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Building Communities Through Social Networks

Summer’s up and we’re gearing up for the next school year! Over the summer, we had some great Twitter chats with educators about various topics, including: working with the pre-K audience, integrating math and the arts, and developing missions around the issue of sustainability. Discussions included a mix of museum educators, classroom teachers, community organizations-- within the US and beyond. Many of the discussions brought up the same questions: How do we tie standards to learning opportunities that afford the learner choice and freedom? How do we integrate digital media in meaningful ways that push students to be creative, take action, and broadcast their ideas?

As the EdLab community grows larger, we’d like to determine what kinds of support and interactions our community needs in order to maintain a dialogue about implementing mission-based learning and rooting curriculum in the real world. If you have 5 minutes, please take this quick survey on using social media within the EdLab community.

#MPossible Weekly Chats

Last Friday we held our first #mpossible—that’s mission possible—Twitter chat on mission-based learning.  Together with a group of teachers, museum educators, and nonprofit organizations from around the country, we discussed: how to integrate real-world connections to subjects being explored, how to encourage risk-taking in learning communities, and how to assess mission projects driven by student interest.  Check out our Storify story to see the conversation.  http://storify.com/siedlab/mpossible-chat

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EdLab Twitter team hard at work!

Our #mpossible chats will be taking place every Friday at 3pm in the summer. This week, our central question will be: How can educators drive community impact through student creativity?

Join us on Friday afternoon and share your thoughts!

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