On Tuesdays I share a Tech Tip on our social media pages to assist our staff in their use of technology as it relates to their role. This week I would like to highlight a community of Manitoba educators who have been sharing and learning together on Twitter using the hashtag #MBEdChat The brainchild of Zoe Bettess in Thompson, this hashtag has 9 years of archives sharing information, inspiring discussions, and helpful links from MB educators from across the province. Connecting monthly, the #MBEdChat network hosts influential educators for a one hour period in which participants can view or participate in accessible online professional… Read More
#TweetTheHalls 2021 Winners
Today starts off the LAST week of school in 2021 (a short week as students’ last day is the 22nd), which also means that our #MBEdChat #TweetTheHalls event has come to a close. Over the course of 17 days we had over 200 participating Tweets with a total reach of over 100,000! While the majority of participants were local Manitoba educators we also had our network extend to include schools and student groups. This morning we used a random number generator to randomly select three winners from all eligible participants. I want to extend a HUGE thank you to: all of the #MBEdChat… Read More
December ICT Newsletter
In true Manitoba fashion, December started off with a day of bus cancellations due to inclement weather! With the start of a new month comes a new monthly ICT newsletter. These newsletters are designed to serve as an outreach to all MVSD staff and provide: general ICT updates (software changes, divisional ICT timelines, tech-themed holidays) upcoming PD for the month tech tips divisional highlights These newsletters are sent out to staff via our divisional email but are also shared out through our social media pages and divisional website.
#TweetTheHalls 2021
I am so excited because, for the second year in a row, I am helping bring #TweetTheHalls to Manitoba! Inspired last year out of a conversation with Donna Miller Fry, this Twitter event is being run in collaboration between ManACE and #MBEdChat Every week-day from Dec 1-17 there is a different activity prompt that encourages educators to share, learn, and connect while using the #TweetTheHalls and #MBEdChat hashtags. In addition to the joy that comes from your involvement in the challenge, and an increased supportive community, there are also prizes! There are multiple prizes that are still rolling in so… Read More
November ICT Newsletter
The Monday after Halloween… who is more tired – students or teachers?! With the start of a new month comes a new monthly ICT newsletter. These newsletters are designed to serve as an outreach to all MVSD staff and provide: general ICT updates (software changes, divisional ICT timelines, tech-themed holidays) upcoming PD for the month tech tips divisional highlights These newsletters are sent out to staff via our divisional email but are also shared out through our social media pages and divisional website.
#TweetTheHalls Winners!
Today is the LAST DAY of school in 2020, which also means that our #MBEdChat #TweetTheHalls event has come to a close. Over the course of 15 days we had almost 60 educators participate with a total reach of over 10,000! While the majority of participants were local to Manitoba we also had our network extend to include those from Ontario and the East Coast provinces as well; welcome to all! This morning Donna Miller Fry and myself joined Stephen Hurley at VoicEd Radio for “Hurley in the Morning”. We had an opportunity to not only share about the connections… Read More
#TweetTheHalls
Recently, while on Twitter, Donna Miller Fry brought up the idea of a Twitter challenge to help foster community and bring holiday cheer amongst educators. She shared a past example from Ontario who hosted a #TweetTheHalls event which was a series of daily Twitter challenges in the weeks leading up to the Christmas break. After a bit of brainstorming, we decided that this could be a perfect activity for #MBEdChat to take on in lieu of a formal December Twitter chat. From there our team came up with a series of daily prompts, I made up a graphic using Canva,… Read More