Hall of EduHero Voices

Let Their Voices Be Heard

as we ready our minds and hearts for the close of school, it is important to pause and reflect upon our journey as educators and honor the eduheroes of the profession. They are the champions of teaching and learning whose voices rise in a collective chorus to promote positivity and passion. They need to be heard and so this space will celebrate those who dedicate their professional lives to the cause of students first.

this school year connected educators in New York State, along with others across the globe, have engaged in discussions and activities that exemplify a commitment to teaching and learning. Educators have willingly shared their growth and learning during educational online chats consistently. Voices filled with enthusiasm continually fill the Twittersphere. As a collective body of practitioners, they become the difference makers.  

Because the teaching profession is filled with so many passionate educators with expressive voices, on Monday, May 18, 2015, the moderators of #NYEDChat, Bill Brennan, Vicki Day, Blanca Duarte, Dan McCabe, Lisa Meade, Starr Sackstein, Dennis Schug, Tony Sinanis, and I, hosted a Twitter chat titled What Works for Teachers: Will the Real #EduHeroes Please Stand Up. It was a hour of lively conversation regarding successes, positive thinking, and advocacy for continued improvements in teaching and learning. Many voices discussed the contribution of contemporary eduheroes in New York State school districts and beyond.

Designed by Lisa Meade

Below is a short video I created to encourage colleagues 
using social media to link their voices with #NYEDChat.

#NYEDChat, as the voice of New York State educators, is committed to fostering collaboration and growth of the teaching and leadership professions. Besides the chat, the moderating team opened this space, the Hall of EduHero Voices, to highlight the work of the unsung heroes and sheroes of the educational world who diligently carry out their daily tasks as agents of change. Invitations have been sent out to post #eduinspirations to this space that will eventually be linked to NYEDChat's website. 

Last year, NYEDChat opened a virtual Showcase of Teaching and Learning. Since then over 1600+ viewers have accessed the site. You can see the work that educators have posted here. 

Please consider adding your voice to ours. Let the world understand the power behind a collective body of connected practitioners in which the learning of ALL students is shaped by #EduHeroes. 

Enter the hall of eduhero voices

sponsored by #NYEDChat

Submitted by Debby Call, @DebbyCall6

My #eduheroes inspire children to be the best they can. Jerry Blumengarten @cybraryman1

Created by Carolyn Carr for Digital Maker Playground

Gary King @ Gary_S_King

Doug Fisher and Nancy Frey at #ILA16

Additional #eduinspirations for this global Hall of #EduHero Voices 

can be added in the comment section or under the hashtag #eduinspiration. 

Please let your voice be heard. 
Together we are one! 

Lift Voices in Unison

Connected educators across the globe are champions of teaching and learning. Their voices rise in a collective chorus promoting positivity and passion.
They connect continually offering information, perspective and support.

You can engage daily in a variety of threaded conversations on different topics through Twitter educational chats. In these hallowed halls of virtual connections, conversations are lively and professional learning only a tweet away. To get started you need a Twitter account, a handle, and a photo.  The official directory for Educational Chats on Twitter created by Jerry Blumgarten can be accessed here. If you are concerned about joining in the conversation, you can "lurk and learn" which is the equivalent of just listening in on the conversation without introducing yourself or tweeting. 

As one of the nine moderators for #NYEDChat, I am gearing up for the educational conversation on Twitter tomorrow night. 

Flyer designed by co-moderator, Lisa Meade

This chat will have a special feature called EduHero Voices that is a site that will hold eduinspirational images. In order to fill the "Hall" with inspirational quotes, I sent out a call to connected colleagues to tweet, DM, or email their favorite eduinspiration. I received fifteen responses in a very short span of time. That is the power of Twitter and the responsiveness of connected educators who continually empower students and colleagues to become all that they can be. 

Join the #NYEDChat moderators tomorrow night 

for an inspiring conversation. 

Listen - Reply - Learn What Works for Teachers 

If inclined, send an eduinspiration like the one below 

prior, during, or after the chat. 

Key to Success

The link to 

the hall of eduhero voices

sponsored by #NYEDChat

will be sent out later today

 Please view the short video/trailer 

to inspire you to lift your voices in unison with #NYEDChat

We live in a digital world of educational technology 

in which I readily connect with other educators about digital literacy.

I dedicate this post to DigiLit Sunday, hosted by Margaret Simon.