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This study looked at how Twitter-using educators were using Twitter to collaborate, network, or engage in professional development

Molly, I really enjoyed this article. It is especially relevant with this course. Honestly, I could never image using Twitter as any kind of professional resource, but after reading this and using Twitter for this class and one other, I can see how it would benefit educator to collaborate. It is also very easy to use. Thank you for sharing this article!

Hi Molly, This is very appropriate for our class, especially since we are using Twitter to share articles and resources with each other - - in our own personal learning environment. I focused on the discussion portion of this article. I noticed that for educators, personal learning networks are important and useful for professional development. It was interesting that the study found greater use in high school environments (maybe because we are influenced by our students?). The benefits of Twitter and professional development, is that one can access and participate at any time and any location - - it is self-directed! I would be interested in finding out how to promote this type of professional development within a school. What type of training is needed for educators to get started? How would one track satisfaction and learning?

The Flat Classroom® Project is a global collaborative project that joins together middle and senior high school students. This project is part of the emerging tend in internationally-aware schools to embrace a holistic and constructivist educational approach to work collaboratively with others around the world in order to create students who are competitive and globally-minded.

From Pre-K to Ph.D. - Project-Based Learning Many educators, faced with the demands placed on them by the NCLB, feel that projects are a luxury for which there is no time. Some educators seem to think that project-based learning is just for younger children, and by the time you get to the middle schools and high schools projects have all but disappeared.

A place for teachers to share project-based high school curriculum.

New MIlford High School uses Facebook and Twitter to connect with the community. The posts highlight student achievements and promote school events.

A group of students at Iowa City West High School started a social media club. They are committed to using Twitter and other social media to share positive thoughts.

If you have a teenager in high school most likely you have shelled out $100 for a TI calculator. These calculators have changed very little in the last 30 years. Dspite the explosion in technology TI has managed to maintain its monopoly like hold on the public schools with out improving it's technology, except to occasionally to change the color of the cover. It's time to revolt! Demos is a free online graphing calculator which frankly, leaves TI calculators in the dust. It can do everything a TI calculator can do and more...and it's free.

This video is about the success that a high school English teacher is having in Minneapolis, Minnesota by utilizing Twitter in her class. Engagement is high in her class.

High quality new math games including Intermediate, Middle and High School math games. Free to play online now.

There is a lot of uploaded projects on this website that continues to get more added to it by people from around the world. Take a look to see what you can find to help accent your lesson or help someone else understand something better!

Apps for science curriculum, but links to other content areas as well.

This article gives examples of several high schools that are using Facebook for their classes and how it got started and what teachers need to know in order to be successful in their endeavors to create a classroom Facebook.

This article gives one professors experiences on their successful use of Facebook in their British Literary History course. Facebook subsisted for the discussion forum common to a good many course management systems. Students use it because they were already there (on Facebook) and they found the use interesting.

This is a student's response to using Facebook to generate discussion in a British Literature History class. Even though it is collegiate level, I think that this scenario could definitely work in the high school setting.

Edutopia is one of my favorite resources. This is a great article on using Twitter for professional development.

Thanks for sharing this Mary! I had never heard of Edutopia before this, I will have to look into this more as it seems to be a popular social network platform among our group.

I love reading articles from Edutopia and this was no exception. It is amazing how much knowledge can be gained by the use of Twitter. I participated in a few PD type discussions and have found them very useful. The tips provided are very helpful. Thank you for sharing this article.

Do you prefer tools that are efficient, straightforward, and get the job done? We like them, too! This month, App Ed Review has curated four of our favorite easy-to-use websites for your classroom! Each of the websites we share in this RoundUp cut across the subject areas and can be easily embedded into middle and high school teachers' lesson plans.

Larry Ferlazzo I teach English & Social Studies at inner-city high school in Sacramento,CA This blog was co-authored by Katie Hull Sypnieski. This post is excerpted from their new book, The ESL/ELL Teacher's Survival Guide: Ready-to-Use Strategies, Tools, and Activities for Teaching English Language Learners of All Levels.

We are not teaching one subject, we should be teaching the student! This video shows how using a PLN and Connectivism, you can create more ideas from people outside the classroom. There are also many people willing to help you if you look for them.

We are not teaching one subject, we should be teaching the student! This video shows how using a PLN and Connectivism, you can create more ideas from people outside the classroom. There are also many people willing to help you if you look for them.