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One of my readers sent me a link to this great article from her blog and I would like to share some of it with you and encourage you to check out her great site.
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source: universityreviewsonline.com
Many critics of Twitter believe that the 140-character microblog offered by the ubiquitous social network can do little for the education industry. They are, of course, wrong. K-12 teachers have taken advantage of Twitter’s format to keep their classes engaged and up-to-date on the latest technologies. The following projects provide them with a few ways to incorporate the site’s features into important and lasting lessons.
1. Tweet about upcoming due dates or assignments.
One of the simplest ways that teachers can use Twitter in their classroom involves setting up a feed dedicated exclusively to due dates, tests or quizzes.
2. Provide the class with a running news feed.
Subscribe to different mainstream and independent news feeds with different biases as a way to compare and contrast how different perspectives interpret current events and issues.
3. Create a career list.
Set up an interesting assignment requesting that students set up Twitter lists following feeds relevant to their career goals and keep a daily journal on any trends that crop up along the way.
4. Track memes.
As inane as Justin Bieber’s popularity is, at least an educational opportunity lurks around the corner. Instructors concerned with communication and sociology issues can easily find a number of different lessons on how ideas and fads spread throughout different media sources.
5. Coordinate assignments.
Rather than keeping up with an e-mail train, students can use Twitter to collaborate on different projects and keep a quick reference on any changes.
6. Track a hash tag.
More ambitious educators may want to incorporate Twitter in lessons that track hash tags for another interesting lesson in how trends spread and the various ways in which people use social media to communicate ideas.
7. Connect with the community.
Partner up with local government or charitable organizations and use Twitter to reach a broad audience discussing the latest cultural or educational events in the area and encourage others in the community to attend.
8. Follow the issues.
Bring a little technology into debates by asking the class which issues they would like to follow. Subscribe to relevant hash tags and accounts from all perspectives and compile an updated resource cobbling together as much research as possible.
(for the rest of the post, please see http://www.universityreviewsonline.com/2005/10/50-ways-to-use-twitter-in-the-classroom.html)
thank you for emailing me Samantha and great tips!
matt (marketmpb)
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