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Cassidy O'Brien

28 Creative Ideas for Teaching with Twitter | MindShift - 0 views

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Twitter teaching socialmedia education

shared by Cassidy O'Brien on 08 Apr 13 - No Cached
  • 28 ways to use Twitter in class.
  • utilizes Twitter to gather real-time feedback
  • end up projected right there during lectures
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  • allowing students to answer questions via Twitter rather than raising their hands
  • This greatly aids studying, too, as they can easily refer back via dedicated classroom hashtags.
  • an excellent way for his students to continue class discussions after they’ve already ended
  • far easier to tweet changes, cancellations and other important announcements.
  • many students use Twitter now to alert their teachers about when they’ve finished their work
  • The 140-character limit offers a nice little challenge for students, and innovative educators and authors like have taken notice.
  • Word, trend or hashtag tracking:
  • ask them to actually tweet a response and open a discussio
  • Take notes:
  • For high schoolers and the college crowd, this assignment might very well help them discover some personal career goals.
  • Share a story:
  • The first tweets a sentence, the next builds off of it and so forth; try assigning a hashtag to make reading everything faster.
  • Keep parents informed: When teaching the younger set, parents may like to follow along with what’s going on in their children’s day. Keep a Twitter feed updating them about the different lessons and activities as they happen for greater engagement between the home and the classroom.
  • For kids just learning about distance, this makes for a lovely way to get them to know more about where everything is in relation to their own cities and towns.
  • ______ of the day: No matter the class, a vocabulary word, book, song, quote or something else “of the day” might very well make an excellent supplement to the day’s lesson. When teaching younger kids, tell their parents about the Twitter feed and encourage them to talk about postings at home.
  • A common hashtag and communicative network is all it takes to share insight and recommendations.
  • Keep up with current events: Similarly, educators can set up lists with different news sources, allowing their students to stay on top of current events. Separate them by field for quicker access and even more comprehensive organization.
  • Set up a communal hastag for students and professionals alike to use and exchange their views and lessons.
  • Host a Twitter scavenger hunt: For fun and education, get students moving and organize a sort of Twitter scavenger hunts — maybe even see if other classrooms or professionals want to get involved. As with many of the projects listed here, such an activity can easily be applied to a wide number of grade levels and academic subjects.
  • Not only does it help them reflect on their lessons and their world, but it also serves as a nice, guided introduction to social media.
  • Help students get their names out: College professors hoping to nurture the professional future of their juniors and seniors might like the idea of teaching them the role of social media in job hunting. Business students into the whole “personal branding” fad will particularly benefit from comprehensively exploring such things.
  • Cassidy O'Brien on 08 Apr 13
     
    This article is talking about how to use twitter in a classroom setting and gives 28 different ideas on how to use it.
Benjamin Voith

PressTV - US quit Syria war over possible reaction from Tehran: Iranian MP - 0 views

www.presstv.ir/...t-syria-war-over-iran-reaction

syria war possible

shared by Benjamin Voith on 12 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • Benjamin Voith on 12 Sep 13
     
    This might be a useful current event article if I was a High School history teacher. This sentence and the sentence following are required. By that I mean you have to write three sentences as to why this article is useful for credit.
Kathryn Wirch

Breaking News, U.S., World, Weather, Entertainment & Video News - CNN.com - 0 views

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cnn media world politics daily news tv

shared by Kathryn Wirch on 25 Sep 15 - Cached
  • Kathryn Wirch on 25 Sep 15
     
    Important breaking news information, relevant in any classroom setting. Useful for teachers because it helps them and their students stay up-to-date on current events.
Michael Barrette

50 Ways to Use Technology in the Classroom - 0 views

www.classroomtech.org/...50ways.htm

shared by Michael Barrette on 19 Oct 12 - Cached
  • used by teachers for their classes
  • Word Processing
  • Spreadsheets and Databases
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  • nternet
  • Email
  • Videoconferencing
  • Digital Camera
  • Digital Video
  • Web Page
  • Presentation Software
  • Word Processing
  • class projects
  • Word Processing
  • Build a class "contact list" for homework help and information sharing
  • Strategize for a fund-raiser by working with supply, demand, and price
  • Expand vocabulary within any written work using the thesaurus in your word processing application
  • Internet Scavenger Hunt
  • Start the day or week with "Current Events," even in a content area, from major news sources
  • Become an "e-pal" to someone anywhere in the world
  • class presentation with each group having a few slides in a presentation
  • . Record "class info and rules" for new student orientation
  • class presentations, field trips, or activities!
  • Document processes for use and review
  • . Upload a page with results of students’ work—art, maps, or even digital presentations
  • Converse and collaborate with another class on a project
  • Internet 19. Go on an Internet Scavenger Hunt 20. Explore places you could never visit through streaming video 21. Investigate any situation through a WebQuest—created by someone else or you can create your own 22. Track data—the weather over time, or in different places, or changes in the Stock Market 23. Start the day or week with "Current Events," even in a content area, from major news sources 24. Watch or join an adventure online 25. Contribute to a research team—student data contributions and tracking are used for many projects 26. Research what happened the day you were born 27. Play a role in an online simulation—there is even a United Nations simulation for Middle School 28. Test your knowledge with daily quizzes—the National Geography Bee posts new questions daily 29. Become a "Jason Project" member 30. Follow the Iditarod
  • Tia Lund on 19 Oct 12
     
