Saturday, November 28, 2015

CatholicEdChat (weekly)


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Storify Archive for #CatholicEdChat 11-28-15

#CatholicEdChat questions for Cultural Proficiency in Our Schools 11-28-15

Q1: What does the word “culture” mean to you?
Q2: What does it mean to be “culturally proficient”?
Q3: Why is it important be culturally inclusive and proficient?
Q4: Does your classroom/school have a dominant culture?
Q5: How does your school welcome and include students who are not part of the dominant school culture?
Q6: How can cultural inclusiveness be a part of the new evangelization?
Q7: In what ways does the Pope model cultural inclusiveness?

Saturday, November 14, 2015

Leadership Styles 11-14-15

1. How do you define leadership?
2. What is the difference between leadership and management?
3. What is the most important quality for an effective leader?
4. Who do you admire as a leader and why?
5. How do you describe your leadership style?


Saturday, October 31, 2015

10-31-15 The Makerspace Movement - Storify Archive

10-31-15 The Makerspace Movement

Q1 What is a makerspace to you? #Catholicedchat
Q2 Is it more about the space or the mindset? Why? #Catholicedchat
Q3 What changes in thinking might help a makerspace to thrive? #Catholicedchat
Q4 Tell us about any ways you may have incorporated makerspaces at your school / in your
classroom. #Catholicedchat
Q5 Tell us about your favorite thing a student ever made in your classroom. #Catholicedchat
Q6 How does getting the chance to be a maker affect students? #Catholicedchat
Q7 Name one of your favorite things to have in a makerspace. #Catholicedchat
Q8 What are your favorite makerspace resources? #Catholicedchat

Saturday, October 24, 2015

10-24-15 Let's Talk Google - Archive

10-24-15 Let's Talk Google

Q1 - Are you a GAFE school? What grade levels and how long?
#catholicedchat

Q2 - Complete the sentence “I don’t know how I woke up in the morning before…”? (favorite Google feature)
#catholicedchat

Q3 - What is the youngest age group at your school using Google docs? Did they have trouble logging in with their emails and passwords?
#catholicedchat

Q4 - Do you use Google Forms and if so how? #catholicedchat

Q5 - Does your school use Chromebooks, iPads or both with Google apps?
#catholicedchat

Q6 - What has been your biggest challenge with Google apps and how did you overcome it?
#catholicedchat

Saturday, October 17, 2015

CatholicEdChat (weekly)


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10-17-15 Inclusion in our Catholic Schools - Storify

10-17-15 Inclusion in our schools

Q1: What does inclusion mean to you?
Q2: How does your school support learners who struggle?
Q3: Do you have any PD opportunities to recommend to support inclusion?
Q4: Should Catholic schools become inclusive?
Q5:Have you seen schools moving towards inclusion?
Q6: How does a school move toward inclusion?
Q7: Does your school have a resource teacher?
Q8: Do you have a process to identify students who are struggling? What does that look like?
Q9: How does a school move towards taking students with identified learning needs?
Q10: Does your school have fundraisers to pay for special services?

Saturday, October 10, 2015

CatholicEdChat (weekly)


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10-10-15 Changing Professional Learning - Storify

10-10-15 Changing Professional Learning at Your School

Changing Professional Learning at Schools

Q1 What does your professional learning currently consist of at your school?

Q2 When is professional learning done at your school?

Q3 In what ways would you like your professional learning to look like at your school?

Q4 What professional learning do you think is necessary at your school and why do you think it is necessary?

Q5 How are you able to help change the professional learning at your school?

Q6 Do you think more teachers would be willing to attend edcamps or Twitter chats if they knew they could receive license recertification by attending? Why or why not.

Saturday, October 3, 2015

CatholicEdChat (weekly)


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10-3-15 The Pope's Visit and Connected Educators Month

The Pope in the U.S. and Connected Educators Month

Good morning! Please introduce yourself.

Q1 How has the Pope's visit affected your school? you?

Q2 October is Connected Educator month #ce15 how do you stay connected?

