Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Twitter in Education

Mary Saragnese and Nancy Rebore put together this list of resources to prod us to consider the advantages of using Twitter in education.  It's making me think about it...What about you?


Twitter in  Schools – a select Bibliography 


A Vision of Students Today


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o (at home)


http://lightspeed/safevideos/Video.aspx?id=dGCJ46vyR9o (in district)


 


Twitter is the most popular platform for microblogging, which combines the features of blogging, text messaging, and social networking. Since it launched in 2006, Twitter has attracted more than a million users, including a growing community of educators


 


UHS - Time to use 21st century learning tools. Principal of New Milford High School in New Jersey : "I can honestly say that Twitter is probably the most powerful learning tool that I've ever experienced in my education career."


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ4qQU0ULUY (at home)


http://lightspeed/SafeVideos/Video.aspx?id=RQ4qQU0ULUY (in district)


 


 



6 resources for using Twitter in Education


3 useful resources: Twitter Handbook for Teachers; Twitter 4 Teachers ; Twitter for Teachers and Educators.  Also, a must watch video by AP Biology teacher:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTZMODNeKyc


 


Nine great reasons why teachers should use Twitter


Why should educators get involved?  Offers answers that you might like to share.


“Following smart people on Twitter is like a mental shot of expresso.”


 


Should your school be using Social Media?


Excellent article … and don’t miss the last section: My proposal to school districts everywhere: If I were in charge of my local school district, I would view social media, the internet, and technology, something like this …


 


Twitter in the classroom


Reasons to bring Twitter into the classroom: 1.) To examine Twitter itself as a part of media literacy;  2) To use Twitter as a collaborative tool.


 


 


Twittering, Not frittering: Professional Development in 140 characters  Teacher, David Cosand , on Twitter, follows high-profile edubloggers such as David Warlick and Wesley Fryer, regulars on the conference circuit who share their insights from afar via Twitter. "I'm here for the learning revolution," reads Fryer's one-sentence Twitter bio.


 


 



 


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