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Based on a list by Chris Brogan - 50 ideas for using Twitter

A short article listing 4 benefits of using smartphones in the classroom. While I'm still not totally convinced, some good points are made here. The issue I don't ever seem to see addressed in articles like this, though, is how to keep students from going to facebook or their texts after using the phone for a learning purpose.

http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2012/10/balancing-advantages-disadvantages-student-social-media-use/ "In " Only Disconnect," Andrew Reiner, writing for The Chronicle of Higher Education, lamented the state of American youth, particularly their preoccupation with social media. By the end of his article, Reiner advocated for social media Sabbaths, in which students would disconnect from their networks in order to more deeply engage with each other and their academic pursuits.

An article on Twitter for teachers, from Edudemic, a site that distributes stories around teaching, learning, and the impact of technology on education.

In addition to the comment that populated itself below, I want to add that this link contains a list of etiquette rules for Twitter that I think are very useful for a newbie. Twitter has proven itself to be an indispensable tool for educators around the globe. Whatever skill level you may be, Twitter is downright fun and worth your time. So here's a useful guide that we curated from Edudemic's archives in an effort to put something together that was a bit easier to read than random blog posts.

A very thorough list on how to use Twitter for educational purposes!

Found some of the uses quite interesting

Comprehensive list with a brief description of how each tool can help to enhance learning through interaction and collaboration

This is a very good list.

Useful information for instructors

Nice article that discusses how students learn and how they engage with social media.

Intro to Twitter & social media concepts for use in CME. Follow us at http://twitter.com/EinsteinMed. Related video interviews at end of presentation and at http://bit.ly/OW5wiT and http://bit.ly/TWuZXP

This blog provides some suggestions for using YouTube in the classroom. It also describes other educational video resources.

Self-explanatory title!

Resource that relates to our MVCR Tech Tools readings and assignments.

Many ideas--from basic (such as sorting) to complex, creative ways to exchange ideas and information

Some of these blogs can be useful in helping us create new ideas for our courses or just to see what others are doing.

Is privacy concerns stopping you from using social media in your courses?

New tools have been released recently that demonstrate that texting can, in fact, be used for educational purposes.

Research on how faculty in higher education use social media.

A word or phrase preceded by a "#." How do hashtags work? Twitter can be a busy place with lots of tweets-and thus lots of "noise." A #hashtag is a way to aggregate tweets that are appended with a hashtag. Picture it like a magnet that attracts all messages categorized by that topical word or phrase.

Really useful! I'm still, however, not convinced that Twitter can be useful for much else than brainstorming.. Thanks though!

Article about delivering educational activities using Web 2.0 tools.

Are we providing as 21st century education if we don't teach how to use these new forms of communication?

I think it depends on the course and the course learning objectives. Social networking may not be a tool that aids in encoding course content and thus, would be inappropriate to include.

This wiki is for educators and includes ideas for using twitter in the classroom.