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Kentucky Education Commissioner to Host Twitter Town Hall

September 29, 2011 | Gifted Ed, News, People | No Comments

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Kentucky Education Commissioner Terry Holliday will participate in the first-ever #AskDocH Twitter Town Hall on Thursday, October 6, from 4 to 5 p.m. ET. The town hall also will be presented live on the Kentucky Department of Education’s (KDE’s) webcast channel.

Beginning today, Twitter users can submit questions to Commissioner Holliday using the hashtag #AskDocH.

“Communications is a priority for this agency,” said Holliday, a longtime user of Twitter (@kycommissioner), Facebook, blogs and other forms of electronic communications. “It’s important that we reach as many audiences as possible, and conducting this Twitter Town Hall provides direct feedback from and conversation with educators, parents, students, elected officials and others.”

KDE uses the KDE Twitter feed to share information and converse with the education community and the residents of Kentucky.

On Oct. 6, the live webcast of Commissioner Holliday’s Twitter Town Hall can be viewed here. To listen and/or watch, you must have Windows Media Player installed on your workstation. Once Windows Media Player is installed, simply click on the appropriate link to hear audio-only or view the video with audio.

To install Windows Media Player on your device, please click the appropriate link below.

Download the Windows version of Windows Media Player.

Download the Macintosh version of Windows Media Player.

For more information contact Lisa Gross at  lisa.gross@education.ky.gov.

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By Corey Alderdice

Take Part in an Online Discussion of Gifted Education Friday at 11 AM, 6 PM CDT

January 21, 2010 | News, People, Staff | No Comments

by Corey Alderdice

There are two great passions that I have as an employee of the Gatton Academy:

1) Helping to get parents, educators, and other adults better informed and excited about the important role gifted education plays in our schools and communities; and
2) Experimenting with the power of social media (like Twitter and Facebook) to shape our discussions online.

The Gatton Academy (@gattonacademy) and The Center for Gifted Studies at Western Kentucky University (@giftedstudies) have been excited to join in what has become a vibrant community of parents and educators on Twitter who share news, information, and insights about gifted education.  Over the past several months we have come to fully realize how working together makes us a stronger body of advocates.  You can check out a list of gifted education advocates on Twitter at by clicking here.  With Twitter, our conversations are usually shared back and forth through individual tweets.

Beginning this Friday at 11 a.m. (Central) and 6 p.m. (Central), Deborah Mersino (@deborahmersino, Ingenious Blog) will host the first Gifted and Talented Chat, better known at #gtchat.  If you’re interested in participating, you need only sign up for a Twitter account.  Observe, think, and share.  It’s that simple.  When tweeting as part of the chat, simply include the #gtchat hashtag at the beginning or end of your tweet.  Using a Twitter client like HootSuite or TweetDeck can make this easier.  You can also follow the chat by Twitter’s search page or as an RSS feed.

If you’d prefer to simply look in on the discussion this time around, you can always come back to this page and follow the updates below.  This is the first of what will become a weekly discussion on gifted ed.  If you have questions about using Twitter or would like more information, send an email to academy@wku.edu.


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By Corey Alderdice