One of the many conversations at The KS UNconference was to start a twitter chat for educators in Hawai’i.  The purpose of the chat is to connect, share, and learn from one another.  Sound simple?  Yes and no.  I think it was @fenwayfan808 who asked, “Who’s going to come to our chat?”.  We realized that while there are a lot of educators in Hawai’i on twitter, there are also many who are not.  So while #HIchat is a go, we’re also going to start slow (did you see how that rhymed?).

Step 1 – start using #HIchat in our tweets

Step 2 – Gather a list of Hawai’i Educators on Twitter (Add your name here if you’re an Educator in Hawai’i!)

Step 3 – Share with our colleagues the value of social learning through twitter and other social media.  This could be at a faculty gathering where we share an educational hashtag stream.  @fenwayfan808 had a term for this, but it slipped my mind…

Step 4 – When the time is right, schedule a #HIchat

Hawai’i is a special place and there are so many wonderful things happening in and out of our classrooms across the state.  Let’s connect, share, and learn from one another!

Kudos to the #HIchat tweeps that started the conversation:

@mrsvconley
@mkurashige
@joannjacobs68
@elliemellie
@philaganus
@fenwayfan808
@mauilibrarian2