it may well be the granular level of privacy afforded by Google+ that is the key to making this a successful tool for schools
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TweetGrid - by jazzychad - 1 views
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You can follow any hashtag conversation. awesome!
Don't Ban Laptops in the Classroom - The Conversation - Blogs - The Chronicle of Higher... - 3 views
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Keeping the discussion from becoming one sided...
Bnter - 2 views
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Conversations tell stories. Share the interesting ones.
Google Plus: Is This the Social Tool Schools Have Been Waiting For? - 0 views
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many schools and teachers have still been reluctant to "friend" students
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that "always public" element of Twitter that makes many nervous
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blog of proximal development | - 1 views
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the students would not respond well to a teacher who enters the class blogosphere only to assign work or to evaluate their writing.
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Teachers who start using blogs sometimes play the old-fashioned role. It's great when they become aware of the importance of being there as one participant. Thus, teachers are more likely to be accepted and treated as a valuable source rather than the one who decides what has to be done and how good a piece of work is.
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I was very impressed - the students had turned to the community of their peers to request feedback. Then, I realized that none of the children asked me for feedback.
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Asking for peer help is one of the new patterns. Do you believe adults would have the same behavior? I don't think so. Actually, they turn to teachers as the only legitimate source of knowledge, as the ones who can tell what is right or wrong.
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they were not ready for corrections yet - they were simply interested in having conversations about their ideas.
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Thoughts on assessment and adolescent literacies
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