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Teachers should only use social media as a teaching tool to improve their students' education. "If it's not to the betterment of your kids, why are you doing it? It may not be for you," says Brian Aspinall, an elementary teacher in Chatham, ON who speaks and blogs about technology and educational reform. "Don't do it because you went to a conference on Twitter and someone said you should do it."

This website offers case studies in biology.

This article gives insight to what is coming in education

Great article, Anne! Thanks for sharing. -Anne Bendik

Good article about how teaching during Covid has changed teaching as we know it in the future.

This a great (free) Pharmacology Open Education Resource (OER) for any nursing faculty. I have utilized this in my classes and my students have reported positive feedback on this resource. The e-book also has interactive case studies that I have implemented too. The same company is developing a Fundamentals nursing book (OER) that is set to launch later this summer.

Interesting read!

Good read Mary!

This article is titled, "5 Research-Backed Tips to Improve Your Online Teaching Presence," and it offers some great information.

A good, simple reminder for all of us. I particularly related to Points 3 and 4 -- clarity and feedback

TikTok in the classroom! The new craze!

This is an interesting article that discusses the importance of creating "community" with social media and how it's important to incorporate into the classroom. The startling statistic that the authors cite is that 96% of students are using at least 1 form of social media.

This is an interesting idea that comes full circle to the original intention of Facebook. Build (and control) individual university social networks.

Excellent resource for copyright free images, videos, and music

Thanks for the website Mark... I use a variety of images in my PowerPoints, so this is certainly a great resource...

Thank you for sharing. I used https://unsplash.com/ a lot. Now I will add it to my toolbox.

Clarity is provided on definitions of "regular and substantive interaction" in distance education - These new requirements take effect July 1, 2021.

Given the fluid nature over the past 15 months, it is good to see. Much like hmoore661, it appears to complement competency-based models.

@hmoore681 @ wfroese Thank you for visiting. ILCCO is organizing a meeting/training for the DL leaders in each institution to understand how that impacts what are doing in our current online programs.

This online article listed 10 tips for using social media to maintain social connections during the emergency transition to online education during COVID-19 pandemic. These tips are still helpful for post-pandemic online teaching.

Free, high-quality videos for various medical, nursing, and biology courses.

Free APA resource guide.

Another great writing and citation resource.

This is a neat article on teaching math with social media. Some of the ideas can be applied to other subject areas as well.

Student confidence to learn online is predictive of the student learning experience.

This was worth listening to. It inspired me to think about using Twitter as a teaching tool. Jesse Strommel convinced me it's worth a try.

How one professor and students use twitter to drive class discussion participation

@hnoore681 Thanks for sharing! Just wanted to keep in mind of those who don't have an account, and those who don't want to have one. That's when UDL comes into play. I am also exploring https://grouptweet.com/blog/step-by-step-guide-to-managing-a-classroom-twitter-account-with-grouptweet.

@chreych I am always curious about this. Since twitter is free, if they do not have an account - can't we ask them to create one for use in the classroom?