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John Evans

Award Winning Fiction in 140 Characters - ReadWriteWeb - 0 views

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shared by John Evans on 02 Jun 08 - Cached
  • John Evans on 02 Jun 08
     
    "Constraints drive innovation and force focus," according to 37Signals in their popular "Getting Real" book. If that's true, then Copyblogger's Twitter Writing Contest, announced a couple of weeks ago, should have had writers brimming with creativity. The task? Write a short story in 140 characters. Not less than 140 characters, exactly 140 characters. That's no easy task, but the contest still fielded over 300 entries. Today, Copyblogger revealed the winners.
John Evans

The Winners of the Twitter Writing Contest Are… | Copyblogger - 0 views

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shared by John Evans on 02 Jun 08 - Cached
  • Just to review, the idea behind the Twitter Writing Contest was simple… compose a story in exactly 140 characters and post it on Twitter. I want to thank everyone who participated, because there are a ton of talented writers out there (even at 140 characters)!
  • John Evans on 02 Jun 08
     
    Just to review, the idea behind the Twitter Writing Contest was simple… compose a story in exactly 140 characters and post it on Twitter. I want to thank everyone who participated, because there are a ton of talented writers out there (even at 140 characters)!
Vicki Davis

Educator Application « 140 Character Conference - 7 views

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shared by Vicki Davis on 13 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 13 Jul 11
     
    Got a note that if you want to go to the 140 character conference for education and are an educator you can attend for $1.40. Here is the application, it is coming up August 2/3rd. "Your readers / subscribers may join us for a special price of $1.40 (seriously) if they apply here and prove they are part of the education community. Otherwise, participation is $140.00 for the two-day event. "
Vicki Davis

Twitter gets you fired in 140 characters or less - Technotica- msnbc.com - 0 views

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shared by Vicki Davis on 24 Mar 09 - No Cached
  • Clay Shirky speaks of a day in the not-too-distant future when human resources departments will have the wisdom to look beyond social networking faux pas — at least in some small part because by then, everyone will have made at least one.
  • Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich., tweeted this as-it-happens update regarding his group’s location and destination:"Moved into green zone by helicopter Iraqi flag now over palace. Headed to new US embassy Appears calmer less chaotic than previous here."
  • This social networking comedy of errors spread like dancing hamsters across Twitter. In the retelling, "theconnor" earned the nick, "Cisco Fatty." Before the work day ended, Web sleuths revealed "theconnor's" true identity. "Theconnor" was lampooned in a popular YouTube meme. And thanks to Google Cache, the deleted content of "theconnor’s" homepage resurfaced on CiscoFatty.com, a Web site erected to commemorate this cautionary tale.
  • Vicki Davis on 24 Mar 09
     
    Students need to understand that NOTHING, I repeat NOTHING Is private. Great case study about how 140 characters got someone fired before they were even hired.
Michael Walker

A Principal's Reflections - 14 views

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  • Michael Walker on 23 Apr 10
     
    NMHS Principal's reflection from the 140 character conference. Includes video of the presentation w/ Kyle Pace among others.
yc c

5min - Find the best how to, instructional and DIY videos - Life Videopedia - 11 views

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  • yc c on 16 Jun 10
     
    5min Media is the leading syndication platform for broadband instructional, knowledge and lifestyle videos. Our library includes tens of thousands of videos across 20 categories and 140 subcategories, which are professionally produced and brand-safe.
Anne Bubnic

Twittering Dante : New Models for Student Writing in the Digital Age - 0 views

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  • Anne Bubnic on 18 Apr 09
     
    Cracking Dante's Inferno is a tough row to hoe for any high school student-but what if the reading assignment was conducted via Twitter? The exercise "Twitter in Hell" was handed to some lucky seniors at University Laboratory High School at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, after reading the classic tome. Their mission? To write 140-character tweets describing each level in hell as if they were Dante writing to his beloved Beatrice.
Kelly Faulkner

Twitlonger - When you talk too much for Twitter - 6 views

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  • Kelly Faulkner on 06 Nov 09
     
    for when you need more than 140 characters to tweet. teachers tend to be verbose :O)
Vicki Davis

The Plenary Producer - Resources - TES - 3 views

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shared by Vicki Davis on 02 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 02 Nov 11
     
    Another cool tool. This is from a UK site so they call these "plenaries" but they are 140 lesson plan ideas. You'll have to sign up for a free TES account but this is  a cool powerpoint.
Vicki Davis

Twittering, Not Frittering: Professional Development in 140 Characters | Edutopia - 0 views

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  • Vicki Davis on 15 Aug 08
     
    Suzie Boss writes a comprehensive overview of the growing use of twitter in education. I find it so interesting that many of the complaints about twitter are also the initial complaints I heard about blogging. This is a very nice overview of twitter for those who are wondering "what is the fuss?"
  • Vicki Davis on 15 Aug 08
     
    Overview of the use of twitter in education from edutopia.
Vicki Davis

StrawPoll-Tiny polls in 140 characters or less - 0 views

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  • Vicki Davis on 17 Oct 08
     
    Strawpoll in twitter
  • Vicki Davis on 17 Oct 08
     
    Using a program called strawpoll to play with twitter polls. This makes it very useful. I'm going to include this on a blog post -- fascinating tool.
Caroline Bucky-Beaver

