added to the discussion so he dmed Shelly Sanchez Terrell (@ShellTerrell) with this idea. Shelly Terrell suggested there should be a hashtag and together they decided on a weekly conversation with the hashtag #Edchat. Tom Whitby suggested they add Steven Anderson, (@Web20classroom), to the collaboration since he was an education technology guru. Steven Anderson suggested the weekly poll so that topics would be a community vote and that poll system is still in use today. 

 

After the launch of Edchat, we had discovered other ed leaders, such as Rodd Lucier, were at the forefront of using Twitter as a way to gather teachers together to share ideas and discuss issues. Read more about Rodd Lucier's (@TheCleverSheep), Educhat here, Thecleversheep.blogspot.ca/2009/03/launch-of-educhat.html

 

Enjoy this video that was made to gain momentum for the #Edchat conversation that has been the inspiration for over 400 teacher chats worldwide. 

 

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