Great rationale for why networks matter. Peggy Bentlley does a marvelous job of using Tweets to support the points she makes in her blog post. Must read!
Key groups to follow in Twitter. Many resources and very active.
1.) 100 Educators to Follow on Twitter
2.) Twitter 4 Teachers Wiki
3.) Educators on Twitter - Google Doc Spreadsheet. You can add yourself by filling out the following form once you create your Twitter account.
4.) Connexions - Directory of Learning Professionals Online
5.) You can get some more ideas at Free Technology 4 Teachers: Seven Ways to find Teachers on Twitte
Primarily written to encourage schools to share information via Twitter, but also contains suggestions of how teachers can benefit (and fwiw, I found the article from one of the people I follow on Twitter)
Still sage on stage, but good resource for engagement...the comments section has a good listing of similar tools as well and observes the inclusion of the SAP Web 2.0 tool into Prezi as well!
The great thing about sharing online is that you never know who is going to discover what you share. Something that you think has been said one hundred times over might be brand new to someone else. We all have something to share.
having students write a weekly reflective blog post. They don't have to write complex blog posts, just a short summary of their learning and observations that week will do. In this way students can learn from each other. Even if they don't pick up anything brand new from this process, they will at least be reminding each other of what they have learned that week.
One of the reasons I sometimes hear people give for not blogging, Tweeting, or otherwise participating in sharing their ideas online is, "I don't have anything to say." To that I often reply, "yes, you do."
Author Responds to Student Begging for Summary of Required Read
I love that teachers and writers admit to not reading books that were assigned. I wouldn't have read "The Scarlet Letter" either if I wasn't the one who had to assign it.
Guessing Game: ‘The Lord of the Rings’ as Written by Other Famous Authors - Flavorwire
Some writers have distinct stylistic fingerprints. Student writers, not so much.
"Frodo Baggins looked at the ring. The ring was round. It was a good ring. The hole at the heart of the ring was also round. The hole was clean and pure. ... The earth moved."
Kids Hate Classic Books Through Hilarious Tweets at #worstbookever « PWxyz
The old man and the sea, #worstbookever uuuggghhhh
heart of darkness please die #worstbookever#whatsisgoingon?
thank god for sparknotes #readingthecrucible#worstbookever
endless editing. Anyone who writes a lot understands this
Wonder what the Gettysburg Address might look like on Twitter? Check this out! Fun thing for U.S. History teachers and others just as a way of discussing the impact of social media.
Being a blogger isn’t just about publishing posts.
It’s also about reading others posts, taking time to comment on their posts (in meaningful ways), engaging with your readers by commenting back when they leave comments — being a good blog citizen.
Because reading posts that talks about other bloggers or their posts but doesn’t include links to them is really frustrating for readers. Readers like to follow the links and check out the information in more detail but without the links they can’t!
nowadays increasingly readers are reading blog posts by links shared on twitter rather than RSS. So it is now a good idea to tweet when you’ve written a new post.
If you’re not currently using twitter – here’s how to get started.