Here's the basic review of what happened:
1. A few weeks ago, I participated in a #TEDEdChat on twitter. I just happened to be checking my twitter feed as I was making dinner (5pm CST) and saw this tweet:
I thought "Hmmm...that's interesting. I want to see what this is all about."
***********One hour later***************
My family be like:
WHERE DID MOMMY GO?!
So....I'm not advocating ditching your family and being on social media all through dinner, BUT YOU SHOULD JOIN A #TEDEdChat !
2. The best way for others to follow along (either your followers or people following the hashtag #TEDEdChat) is to retweet the question with the QUOTE TWEET option.
Like this:
Be sure to use A1, A2, A3, etc to coordinate with the question being asked (Q1, Q2, etc)--and MOST IMPORTANTLY: add the hashtag #TEDEdChat
3. At the end of the night, @TED_ED posts this tweet:
Educators! If you've participated in #TEDEdChat, you can co-host! Email dan@ted.com if interested.
4. So, contact Dan I did! He was super nice and encouraging. We scheduled the date of my co-hosting event, and off I went....
5. To: A) select a TED Talk to use, B) Pull quotes from the TED Talk, and C) create questions based on those quotes.
6. I selected Rita Pierson's Every Kid Needs a Champion. This talk is very popular--but had never been used for a #TEDEdChat !
https://www.ted.com/talks/rita_pierson_every_kid_needs_a_champion
7. On the #TEDEdChat night, @TED_ED posts some questions and info, and I, the co-host/moderator, was responsible for tweeting some information and responding to other educators participating.
8. It was super fun, and there were A LOT of teachers on twitter participating (probably due to the popularity of the talk). So, and here's where the stretching comes in, I had A LOT of people to respond to. I tried my best. It was harder than I thought it would be, but it was fun and rewarding.
If you are an educator, I highly recommend reaching out to dan@ted.com to give it a try yourself. You'll be glad you did.
