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Darla Grant

Creating the Module | NWP Digital Is - 1 views

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    Fantastic! Students use Twitter to take on personality traits of fictional characters in order to develop character empathy. They Tweet in the persona of the character and engage in conversation with other characters. Ultimately, students write a piece of FanFiction from their character's perspective.
msbianchi

Preservice Teachers' Participation and Perceptions of Twitter Live Chats as Personal Le... - 6 views

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    This study observed and surveyed undergraduate students in a teacher certification program use Twitter to form personal learning networks. Researchers were interested in how students perceived Twitter before and after group discussion. Additionally, researchers wanted to know if Twitter was an effective medium for group discussion. Although some students had frustrations with Twitter's structure, most had a positive experience in using it for networking.
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    I like this article because it shows how social media is rapidly transforming all aspects of our professional lives. At first when I started reading it, I wondered what are the benefits of Twitter over the chat function in many Learning Management Systems. But then I realized students are more likely connected to Twitter with several devices. The chat session would stay around longer than the course page in the LMS. Additionally, the PLN created by the synchronous chat session exists outside of the classroom walls and can continue long after the class is over. The article was correct to cite that one of the drawbacks is the lack of critical thought that goes into Twitter feeds. The low number of characters allowed limits the ability to express thoughts clearly. However, if it is used to organize PLNs it becomes an effective tool as the participants in the study all attested.
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    The study supported the belief that Twitter chats provide a place where learners can be exposed to widely differing perspectives, not limited by geographical or socioeconomic constraints: "Twitter chats . . . to communicate to other professionals you may not even know but you will absolutely learn from them and what they have to say." I enjoyed the anecdote of the student who found himself in the same chat room as his school principal father!
Susan Weitzman-Trifman

Fakebook - 1 views

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    "Fakebook" allows teachers and students to create imaginary profile pages for study purposes. Use "Fakebook" to make a fake Facebook page for a historical or fictional character or chart the plot of a book, the development of a character, a series of historical events, the debates and relationships between people, and so on!
Steven Albrecht

100 Inspiring Ways to Use Social Media In the Classroom | Online Universities - 2 views

  • Make literature real. Have students create a Facebook page for a character from literature you are studying like this class did.
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      This assignment violates Facebook's terms of use: http://www.facebook.com/terms.php. Users can't make fake profiles. I'd ask students to make a FB-like profile in some other software.
barakstanley

Teacher turning to Twitter - 2 views

I enjoyed reading the article. My initial thoughts were that Twitter's lack of characters would be a hindrance to developing a community of practice online. However, the article explains how "it re...

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Katy Cooper

From Twitter to Edmodo: Schools Collaborate With Social Media -- THE Journal - 0 views

  • An AP biology teacher created a shared hashtag on Twitter for students to use when completing an assignment about the stages of meiosis. The creative challenge was to be succinct enough to describe each stage in 140 characters or fewer.
  • group of New Milford students who recently went on a 10-day trip to Europe to study the Holocaust blogged about their experience every day.
  • Google Docs, and it is now a Google Apps school. Students can work on the same documents from various locations and at different times.
Katie Swanson Sathre

Experience of developing Twitter-based communities of practice in higher education - 5 views

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    Upon trying to find an article specific to CoP's and Twitter, I came across this study that utilizes Twitter to create CoPs. It is an interesting read, with the following quote laying a foundation to the context of article: "Twitter was not meant for building communities. Its original design - 140 character limit; postings accessible for a short time; and its prompting "What's happening" - were focused on immediate responses amongst those who already knew each other. But its enhancements such as improved search and the adoption by its users of conventions such as the hashtag and "@" symbol for communication have provided capabilities which can be used for conversation and collaboration (Gruzd, Wellman, and Takhteyev 2011).
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    This is a great article especially for those of us that are new to Twitter. I'm getting a better understanding of how it can be used for collaboration and conversations. Nice find and thank you for sharing it!
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    This article talks about the evolution of Twitter and how recent enhancements like the hashtag (#) and the @ sign have made it a good tool for collaboration and conversations. The article gives a great overview of CoPs and Personal Networks as well. Twitter can now be used for what's trending in education and is more that only what is trending in social media news.
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    What an interesting article, I love how they are researching and analyzing social media tools such as Twitter. The graphs and data made this article easy to understand and helpful to those of us who are not so Twitter savvy. I especially love how it addressed the evolution of Twitter to address the users needs...THIS is education! :) Thanks for sharing @Katie Swanson Sathre
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