McCoy says he began just looking forresources and then gradually started sharing
resources as well and participated in
hashtag chats. He then began engaging in
a chat, #edfocus, that is generally tagged
for discussions on reforms and followed by
principals and administrators. This connected
him to Justin Tarte, assistant principal
at Poplar Bluff Junior High School
in Missouri. McCoy says he became deeply
involved in book discussions geared toward
administrators and reform movements on
#edfocus, which led him and Tarte to organize
a chat with education researcher Robert
Marzano.