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Total Participation

3/27/2015

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Have you ever participated in a Twitter Chat? I’ll admit, it can be a bit bizarre at first. If a lot of people are participating, the comments can roll up very quickly and you might feel almost dizzy. But it can also be a very rewarding experience where you get to build understanding and share your thinking with teachers all over the country.

Last night I participated in a Twitter Chat with Pérsida and Bill Himmele, authors of Total Participation Techniques: Making Every Student an Active Learner. We all know how essential student engagement is to learning, and one of the suggestions the Himmeles make is to make use of rippling for total participation. This means that we give students a chance to process a question with a quick-draw or quick-write, then ask them to break into small groups to share their thinking, and finally move into whole-group responses.

It struck me that this strategy is exactly what was used to maximize participation in last night’s chat. Earlier in the week, the Himmeles posted an article about total participation techniques to get us thinking before the discussion. During the chat we shared thoughts and responded to the thinking of others (like small group), and finally we posted final understandings. These authors didn’t just talk the talk, they walked the walk.

I am constantly amazed by the power of technology to put me in touch with teachers far and wide, to get to know others and know you are not alone in life’s struggles (like participating in this challenge has done), and to grow both personally and professionally.


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Jen link
3/27/2015 01:46:02 am

I love Twitter chats:) The learning opportunities that technology can provide have so enriched my professional development!

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arjeha link
3/27/2015 02:22:40 am

I have never participated in a Twitter chat. In fact, I don't even have an account. People keep telling that I need to get one. Don't know if I am ready for that.

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writekimwrite link
3/27/2015 02:23:58 am

Twitter chats show that an old gal(me:) can learn new things. I love the way technology connects us. The information but more importantly the relationships that we built are amazing. I so wish this had been available in my formative teaching years but bask in it now. Often I lurk during these chats but still learn. How refreshing that strategies were modeled which as you know is so often NOT the case. Learning is a communal activity.

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Marcie link
3/27/2015 02:04:52 pm

I love TPT and Twitter chats. I love what you noticed about the authors walking the walk!

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