The article – “Teachers Embrace Social Media in Class” – describes the divide in college faculty perspectives on social media. One side sees social media as a distraction negatively impacting student engagement (and mentions one institution who blocked access to social sites for a week) and the other sees social media as a tool to reach students where they are and focus them in on the learning process.
Contents contributed and discussions participated by L Butler
Shareist - 0 views
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Shareist is a publishing platform which brings notebooks online. Create a notebook to capture ideas, bookmark interesting stuff you find online, and keep it either private or share it with others. Current in Beta.
TweetChat - 0 views
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Easy was to take part in a Twitter chat - it will automatically add the hash tag for you too!
Social Media and Student Engagement | Pearson Blog - 0 views
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Which side are you?
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In 2011, college faculty shared which social media are most valuable to them in teaching, with online video as most valuable and Twitter as least valuable.
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The survey was for college professors, do you think the data would be the same for teachers in your building?
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BYOD and Distraction - 0 views
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more important questions:
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Great questions for reflection and discussion points with teachers/admins/students who still think the device deserves all the blame.
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7 Ways To Keep Students Focused While Using Technology | Edudemic - 1 views
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1. Encourage direct engagement.
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What would this look like in your classroom?
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2. Ask for more participation.
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3. Delve into a topic.
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Museum 2.0: Engagement, Distraction, and the Puzzle of the Puzzle - 1 views
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there's a fine line between something that is inviting versus something that is distracting,
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The debate with engagement vs distraction extends beyond the classroom. We are in such a sensory overload environment that things like art museums are also trying to adapt to re-capture attention.
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From Distraction to Engagement: Wireless Devices in the Classroom (EDUCAUSE Quarterly) ... - 0 views
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From Distraction to Engagement: Wireless Devices in the Classroom
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devices in the classroom threaten to distract student attention but also offer opportunities for student engagement
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creative options for making wireless devices part of instruction
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A Principal's Reflections: Learning Tool or Educational Distraction? - 0 views
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Do you consider social media a tool for learning or a source of distraction and why?
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So what do you think?
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Free Technology for Teachers: Use the YouTube Upload Widget to Collect Videos from Stud... - 0 views
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Last week YouTube released two new tools that you can put into your website or blog to collect video feedback from visitors. The YouTube Upload Widget and YouTube Direct Lite can be installed on your blog or website to allow vistors to upload videos and or record videos directly through their webcams. The videos they submit will go to your YouTube account.
Apps Playground - 0 views
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The best iPhone and iPad apps for kids.
Magazine - Is Google Making Us Stupid? - The Atlantic - 10 views
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By Nicholas Carr
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Nicholas Carr also wrote The Shallows an entire book about the effect the Internet is having on our brains - I highly recommend it. http://www.theshallowsbook.com/
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http://d97cooltools.blogspot.fr/2012/03/design-your-digital-classroom.html - 0 views
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"The focus was on how to use technology as a tool for learning to support all learners in the 24/7 classroom." Interactive presentation on designing a digital classroom.
Great Moments in EdTech History | Ideas and Thoughts - 3 views
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journey into educational technology and share a few instances of “aha moments” that I think many can relate to
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Read the blog post and see what you agree with. The dates might change, but what is powerful and transformative remains the same.
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The beginning of cheap failure.
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Great concept = cheap failure. We have the opportunity for almost everything we create to be a work in progress. You can always learn and build upon your initial attempts. This should give people more freedom to try without the feeling of absolute and unrecoverable failure.
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'instant failure' - great phrase. It is important that they can make mistakes in a safe environment and have the guidance to learn from the mistakes.
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I did ask a few folks on twitter about their great moment in edtech history.
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Notice the use of Twitter and Storify.
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audiolip.com - micro podcasting - 0 views
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Micro podcasting instead of microblogging. Provides a toll-free number for people to call and record the audio. The recording can be Twitted or Shared on Facebook.
Ten Tips for Teaching Students how to Research and Filter Information | Integrating Tec... - 2 views
Readlists - 2 views
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"What's a Readlist? A group of web pages-articles, recipes, course materials, anything-bundled into an e-book you can send to your Kindle, iPad, or iPhone. "
Twitter for Teachers: Home - Twitter for Teachers - 3 views
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Guide for teachers using Twitter
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