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Peter Beens

The Canadian Press: Students failing because of Twitter, texting and no grammar teaching - 25 views

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social-networking twitter Failure literacy issues

shared by Peter Beens on 01 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Almost a third of those students are failing.
  • For years there's been a flood of anecdotal complaints from professors about what they say is the wretched state of English grammar coming from some of their students.
  • the failure rate has jumped five percentage points in the past few years, up to 30 per cent from 25 per cent.
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  • Some students in public schools are no longer being taught grammar, she believes.
  • Emoticons, happy faces, sad faces, cuz, are just some of the writing horrors being handed in, say professors and administrators at Simon Fraser."Little happy faces ... or a sad face ... little abbreviations," show up even in letters of academic appeal, says Khan Hemani.
  • The Internet norm of ignoring punctuation and capitalization as well as using emoticons may be acceptable in an email to friends and family, but it can have a deadly effect on one's career if used at work.
  • "These folks are going to short-change themselves, and right or wrong, they're looked down upon in traditional corporations," notes Postman.
Claire Dougan

CNN (CNN) on Twitter - 5 views

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shared by Claire Dougan on 02 Feb 10 - Cached
Martin Burrett

Yammer : The Enterprise Social Network - 24 views

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microblogging collaboration social networking chat

shared by Martin Burrett on 08 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Kate Tabor on 08 Mar 10
     
    Closed microblogging program
  • Florence Dujardin on 08 Mar 10
     
    I hope to do a pilot use of Yammer after Easter. It depends on my Uni adopting it officially so that I can set up a student group. I have used Yammer with other staff members: it's easy to use and it's nice to have a channel for quick communication - away from the tsumamis of emails... Yammer could well be to students' liking for that very reason, particularly if their studies are partly or wholly online.
  • Martin Burrett on 11 Jul 11
     
    Use social networking to organise your school by setting up it's own with this site, which is very similar to Twitter. The free version does have some limitations which means it is not very suitable for students to use, but this communication and collaboration tool would be great for the staff. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+&+Web+Tools
Ed Webb

Even Digg can't make framing acceptable | News | TechRadar UK - 13 views

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shared by Ed Webb on 09 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Ed Webb on 09 Apr 10
     
    hootsuite is the one that I encounter most frequently (via Twitter) and I dislike it greatly, not least because it messes up my ability to diigo a page as I wish
Mr Casal

How to Set up a Class Blog in Five Minutes | - 115 views

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shared by Mr Casal on 24 May 11 - No Cached
  • Mr Casal on 24 May 11
     
    The Creative Education Blog
Roland Gesthuizen

Are you on LinkedIN? | Integrating Technology in the Primary Classroom - 57 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 15 May 11 - No Cached
  • Teachers are warned that schools are scouring social networking sites and googling potential candidates for school positions.
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 15 May 11
     
    Recently I read on the oz-teachers mailing list a warning for teachers about using social networking sites unprofessionally. This UK article, suggests that teachers should be cautious of what they post online and check what information is available about them. Teachers are warned that schools are scouring social networking sites and googling potential candidates for school positions. This warning is not of concern to me. I am very wary about thinking before posting. I use Facebook in a limited way, while using Twitter for entirely professional reasons.
anonymous

Social Networking as a Tool for Student and Teacher Learning - 52 views

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shared by anonymous on 19 May 11 - No Cached
  • Online social networking includes much more than Facebook and Twitter. It is any online use of technology to connect people, enable them to collaborate with each other, and form virtual communities, says the Young Adult Library Services Association
  • Among students surveyed in a National School Boards Association study, 96 percent of those with online access reported using social networking, and half said they use it to discuss schoolwork. Despite this prevalence in everyday life, schools have been hesitant to adopt social networking as an education tool. A 2010 study into principals’ attitudes found that “schools are one of the last holdouts,” with many banning the most popular social networking sites for students and sometimes for staff.
  • Survey research confirms, however, that interest in harnessing social networking for educational purposes is high. As reported in School Principals and Social Networking in Education: Practices, Policies and Realities in 2010, a national survey of 1,200 principals, teachers and librarians found that most agreed that social networking sites can help educators share information and resources, create professional learning communities and improve schoolwide communications with students and staff. Those who had used social networks were more positive about potential benefits than those who had not. In an online discussion with 12 of the principals surveyed, most said, “social networking and online collaboration tools would make a substantive change in students’ educational experience.” They said these tools could improve student motivation and engagement, help students develop a more social/collaborative view of learning and create a connection to real-life learning.
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  • Most national, state and local policies have not yet addressed social networking specifically; by default, it often falls under existing acceptable use policies (AUPs). While AUPs usually provide clear language on obscenities, profanity and objectionable activities, they also leave out gray areas that could open students to harmful activities while excluding them from certain benefits of social networking. Likewise, boilerplate policies that ban specific applications, such as Twitter, may miss other potential threats while also limiting the ability of students to collaborate across schools, districts, states or countries. The challenge for districts is to write policies that address potentially harmful interactions without eliminating the technology’s beneficial uses.
trisha_poole

The 10 Best and Worst Ways Social Media Impacts Education - Edudemic - 102 views

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shared by trisha_poole on 26 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • trisha_poole on 26 Jul 11
     
    Social networking communities are here to stay. Facebook has over 500 million users, while Twitter has over 200 million. That's not even counting blogs or YouTube video blogs. There's no doubt that students are actively engaged in online communities, but what kind of effects are these sites having and how can parents counteract the bad and bolster the positive?
Georges Khairallah

Plus - ManageFlitter - 17 views

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Google+ Web 2.0 UtilityOfTheDay

shared by Georges Khairallah on 28 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • Georges Khairallah on 28 Jul 11
     
    Allows to share G+ public posts, and/or filtered ones (with Pro only) to Twitter. Hashtag #twt is a basic filter than can be used with the free version.
maureen greenbaum

Tweet Your Grievances: A Handy Directory of All Congressional Twitter Handles - Politic... - 1 views

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shared by maureen greenbaum on 02 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • maureen greenbaum on 02 Aug 11
     
    Link to the twtiter handle of those senators and reps that have them Write your senator or rep if they don't have one!
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