Thanks for a great chat everyone! Here are my recommendations for student teachers:
1-Student teachers overestimate what they can remember (everyone does this). Too much happens in a day to rely on your memory. Take notes on everything. #sschat
👀 #sschat
Here’s the first question for our slow chat. This will go through next week.As we head into the new year, many student teachers are beginning their teaching journeys. What advice would you give to a pre-service teacher for their student teaching experience? #sschat
Bill, we know you are up there continuing to teach the history of angels 😇 and the afterlife, probably integrating a podcast, 🎧 website 💻 or AI 🧠 somehow—we will miss you! Thank you for the impact you have had on us, and on our students. 🫂
This week, feel free to share your memories or appreciation for Bill using #sschat 🗺️ in your posts. 💜
Some of us were fortunate to meet Bill in person at the #sschat unconferences at NCSS and other conferences, while others were friends via #sschat and other online interactions. 👥🧑🏽🏫👥👩🏼💻👥🧑🏽💻
He also maintained a website classroomtools.org where he shared tools and resources long after he retired from the classroom so that current social studies teacher could benefit from his years of experience. 🧑🏻🏫
Bill posted as @classroomtools for many years, first on Twitter (X) and most recently making the move towards Bluesky. Bill was a frequent contributor to our traditional weekly Monday night chats, and supported our move in recent months to a slow chat format on Bluesky. 🦋
Dear #SSChat Community Members: 🗺️
It is with a heavy heart that the SSChat moderators learned today that one of our long-time #sschat contributors and community members, Bill Chapman, passed away this weekend for health related reasons.
Thank you to the Social Studies Chat Community for the warm welcome and for those of you who participated in our first chat on Blue Sky. There will be more to come. Thanks to everyone who amplified our account and chat. Let's continue to support one another. We appreciate you! #sschat
Social Studies Teachers and Friends,
We are bringing #sschat to Bluesky! We have a slow chat lined up for you for National Civics Learning Week. You can keep up with us at: @socialstudieschat.bsky.social.
Want to help? If so please:
Share with your friends!
Tag awesome Social Studies teachers!
Civic Learning Week #sschat slow chat partner logs and invite to join daily and respond to questions/replies.
AHA Civic Learning Week panel discussion with link to join Tues 3/11 at 7 pm EST. REGISTER: bit.ly/AHACLW25
We are excited to help kick off #CivicLearningWeek with 2 big events! All week, check here for a new #sschat slow chat question! On Tuesday, join our Exec. Director Ed Ayers and fellow panelists with our friends from @historians.org @icivics.bsky.social (register here: bit.ly/AHACLW25