Brief guidelines on moderating an #edcmchat for new moderators:
1. read the story!
2. come up with at least 4 questions to stimulate an engaging 1-hour discussion; ie. 1 question generates 15 minutes of conversation.
3. have a Twitter account. At the chat start time: start with welcoming tweets, see who's there, allow more people to tune and settle into the chat. No worries if you might feel nervous about it being your first moderation experience: there's usually at least one other experienced moderator there to assist if needed. You're not alone!
4. in the chat hour: tweet each (next) question at each quarter of the hour.
5. at the end of the chat, thank people for coming.
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To keep Goodreads Edcmooc chats rolling on ~ for all members:
1. Keep adding new suggestions in/for our bookshelf!
2. Select stories to compile and create a poll for the next month's read, to be voted on - ideally before or by the chat.
Suggestions can be gleaned from previous polls and our bookshelf.
In your choice of stories/books: short stories easily accessible on the Internet often make it easier for people to participate.
3. In 'Discussions' page > Create a new folder for an upcoming-to-read story, then create a new topic with the book title: to create a webpage for feedback responses / thoughts / questions for discussing the story, and invite/find a fresh moderator for the upcoming #edcmchat!
4. Spread the word about upcoming chat(s) eg. using Twitter, Facebook, Google+, etc.
As Goodreads moderator (ask an existing moderator - if you haven't already been made on - to do so): send a gentle reminder message to everyone in the Edcmooc group about a week before the chat (function button at the bottom within 'Members' page: "Broadcast a message to all members").
Existing moderators often chip in where they can on these various tasks above, given different time zones.
1. read the story!
2. come up with at least 4 questions to stimulate an engaging 1-hour discussion; ie. 1 question generates 15 minutes of conversation.
3. have a Twitter account. At the chat start time: start with welcoming tweets, see who's there, allow more people to tune and settle into the chat. No worries if you might feel nervous about it being your first moderation experience: there's usually at least one other experienced moderator there to assist if needed. You're not alone!
4. in the chat hour: tweet each (next) question at each quarter of the hour.
5. at the end of the chat, thank people for coming.
*
To keep Goodreads Edcmooc chats rolling on ~ for all members:
1. Keep adding new suggestions in/for our bookshelf!
2. Select stories to compile and create a poll for the next month's read, to be voted on - ideally before or by the chat.
Suggestions can be gleaned from previous polls and our bookshelf.
In your choice of stories/books: short stories easily accessible on the Internet often make it easier for people to participate.
3. In 'Discussions' page > Create a new folder for an upcoming-to-read story, then create a new topic with the book title: to create a webpage for feedback responses / thoughts / questions for discussing the story, and invite/find a fresh moderator for the upcoming #edcmchat!
4. Spread the word about upcoming chat(s) eg. using Twitter, Facebook, Google+, etc.
As Goodreads moderator (ask an existing moderator - if you haven't already been made on - to do so): send a gentle reminder message to everyone in the Edcmooc group about a week before the chat (function button at the bottom within 'Members' page: "Broadcast a message to all members").
Existing moderators often chip in where they can on these various tasks above, given different time zones.