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Article about how a resource such as twitter can drive classroom learning going forward.

This is an area I'd like to tune up for myself and learning communities that I work with. Twitter's potential seems huge and not yet well utilized (in my networks) for closing the gap between sharing information and building relational solutions that move insight into action.

The reason I really like using Twitter for education is that it fits so well with constructivism. Like other social media, Twitter blurs the line between content creators and consumers, making interactions inherently collaborative; and more than that, the short character limit ensures that these interactions remain a dialogue rather than long-form conversations that frustrate sharing. I think suggestions like this article makes are also important beyond Twitter, because-let's be honest-it won't remain the dominant form of social media forever. Like we've talked about throughout the course, we need to be sure that technology doesn't drive change and that we don't simply adopt technologies because of their vogue; but whatever tools we end up using absolutely need to become more open and collaborative, or we risk losing student engagement and, ultimately, students themselves.

Aqui os dejo un enlace por si estais en Madrid o podeis pasar durante las dos primeras semanas de noviembre en donde se ofertan actividades de tipo cientifico para publico adulto o familiar. Es un modo de hacer "ciencia participativa" porque los cientificos muestran y comparten parte de su experiencia a quien pueda estar interesado.

Sólo era posible apuntarse hasta el 30 de junio :(