What’s New with #K12ArtChat?

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It is hard to believe that #K12ArtChat is 3! We just recently celebrated our anniversary… 3 years of learning and growing together as an Arts Ed Professional Learning Network (PLN).  Even years later, one question we still get asked all the time is “how do I get involved?” 

Well, one of the wonderful things about the PLN is that you can be involved as much or as little as you like!  You can always check out what’s coming up and look at past chats by visiting our K12ArtChat page right here on EdCloset. If you are new to chatting, the easiest way to jump in is to look through a chat transcript. You can also watch a chat as it happens live.

Once you feel like you have the swing of things, you can venture into the chat or check out the daily hashtag conversations, as well as connect via the Facebook page or our website, GrundlerArt. Consider using Tweetdeck or Participate as a hub for chatting as the latter transcribes all chats and logs all the resources shared during chats.

Each Thursday at 8:30pm (central time), there is a new host and a new topic. One of our favorite things is that we never know they will turn out, which always makes it exciting.  If chatting is a little scary, just tweet to the PLN at anytime using by including the primary hashtag #K12ArtChat or our daily hashtag prompt. On a monthly basis, this hashtag has approximately 222 participants, 2000 messages and 1600 retweets.

There are many how-to videos on the web and even a few homemade ones on GrundlerArt.  But honestly, the trick is just get in and give it try.  Take it at your own pace and start for looking for (and following) colleagues that you feel have positive things to share. And then when you are ready, you will begin sharing, too.

As 2017 comes to a close, we have a great line-up of hosts. Check them out! (And please note that we’re taking a couple of nights off for holidays.)

Upcoming Hosts

November Challenge: “Know”vember

November 2nd: Tim Needles

November 9th: Kim Paser & Erin Rowe

November 16th: Ted Edinger

November 23th: No Chat – Happy Thanksgiving!

November 30th: Nic Hahn