    50 ways to use technology in a classroom. It states lots of methods under certain topics to help you use technology.
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  • Jordan Rispalje on 14 Mar 13
     
    Easy and fun ways to use technology in a classroom
  • Claire Temple on 25 Sep 14
     
    This website can be useful to teachers because it tells you many different ways you can use technology in the classroom.
  • Jordyn Hameau on 11 Apr 15
     
    Site offers different creative activities that allow you to use technology. 
Maddie Stearns

CNN Student News - CNN.com - 0 views

www.cnn.com/studentnews

currentevents cnn SocialStudies news tools classroom

shared by Maddie Stearns on 16 Nov 15 - Cached
  • CNN Student News is designed for use in middle and high school classrooms. It's always a good idea for you to preview each program before showing it to students.
  • Maddie Stearns on 16 Nov 15
     
    This is a great website to inform students about current events. 
Rachel Saueressig

50 Ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom | TeachHUB - 0 views

www.teachhub.com/50-ways-use-twitter-classroom

socialmedia Twitter classroom technology teaching education

shared by Rachel Saueressig on 20 Feb 13 - No Cached
  • setting up a feed dedicated exclusively to due dates, tests or quizzes
  • track hash tags for another interesting lesson
  • Subscribe to relevant
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  • hash tags and accounts
  • weet their own notes during lessons and share with their peers
  • Subscribe to different mainstream and independent news feeds with different biases as a way to compare and contrast how different perspectives interpret current events and issues.
  • Teresa Grandaw on 20 Feb 13
     
    This site gives descriptive information about how Twitter can be used in the classroom. It also gives examples from grades K-12 and different uses for Twitter in the classroom for each grade.  
  • Rachel Saueressig on 21 Feb 14
     
    More ways to incorporate Twitter in a classroom.
Abigail Schmidt

Technology in schools: Future changes in classrooms - BBC News - 0 views

www.bbc.com/...technology-30814302

technology classroom

shared by Abigail Schmidt on 11 Apr 15 - No Cached
  • Benjamin Jarolimek on 11 Apr 15
     
    Well this site specifically is good for teachers because it describes the changes in technology that are coming into education. It is also relevant because I, as a teacher have the students complete a current event every day as morning work. They are allowed to use any site. This is one that is approved.
  • Abigail Schmidt on 13 Oct 15
     
    Technology  in schools
Destinee Kafka

Technology for Teaching: 10 Ways to Improve Classroom Learning | Scott Steinberg - 0 views

www.huffingtonpost.com/...-for-teaching-1_b_2614699.html

classroom technology teaching

shared by Destinee Kafka on 06 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • Share Content Online - Whether it's posting videos to a private channel for class members and parents to see, using Google Docs to share materials so students can collaborate on a shared project, or posting homework assignments to a class website for everyone to access, using technology as a tool demands a base level of proficiency from students that they'll need to continue to build on.
  • Create a Class Blog or Wiki - Encourage kids to respond to in-class lessons or current events and topics, and devise a system for posting thoughts, news or impressions of them to a class blog or Wiki. Kids will love improving their creative writing skills and seeing their work appear online, and parents will love being able to feel more connected to the classroom. As the school year progresses, it's often great fun to watch a class' page fill up with posts and discussions, and see kids, parents, and educators engage in more frequent and ongoing dialogue.
  • Promote Greater Good - If there's an international, national or even local need for charitable donations or disaster relief, classrooms can use online tools to solicit and track charitable donations, or spread awareness for these causes. Sites like FirstGiving or Pledgie can help teachers use technology as a complement to cause-based learning. Helping kids create social awareness, all show how high-tech solutions can be used as a tool for kindness, understanding, and good.
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  • Embrace Connected Learning - The concept of "Connected Learning" is at the center of a new theory that champions say "is a model of learning that holds out the possibility of re-imagining the experience of education in the Information Age" that draws on "the power of today's technology to fuse young people's interests, friendships and academic achievement." According to Dr. Mizuko Ito, a leader in the field of Connected Learning and a professor at the University of California, Irvine, and cultural anthropologist of technology use, examples of Connected Learning are when a teacher may ask a student to do a report on their favorite video game, or if a kid who likes to draw on the computer creates the signs and banners for a classroom party.
    • lemaykm07
      lemaykm07 on 02 Feb 15
       
      Learning in a classroom is often easier with the help of technology, for the student as well as the teacher.
  • Matt Bisbee on 06 Mar 13
     
    More helpful tips on improving classroom learning.
  • Tessa Fure on 07 Mar 13
     
    Technology to improve teaching.
  • Kylie Hedgepath on 02 Feb 15
     
    This websites uses up to date applications that most children and teens are familiar with. This website uses twitter and blogging as means of teaching technology which should spark their interest in the classroom.
Jon Stokes

News For Your Classroom - 0 views

magazines.scholastic.com

current events news reading

shared by Jon Stokes on 23 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • top news story OCTOBER 22, 2014 The Battle Against Ebola The world continues to fight the spread of this deadly virus—with some signs of progress
  • Jon Stokes on 23 Oct 14
     
    This would be a great website for a social studies class.
  • Jon Stokes on 23 Oct 14
     
    This would be a great website for a social studies class.
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