10 Top Tweets and Blogs from ASE Annual Conference 2013

#aseconf has been another platform for ASE’s flagship event providing a virtual conference that lets visitors know what’s happening, comment on sessions not to be missed and where to get the best free stuff! Tweet-ups were held daily supported by over 30 Twitterers. Thank you to everyone who tweeted, here are just some of our favourites! (approx 1144 tweets to chose from! for #aseconf)

@The ASE ASE Annual Conference 10 Top Tweets

• @KevinBrennanMP: #ASEconf thanks to all for the warm welcome today and Happy 50th anniversary!
• @hrogerson: #aseconf The association for science education conference proves high quality cpd is available. Same time next year? #cpd #lovedeveryminute
• @NeedhamL56: Thanks to the commitment of teachers giving up their holiday to get quality CPD at the #ASEconf *you rock*
• @DrBiol: Brilliant #ASEConf with wonderfully enthusiastic teachers. Thanks to all the #ASEChat folks for your energy and passion for learning.
• @ KDWScience: An amazing time as #aseconf thanks to all who put up with me & my questions. Loved meeting so many at the #aseTU. Great 2 put faces 2 avis
• @ c_gibson85: Another great time at the #aseconf awesome to present, see prof. steve Jones and meet some #asechat peeps 
• @WowScienceSue: "Put investigation, discovery, invention and cooperation at the heart of education" - Michael Rosen @MichaelRosenYes #ase2013 #ASEConf
• @MissMolecules: Just because students are doing practicals, does not mean they have the skills of scientific enquiry #ASEConf
• @MrChurchTweets #aseconf just made my own microbe! Meet Dave! http://t.co/83ZIJ1yJ
• @mathickman: Making a kaleidoscope at #ASEconf #awesome 

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ASE Annual Conference top ten blogosphere highlights

1. “I love the ASE conference. Every year before I have time to get stuck back into my ’real’ job after Christmas I am lucky enough to spend a few days chatting to enthusiastic teachers and others involved in science education about Practical Action’s Education work. I also get the chance to find out what else is going on in science education.”#ASEconf13…the place to be Julie Brown, Practical Action, 8 January 2013
2. “I used two ideas I got from the ASE Conference 2013 on an excellent session on promoting peer-to-peer talk, something that I am trying to develop more of in my lessons and since I wouldn’t have a full class it was a good way to trial new ideas.” Revision of Biological Molecules @bio_joe, more great ideas at http://ifitsgreenitsbiology.wordpress.com/
3. “So, on Saturday, I attended my first ASE conference. I decided to attend on the back of an #ASEchat that took place in September 2012. Luckily, as a trainee teacher (and an ASE member), it was free for me to attend one day. However, I also booked on two paid sessions: Microbiology for primary and Inspiring Primary Science!” Mr Church Blogs ASE Conference 2013
4. “This is my first blog post about the ASE conference. It is almost a week since I came back and whilst the euphoria I felt during the 3 1/2 days is gone the resolution to be a better teacher and head of department remains. Professor Michael Reiss’s [session] and felt like a whistle stop tour of all the ideas and policies related to science education and some related to education in general.” ASE conference and the Purpose of Science Education Helen Rogerson, Teaching Science, 12 January 2012. Also see ASE conference session: Literacy in Science, ASE conference session: Leading Science into the Future
5. “People like me love the ASE conference as it tantalisingly dangles the opportunity to do 3 things: 1) Tell lots and lots of teachers about our wonderful activity / bit of kit / book / website / other thing that is probably the answer to all their prayers. Probably. 2) Listen to lots of teachers, and hear about current priorities and practices in science education. 3) Bump in to a plethora of contacts we haven’t seen for months (perhaps since last conference) and have a good natter.” Reflections on the ASE Annual Conference Liz Lister, = STEM + education
6. “It’s a conference, but there can’t be many others like it. There’s a snake in a crate, a spaghetti-tower building challenge, and the chance to win a prize for speed pipetting. A quick walk around the exhibition marquee reveals that The Association for Science Education (ASE) Annual Conference draws together individuals and organisations with many and varied interests in education.” The ABC of ASE: the Association for Science Education Conference 2013 Lydia Harriss, Wellcome Trust Blog
7. “Speaking to teachers was far and away the best part of ASE. Many teachers stopping by our booth already use Zooniverse projects in the classroom. Other teachers were excited to find a new free resource allowing them to bring real data and the chance to make contributions to current scientific research to their students.” Association of Science Education Annual Conference by Zooniverse Education Blog
8. “Teachers we engaged with were really positive …The ASE was a great opportunity to meet teachers involved with #ASEChat too… Not only did we have good conversations with teachers but there were other good networking opportunities.”Summer Schools in Food Science at ASE Conference Jan 2013 Storify by UoNBioscienceCareers
9. Fantastic review about #aseconf exhibition from speciallyteaching
10. #ASEConf session summary – Top GCSE grades by teaching outstanding Ofsted lessons By DeborahRichmond83 Wordpress Blog

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