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This is a really neat tool for lecturing online. Basically pretty low-tech but with a super futuristic look. And the media team is hilarious, of course.

From this article: Presence is the most important best practice for an online course (Boettcher & Conrad, 2010, p. 53) Research has shown that an important component in students 'performance in and satisfaction with their online course is the active participation of the instructor within their course (Picciano, 2002; Rovai, 2002; Swan & Shih, 2005). ***Because online presence is such a pivotal part of our role as facilitators, social media certainly assists us in actively participating in each course.

Website guide for using twitter in education-in collaboration with twitter.

Are you interested in using Twitter or other social media as a teaching tool? Our culture has transformed significantly where online distribution of ideas has become commonplace. Our students' needs have shifted and they require digital citizenship skills.

Video to share with students for a reminder of basic privacy awareness

Useful (short) piece on some common misconceptions.

#TT1931: This is an interesting article about integrating social media into a classroom setting.

I was most surprised by Whisper and Omegle.

Social networking is important for students' success. These ideas will help,

The article reflects on the divide between students and instructors with respect to social media and technology.

This paper explains very clearly the meaning of multiliteracies and multimodality. In education this pedagogy brought new teaching and learning methods which are different from traditional approaches that focused on monomodal tools for learning. Multiliteracy gives flexibility in teaching and learning. Students learn in different ways, some of them prefer linguistic expression while others are more open to multimodal forms.

Many regard Twitter as quite a useless social media sharing portal. Some have this negative opinion, mainly because of the fact Twitter allows you to "tweet" or post only 140 characters in length. This length equals the text of a regular SMS, and for some this is simply not enough.

I found a good list of how one teacher uses Twitter in the classroom. Personally, I love the idea of a hashtag for a specific class.

Over 53 million usable free media files!

Images for faculty and student use in the classroom with easy to read and understand licensing.

I found this plug-in for Moodle that allows real-time sharing of multi-media such as chats, your screen/desktop, whiteboards, presentations, and audio/video. Appears to be an option for incorporating synchronous activities and communication.