[nobe-l] Brl chat

[Danielle Antoine]

Awwww. cool! I'll be there! thanks.
Danielle

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>    1. BrlChat: Free, engaging,	professional development from home!
>       (Shaheen, Natalie)
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> Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2012 18:06:38 +0000
> From: "Shaheen, Natalie" <NShaheen at nfb.org>
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> Subject: [nobe-l] BrlChat: Free, engaging,	professional development
> 	from home!
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> Fellow Educators:
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> Have you heard about
> #BrlChat<http://withoutaclassroom.wordpress.com/brlchat/>-a Twitter chat for
> teachers of the blind/VI (and other interested parties)? It takes place
> every Thursday night at 9 pm eastern on Twitter. Each week the community
> votes on the topic to be discussed. Past topics have included: working
> effectively with parents, teaching access technology, tips and tricks for
> making Braille fun, and transition planning. Teachers from all over join in
> these conversations; we have regular participants from as far away as
> Australia.
>
> Connecting in this way on Twitter is powerful because it is a public
> mainstream forum. If our topic for #BrlChat on a given week was, "getting
> blind students involved in P.E. and extracurricular recreation." We could
> have participants in the conversation from a wide variety of backgrounds:
> P.E. teachers, Adapted P.E. teachers, blind students, blind athletes, school
> administrators, parents, and more. If we had the same conversation on a
> listserv, we would still have the opportunity to connect with fellow
> teachers of the blind, but our chance of connecting with our colleagues who
> do not work in blindness would be more limited.
>
> If you were waiting for your official invitation to join the conversation,
> here it is! *smile* Please spread the word to your colleagues and friends.
> Everyone who is interested in learning, collaborating, and the education of
> blind students is welcome.  Frequently, a number of the people who
> participate in the conversation have similar viewpoints; if you bring a
> different perspective, please offer it. The more diverse the participants
> are, the more rich our conversation will be.
>
> If I didn't think this endeavor had value, I would not bring it to your
> attention. Take a chance and check out #BrlChat this Thursday evening at 9pm
> eastern. The topics on the ballot this week are: blind students with
> additional disabilities, Unified English Braille code, and learning media
> assessments and dual media (print/Braille) readers.
>
> Visit the #BrlChat Web page<http://withoutaclassroom.wordpress.com/brlchat/>
> to view archived chats, vote for this week's topic, and to learn about
> Twitter and Twitter chats if you are new to this social media platform.
>
> #BrlChat is a community-driven, completely free, professional development
> opportunity. If you have an idea about how to improve the learning
> opportunity, make it happen! If you have an idea about how to promote this
> opportunity to other educators, make it happen! Hundreds of other
> communities of educators have used this tool to create invaluable
> opportunities for professional growth. We can do the same if we come
> together.
>
> Besides, what other professional development have you attended where you
> could sit at home in your La-z Boy, wearing pajamas, while drinking hot
> cocoa? So we'll see you on Twitter at 9pm Thursday, right? Awesome!
>
> #BrlChat Rocks!
> Natalie Shaheen
> P.S. if you want personal Twitter 101 lessons, I'm happy to provide them in
> my spare time over the phone. Shoot me an e-mail to set one up!
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