Footprints in the Digital Age - 0 views

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shared by Caroline Bucky-Beaver on 31 Oct 08 - No Cached
  • It's a consequence of the new Web 2.0 world that these digital footprints—the online portfolios of who we are, what we do, and by association, what we know—are becoming increasingly woven into the fabric of almost every aspect of our lives.
  • A recent National School Boards Association survey (2007) announced that upward of 80 percent of young people who are online are networking and that 70 percent of them are regularly discussing education-related topics.
  • By and large, they do all this creating, publishing, and learning on their own, outside school, because when they enter the classroom, they typically "turn off the lights" (Prensky, 2008).
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  • This may be the first large technological shift in history that's being driven by children.
  • The new literacy means being able to function in and leverage the potential of easy-to-create, collaborative, transparent online groups and networks, which represent a "tectonic shift" in the way we need to think about the world and our place in it (Shirky, 2008). This shift requires us to create engaged learners, not simply knowers, and to reconsider the roles of schools and educators.
  • Publishing content online not only begins the process of becoming "Googleable," it also makes us findable by others who share our passions or interests.
  • Although many students are used to sharing content online, they need to learn how to share within the context of network building. They need to know that publishing has a nobler goal than just readership—and that's engagement.
  • These new realities demand that we prepare students to be educated, sophisticated owners of online spaces.
  • More than ever before, students have the potential to own their own learning—and we have to help them seize that potential. We must help them learn how to identify their passions; build connections to others who share those passions; and communicate, collaborate, and work collectively with these networks.
  • Get Started! Here are five ideas that will help you begin building your own personal learning network. Read blogs related to your passion. Search out topics of interest at http://blogsearch.google.com and see who shares those interests. Participate. If you find bloggers out there who are writing interesting and relevant posts, share your reflections and experiences by commenting on their posts. Use your real name. It's a requisite step to be Googled well. Be prudent, of course, about divulging any personal information that puts you at risk, and guide students in how they can do the same. Start a Facebook page. Educators need to understand the potential of social networking for themselves. Explore Twitter (http://twitter.com), a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables users to exchange short updates of 140 characters or fewer. It may not look like much at first glance, but with Twitter, the network can be at your fingertips.
  • Caroline Bucky-Beaver on 31 Oct 08
     
    Very interesting article regarding our need as educators to teach students how to build their own PLNs. Teachers need to lead by example. He gives quick tips in the end on how to establish a PLN.
Art Gelwicks

Comment on: Fluffy thinking in the edtech community…a waste of energy and time - 0 views

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  • I’m not saying there isn’t a place and a time for strategic thinking, what I’m saying is that the edublogosphere is loaded to the freakin’ gills with it. How many ways can you discuss the innate digital skills of middle school students before realizing it’s worth more to talk about what works and doesn’t work with them. In this case the why is truly “academic”. We’ve twittered, blogged, bookmarked, tagged, forwarded, and flogged this horse to an amazing degree. What I don’t see is the same amount of energy in capturing what’s been done with the students, the successes and failures, in anything longer than 140 characters. If we want our teachers to learn to fish, we have to show them how to bait the hook and cast the line…not wonder if the fish are truly hungry.
  • voicethread.com used in first grade classroom so students are participating in asynchronous conversation and everyone gets to share on topic chosen by teacher. Combined with short recordings from audio enhancement classroom system help the teacher quickly post new content from class to the site.
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      Art Gelwicks on 17 Apr 08
       
      This is the type of practical example I'm talking about. 30,000 ft. talk is great...only if you're able to land the plane too.
  • Art Gelwicks on 15 Apr 08
     
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John Evans

Smithereens: All 331 Entries to Copyblogger's TwitLit Contest in One (Better) Place [ak... - 0 views

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  • John Evans on 02 Jun 08
     
    All 331 Entries to Copyblogger's TwitLit Contest all contained in a slieshow at the bottom of the page. Scroll down and enjoy.
Nick Senger

Chris Lehmann at 140 Characters Conference - 9 views

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  • Nick Senger on 21 Apr 10
     
    Chris Lehman gives an inspired address on educational reform and technology
Dennis OConnor

John Quincy Adams, Twitterer? - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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shared by Dennis OConnor on 06 Aug 09 - Cached
  • They may be two centuries old, but, written with staccato-like brevity, entries from one of Adams’s diaries resemble tweets sufficiently that they began appearing Wednesday on Twitter.
  • The diary, which Adams maintained until April 1836, is a rarity among the many he kept, in that the description for each day is no more than one line long. Historians believe he used the descriptions as references to longer entries in other journals.
  • Word spread, and the society decided to tweet the entries. They average 110 to 120 characters, below the 140-character limit imposed by Twitter, and there is nary an LOL or BFF among them.
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  • The posts will link to maps that, using the latitude and longitude coordinates from his entries, pinpoint his progress across the ocean. There will also be links to the longer entries of other Adams diaries, which can be found on the society’s Web site, http://www.masshist.org/jqadiaries/.
  • The idea appears to be working. As of Wednesday evening, only nine hours after the first entry was Twittered, the post had more than 4,800 followers, and Mr. Dibbell said the number was climbing.
  • Dennis OConnor on 06 Aug 09
     
    Clever use of social networking tech. The initial take on twitter was that it just broadcast mindless sort personal observations. This use turns that idea around. Interesting way to teach a bit of history. What if we started tweeting Basho & Issa, the great Japanese haiku poets? Hmmm sounds like a fun lit project doesn't it?
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