A friend of mine just got a position teaching fourth grade in another state.  This is a new grade for her, so I was trying to share some of the resources that may prove helpful.  For me that means Twitter and the chats that go along with it. *  Twitter has literally changed my life. [...]

Most Monday evenings,  I have been participating in Twitter chats with other 4th grade teachers from across the country.  We hold these #4thchats on Mondays from seven to eight PM (central time.)  A few weeks ago we talked about teaching writing.  Over the years, I’ve always felt that teaching writing is one of my greatest strengths.  I am [...]

Last night I had dinner with a few tweeps from my PLN.  We had a tweetup.  To some that may sound a little like a foreign language or some kind of crazy code, but for those of us who frequent Twitter, it just means I got together, face to face, with people that I met on Twitter.  [...]