Q3 Does a successful Connected Educator have to use online tools? #ce15

Q4 What online tools do you use? #ce15

Q5 How can you encourage more educators to get connected? #ce15

Q6 When helping a colleague start a Twitter account, who would you recommend they follow? #ce15

Q7 What blogs do you recommend a Connected Educator follow? #ce15

Q8 What is your goal to make this a successful Connected Educator month? #ce15





Resources-
http://www.edutopia.org/connected-educator-month-resources

Saturday, September 26, 2015

CatholicEdChat (weekly)


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9-26-15 Storify- Information Literacy

9-26-15 Information Literacy with Shannon Bosley

Q1. How do you define information literacy?

Q2. Why is information literacy important?

Q3. Who is responsible for information literacy skill instruction in your school?

Q4. What resources do you use to teach information literacy?

Q5. Ideas for activities for teaching info lit.

Q6. How do librarians fit into information literacy instruction?

Q7. Does your school have a certified librarian?

Saturday, September 19, 2015

CatholicEdChat (weekly)


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9-19-15 Books! archive on Storify

9-19-15 All about Reading!

Good morning and welcome to #CatholicEdChat Please give share your teaching position and location.

Q1: What does a classroom that reads look like?

Q2: How can you support your students in developing a love of reading?

Q3: Do your students record their books with a reading log or a reading journal? Is this effective?

Q4: What authors have been influential in your teaching of reading?

Q5: What books are popular in your classroom?

Q6: What are you reading now?

Q7: Are you participating in the Global Read Aloud? http://theglobalreadaloud.com/

Saturday, August 8, 2015

CatholicEdChat (weekly)


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Chat Questions for 8-8-15 Blended Learning

Q1 - What is #blendedlearning?

Q2 - How does #blendedlearning improve student learning?

Q3 - What are best practices for teachers using #blendedlearning?

Q4 - What are some ways everyday classroom activities can be improved with #edtech?

Q5 - How does assessment fit into #blendedlearning?

Q6 - What are some free #blendedlearning tools teacher can start using right away?

Q7 - What devices do students and teachers use to access #edtech?

Saturday, June 20, 2015

Chat Archive 6-20-15 #CatholicEdChat Professional Development and Edcamps

6-20-15 Professional Development and EdCamps

Q1: What are the characteristics of great professional development (PD) ? 

Q2: What are the characteristics of ineffective PD? 

Q3: What prevents you from attending PD? 

Q4: What is the best time of year for PD? 

Q5: What was your best take away from PD?

Q6: What PD will you be attending this summer? 

Q7: Have you attended an EdCamp?

Q8: What is your best take away from an EdCamp? 

Saturday, May 30, 2015

CatholicEdChat (weekly)


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Blogging 5-30-15



Q1: please introduce yourself and share your position

Q2: please share your blog

Q3: why should an educator blog?

Q4: what are the pros of blogging?

Q5: what are the cons of blogging?

BB1: what is your favorite summer activity?

Q6: why should a student blog?

Q7: what are the pros of student blogging?

Q8: what are the cons of student blogging?

BB2: what is your favorite summer food?

Q9: what platform do you recommend for student blogging?


Saturday, May 16, 2015

Chat Archive - Tool Smackdown 05/16/15

Topic Tool Smackdown - Sharing Top Tools for Leading, Teaching, Learning Q1: Name your favorite online tool or apps you rely on and use daily for your own scheduling, productivity, to do lists. Q2: Name is a favorite communications tool or app you use for work or school. Q3: Name a favorite communications tool for group communications, eblasts, parent memos, school community blasts Q4: Name a favorite creativity tool or app you use for work or school? Making images, videos, more Q5: Name a favorite curation/staying up to date tool or app - for finding info, reading articles, blogs Q6: Name a favorite Chrome extension

Saturday, April 18, 2015

CatholicEdChat (weekly)


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#CatholicEdChat 4-18-15 Spring Fever!

