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= #Elemchat transcripts & summaries =

May 26, 2012 **Reflections on the School Year** Transcript May 19, 2012 **Extending Learning During the Summer** Transcript May 12, 2012 **Building Bridges between Elementary & Secondary** Transcript May 5, 2012 **How to Meet the Needs of Gifted Students in the regular classroom** Transcript April 28, 2012 **Report cards: How, what, and why?** Transcript Resources April 21, 2012 **Service Learning in the Elementary Classroom** Transcript Resources April 14, 2012 **Advice you wish you'd been given as a pre-service teacher** Transcript Resources April 07, 2012 **Fostering Passion-Driven Learning** Transcript Resources March 31, 2012 **Appropriate Homework Practices for Today's Elementary Learners** Transcript Resources March 17, 2012 **Science in elementary: How to balance inquiry, guided experimentation & content area reading?** Transcript Resources March 10, 2012 **Effective Ways to Teach Social Studies in the Elementary Classroom** Transcript Resources March 03, 2012 **Dealing with teacher fatigue** Transcript Resources February 11, 2012 **How do we foster a student-centered classroom with mutual respect and passion for learning?** Transcript Resources February 4, 2012 **Strategies for effectively meeting the needs of gifted students.** Transcript Resources January 28, 2012 **Best Pedagogical Practices for Integrating Technology.** Transcript Resources January 21, 2012 **How Can We Infuse a More Authentic Aspect to Activities in Math Class?** Transcript Resources January 14, 2012 **Empowering Students to become Responsible, Involved Citizens in the Community** Transcript Resources January 07, 2012 **Book talks by students and teachers to promote passion for reading new books** Transcript Resources December 17, 2011 **Strategies & approaches for helping students become better writers** Transcript Resources December 10, 2011 **Strategies & tools for Balanced Literacy across elementary grade levels** Transcript Resources December 3, 2011 **Involving students in assessment and reporting** Transcript Resources November 26, 2011 **Creating Effective Spaces for Learning** Transcript Resources November 19, 2011 **Promoting Creativity in Our Classrooms** Transcript November 12, 2011 **Promoting Student Ownership of Learning** Transcript November 5, 2011 **Creating a Culture of Thinking in Our Classroom** Transcript October 29, 2011 **Promoting Positive Learning Environments** Transcript October 22, 2011 **Teaching Kids to Manage their Digital Footprint** Transcript October 15, 2011 **From Praise to Feedback - Why & How?** Transcript October 8, 2011 **Interpersonal side of Teaching - Building Positive Relationships with Students, Parents, Admin & Colleagues** Transcript October 1, 2011 **The Passion Driven Classroom & You Matter - Special Guest: Angela Maiers** Transcript September 24, 2011 **Promoting Student Engagement** Transcript September 17, 2011 **Effective Assessment in the Elementary Classroom: Tools, Strategies & Approaches** Transcript September 10, 2011 **How Can Technology Be Used for Differentiation?** Transcript September 3, 2011 **Homework: Philosophy, approaches, differentiation, tools & strategies** Transcript August 27, 2011 **Sharing Different Ways to Use Google Docs in the Classroom** Transcript August 20, 2011 **Different Ways to Connect with Parents as Partners** Transcript August 13, 2011 **Planning for Differentiation** Transcript August 6, 2011 **Planning for Back to School** Transcript July 23, 2011 **Collaboration in the Elementary Classroom - What, Why & How?** Transcript July 16, 2011 **Social Bookmarking** Transcript July 9, 2011 **#elemchat's First Birthday - BYOG: Bring Your Own Gift: an idea, a tool, a resource, a strategy!** Transcript July 2, 2011 **Portfolios and Student-Led Conferences. What, Why & How?** Transcript June 25, 2011 **Planning the First Six Weeks of School** Transcript June 18, 2011 **Blogging in the Elementary Classroom** Transcript June 11, 2011 **How Can Social Media Help Educators Improve Their Practice?** Transcript June 4, 2011 **End of Year Reflections** Transcript May 28, 2011 **How I Get My Tech on: Best Uses of Web 2.0 Tool** Transcript May 21, 2011 **Using Social Media in the Elementary Context** Transcript May 14, 2011 **In the last few weeks before summer holidays, how will you wrap up the school year?** Transcript April 23, 2011 **From learning to read/write to reading/writing to learn: what are effective strategies for reading/writing across the curriculum?** Transcript April 16, 2011 **What does a 21st century school look like?** Transcript April 9, 2011 **How can Web 2.0 tools (including blogs) be included effectively with elementary students?** Transcript April 2, 2011 **What are effective strategies for fostering positive relationships between teachers and admins.?** Transcript March 19, 2011 **What is digital citizenship and how do we encourage and develop it in the elementary classroom?** Transcript March 12, 2011 **How Can We Use Assessment to Plan Instruction?** Transcript Feb 26, 2011: **What are the best strategies for the unmotivated student or the learner that is not demonstrating full potential?** Transcript Feb 19, 2011: **Best practices and tools for integrating tech into the curriculum?** Transcript Feb 12, 2011: **How do we encourage independent reading?** Transcript Feb 4, 2011: **What are effective strategies for maintaining high behavioral expectations in the classroom?** Transcript Dec 11, 2010: **How do we Differentiate Assessments for Learners at Varying Levels of Understanding?** Transcript Dec 9, 2010: **Importance/benefit of a PLN for Providing Opportunities for Professional Growth** Transcript Dec 4, 2010: **Do Letter Grades Belong in the Elementary Classroom** (with guest Joe Bower) Transcript Nov 27, 2010: **Building Effective Teacher/Parent Partnerships** Transcript Nov 18, 2010: **Effective Strategies and Tools for Documenting Student Learning** Transcript Nov 13, 2010: **Parent Teacher Conferences (first #elemchat weekend edition)** Transcript Nov 11, 2010: **Parent Teacher Conferences** Transcript Nov 4, 2010: **Favorite Tech Tools for the Classroom** Transcript Oct 28, 2010: **Designing the Ideal Learning Environment** Transcript Oct 21, 2010: Oct 14, 2010: **How do we develop and sustain critical reflection in our teaching?** Transcript Oct 7, 2010: **What makes a "good" teacher? How do we define and measure teacher quality?** Transcript Sept 9, 2010: **Any and all ideas for closing the vocabulary gap in the early grades** Transcript Sept 2, 2010: **How can we seamlessly integrate technology in the elementary classroom?** Transcript August 26, 2010: **How can we maintain a love for reading in the upper grades?** Transcript August 17, 2010: **Formative Assessment**: Transcript August 12, 2010: **Building Community in the Classroom**: Transcript August 5, 2010: **Student Blogging**: (chat interrupted by prolonged Twitter fail whale. Will be rescheduled) Partial Transcript July 29, 2010: **Parent Communication, Do's and Don'ts** : Transcript July 22: 2010: **Preparing for the new school year**: Transcript Summary July 15, 2010: **Differentiation**: Transcript Summary July 8, 2010: **Project Based Learning**: Transcript Summary