Make Learning Meaningful Twitter Chat with Guest Experts

We are now finishing up the second week of the The Goal-Minded Teacher MOOC and have organized a Twitter chat (#EduGoalsMOOC) with guest experts on the topic of Making Learning Meaningful for Students. The chat takes place on Twitter on Saturday, February 24, 2018, at 16:00 pm UTC/ 11:00 am ET/ 10:00 am CT/ 8:00 am PT.  Check your time zone here! During the time add #EduGoalsMOOC to the end of your tweets to take part in the Twitter Chat. Our esteemed guest experts, include: Dr. Will Deyamport, III (@IamDrWill) is an instructional technologist for a K12 school district in Mississippi. He is also the creator and host of The Dr. Will Show, a podcast focused on digital disruption and entrepreneurship. Additionally, Dr. Will is a consultant, writer and will be launching his first course for teachers in March 2018. ​Noah Geisel (@SenorG) is the Director of Education at Stackup.net and founder of Verses Education. Noah began his teaching career in 2001 and has worked as a Spanish Teacher, English Teacher, Technology Teacher, EdTech Coach, and Blended Learning Coach. In 2013, he was honored to represent the profession as the ACTFL National Language Teacher of the Year. He is the co-founder of #Badgechat and was a member of the Clinton Global Initiative Meeting. You can read his blog at medium.com/@senorg. TwitterChat Banner We are excited to feature two videos with our esteemed guests. View Dr. Will’s video of student motivation tips here and Shelly Terrell's interview with Noah Geisel here. These are the 6 questions which will guide our discussion, but feel free to add more questions by submitting them to your moderators, @FabLCasellaEDU, @JKDNCN, or @ShellTerrell. Q1:What types of learning activities and projects motivate students the most? Q2: How can digital badges motivate our students to continue learning in rich ways? Q3: What are best practices for designing student badges? Q4: What are your top tips for motivating students with technology? Q5: What practices tend to have a negative impact on student learning? Q6: What resources do you recommend for discovering more about student motivation? Throughout the week we will also share videos of our experts sharing their expertise in the Goal-Minded Teacher Facebook group. We are looking forward to exchanging ideas with you on Twitter!