For EDU 300, I'm required to locate, read and reflect on three education-related Twitter chats. I started by reading the archive of tweets from the Teacher Librarian chat held Mondays at 8pm #tlchat. The topic I chose was on advertising and displaying books. There were tons of great ideas. For example, I love the idea of asking parents and students to record book reviews and making these available in the library (you could use QR codes for this). Another interesting idea was to have local celebrities be guest readers and create posters. I like this because for very young children, local celebrities (e.g. the lady who rings up the groceries etc.) are more relevant than "real" celebrities. Next, I checked out a chat called #teacherwellness. I devote a lot of time to wellness in my personal life and I think wellness is so important. I know that many teachers quit within the first 4 years of their career due to burnout or other factors. So teacher wellness is a topic that I feel is important. I found these great actionable ideas for being more positive. I recently finished the book Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy by Sheryl Sandberg. She had the suggestion of writing down three things you believe you did well before bed to combat negativity. (Many of us may think about what we did not-so-well before drifting off!) I thought this might be a useful practice in the classroom - ask students to reflect on what they did well and felt proud of - not just requiring reflection when there is a problem! I see the "Happy Teacher Challenge" suggestions as being another great way to be more positive.
Finally, I checked out #MexEdChat because I'm interested in bilingual education, international education and have experience teaching ESL in a Spanish-speaking country. I was interested to learn about virtual fieldtrips! This is one to Antigua, Guatemala for Semana Santa (the largest Semana Santa celebration in Central/South America). This event I was fortunate enough to attend in person and it was a very beautiful event ... worth attending in person and virtually!
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