#whatisschool archive 6.11.14 “Is Evaluation a valuable tool?”

What is school?

#whatisschool always gets me excited and this weeks’ evaluation discussion was amazing. There was a huge amount of discussion about this and it was obvious how passionate #whatisschool educators are.

Massive apologies about the timezone confusion. EDT has now moved to EST and I was unaware – the chat will now be at 6pm EST from now on so please readjust your diaries and reminders to suit. See below to get the official reminders for #whatisschool for FREE.

As a result of this, we actually ran 2 amazing chats. I ran one from 6-7pm EST and then the Amazing Mark Weston came in to run from 7-8pm EST while I was in class teaching 🙂 A HUGE thank you to Mark! I

For those of you who are new to Twitter Chats or , we meet every Thursday 7pm EDT to discuss the important issues in Education and this discussion forms an impressive archive of learning for everyone involved. All you have to do is jump on twitter at this time every week and use the hashtag #whatisschool and contribute (or just lurk).

As #whatisschool grows, so does our ability to connect, collaborate and network – keep inviting your PLN and make sure you sign up to our Remind notifications. It is always a pleasure to have you here!

We have done our best to create an edchat space where people can express an unbiased response to questions about schooling, where educators have a voice in shaping the future through their experience, recommendations and interests.

Here is the archive of our chat via @storify – https://storify.com/mrkempnz/evaluation-whatisschool-by-mrkempnz-www-mrkempnz– Please share and make sure you join the conversation next week.

This is the archive of the 2nd chat from 7-8pm EST with Mark – https://storify.com/mrkempnz/evaluation2-whatisschool-by-mrkempnz-www-mrkempnz

Every week we will post a short reflection like this after our discussion and provide the links to our archive through Storify (as above). Every Monday we will also share the questions for the upcoming session via twitter and our blogs.

Join us Thursday, November 13 at 6pm EST (Friday 10am AEST, 12pm NZT, 7am Singapore) as we continue to explore the possibilities #whatisschool

If you have any questions you would like to discuss or areas of interest within the relm of #whatisschool please contact me via twitter @mrkempnz

Co-moderated by author, speaker Laura Hill @candylandcaper and international educator Craig Kemp @Mrkempnz – Please contact either of us with your questions and ideas, we’d love to hear from you!

#whatisschool archive 6.11.14 “Is Evaluation a valuable tool?”

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