Good Morning! My tweets for the next hour will be devoted to #CatholicEdChat

We are beginning our #50StatesPlus challenge today with the great state of Nebraska! #CatholicEdChat

Please introduce yourself and share the date of your last day of school.  #CatholicEdChat

Q1: What does the term ‘Spring Fever’ mean to you? #CatholicEdChat

Q2: What are some strategies you use in the classroom during this time of year? #CatholicEdChat

BB: What is your favorite spring flower?

Q3: What are some strategies you use to help YOU during this time of year? #CatholicEdChat

Q4: Should Spring Fever been seen as a negative or a positive? Why? #CatholicEdChat

Q5: Please share any special projects you do this time of year? #CatholicEdChat

Q6: What’s your best tip to finish the school year strong? #CatholicEdChat

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Announcing! #50StatesPlus #CatholicEdChat Challenge!

CatholicEdChat is a wonderful community of Catholic School leaders who are always learning, growing, and innovating. Here is our next challenge! Nancy and I have a desire to expand our reach and Abbie Greer has given us the idea to reach that goal.

Announcing the #50StatesPlus #CatholicEdChat Challenge! Can we have moderators from all 50 states? Can we have moderators from many countries? Let's do it!

How will we record all of our moderators? Anyone a Google Maps expert or just want to take it on? Or should we go old school and color in the states and countries as we go? ;-)

Have you ever thought of moderating a #CatholicEdChat but weren't sure where to start? This is your change to moderate a chat and showcase your school, diocese, and state and then share the story of Catholic education and lead a discussion.

Please contact @ncara or @BarbInNebraska to be placed on the #CatholicEdChat calendar.

The #50StatesPlus challenge begins April 18, 2015.

Saturday, March 7, 2015

CatholicEdChat (weekly)


Posted from Diigo. The rest of CatholicEdChat group favorite links are here.

A Growth Mindset

Welcome to #CatholicEdChat Please introduce yourself before we begin!



Q1 What does the term "Growth Mindset" mean to you? #CatholicEdChat


Q2 How do you create a "Safe to Fail" environment for Ss and Ts? #CatholicEdChat


Q3 How do you encourage Ss to stretch themselves beyond current levels? #CatholicEdChat


Q4 How would you advice parents and new Ts to give quality feedback that promotes a growth mindset? #CatholicEdChat


Q5 Share ideas on how you have made your behavior management systems reflective of a growth mindset.  #CatholicEdChat


Q6 What do teachers do that accidentally promote a fixed mindset? #CatholicEdChat


Q7 Share some strategies for creating a growth mindset in Ss & Ts (praise, feedback, environment, resources) #CatholicEdChat


Q8 How can adults in schools model a growth mindset for our students? #CatholicEdChat


BB1 What is your favorite Lenten dish?


BB2 What is your favorite Lenten practice?


Many thanks to our friends at #Nebedchat @bcudly and @CynthiaStogdill for sharing their chat questions!

Saturday, February 7, 2015

Chat Archive - Inclusion 02/07/15

Abbie Greer Moderating
Q1: What types of diagnosed special needs have your students had? #catholicedchat


Q2: How does inclusion fit with Catholic identity and the purpose of Catholic schools? #catholicedchat

Q3:How do you help families when you suspect a learning difference or other special needs? #catholicedchat


Q4: How are accommodations or modifications documented? Do you work with students needing curriculum modifications? #catholicedchat  

Q5: What resources or supports does your school have to help different learners? Any favorite aps  #catholicedchat

Q6: How do "regular" students benefit from an inclusive setting?  #catholicedchat

Chat Archive - 01/31/15

Recap Catholic School's Week Nancy Caramanico

Saturday, January 17, 2015

CatholicEdChat (weekly)


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Chat Archive - Digital Etiquette & Citizenship 01/17/15

1. What is digital etiquette or digital citizenship? Do we need the word digital?
2. Why is it important to teach?
3. Why is it important to model?
4. What resources and ideas can you share?
5. What is the role of parents? How can we involve parents in #digcit education? 6. What is one next step you will take at your school to foster Digital Etiquette/Citizenship?

Saturday, January 10, 2015

Chat Archive #WMOF2015 Creative Video Contest

View the archive of the twitter chat held on January 10, 2015 with members of the World Meeting of Families team in Philadelphia