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Some interesting applications. Maybe I need to reconsider.

Do Popular Social Networking Applications Have A Place In The Classroom? A Growing Number Of Educators Say 'Yes'. The post, "100 Ways To Teach With Twitter", is one of the most consistently viewed article on this site. Similarly, "Facebook As An Instructional Technology Tool", resulted in the 2nd most trafficked day here in 2010.

Awesome article! Thank you.

A couple of years ago the optimistic view on virtual schools prevailed. For several students this learning environment provided the safety they had lacked in traditional schools either because emotional, social or other reasons. Contrary to the original enthusiasm, however, today more and more analyses refer to the problems of these schools. The Virtual Schools in U.S 2019 - among others - describes this problem in detail.

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.

This website is an overview and serves as a hub to identify data grounded in resources managed by this federal agency. It includes reports and data sets concerning geography, wildlife, and climate information.

STEM, Humanities and Social Science disciplines can integrate these sites, papers and data sets into their curricula.

Motivation plays a mayor role in Online teaching. I found this article helpful because it provides tips on three important aspects: social support, course content & instructors behavior.