It’s Digital Learning Day and what better way to celebrate than adding a Twitter chat to your plans? On February 13th at 8pm EST, we’ll be hosting the next installment of #IRAchat. We’ll be discussing and sharing resources on the topic of project based learning (PBL).

Adding expert advice and guidance during the hour-long chat will be educational consultant and blogger Andrew Miller (@betamiller). If potential chatters are unfamiliar with PBL or need some foundational information before joining us on February 13th, Andrew wrote an excellent primer, “Getting Started with Project-Based Learning (Hint: Don't Go Crazy)” on Edutopia.

What is #IRAchat?

Inspired by the impressive resource-sharing that was happening in education-focused Twitter chats, IRA launched #IRAchat on July 18, 2013. The chat was originally bi-monthly, but due to its increasing popularity #IRAchat is now monthly.  You’ll be able to find the chat at 8p.m. EST on the second Thursday of every month.

Each month’s chat revolves around a hot topic in education.  To provide insight and add depth to the conversations, a guest expert is enlisted to co-host each month’s chat. Following each chat, a Storify recap is assembled—you can revisit the highlights of each chat here:

Digital Writing in the Classroom
Invent Your Future on #ILD13
Informational Reading & Writing
Hacking Your Curriculum

How to chat

To join the conversation, you can simply search for the #IRAchat hashtag in Twitter. If you’re unfamiliar with Twitter, you can learn how to get started and make the most of your experience by reading “Harnessing the Educational Power of Twitter.”

We look forward to chatting with you on Thursday and please feel free to tweet us with any questions you may have. Just use the #IRAchat hashtag in your tweet and we will do our best to help you with any advice or Twitter troubleshooting.