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Once blocked, Twitter and other social media become classroom tools - 1 views

  • unblock the sites so he could incorporate social media into his lessons,
  • Lazarski believes, he's better engaging students and reinforcing responsible use of the online tools that have become part of the fabric of modern society
  • educators such as Lazarski are teaching students to engage with the same tools they use in their social life in a more professional and academic capacity.
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  • the tweets from other students can be revelatory.
  • Education should be about play and experimentation, not absorption.
  • he's better engaging students and reinforcing responsible use of the online tools
thebda

Why Educators Should Spend 15 Minutes a Day on Social Media - 0 views

  • She encourages educators to start small by carving out 15 minutes twice a week to look around on Twitter and read articles. Then you'll find yourself wanting to respond to what you saw, Marten said.
  • Connecting online through Twitter, LinkedIn and Google+ has made a tremendous difference
  • in order for me to continue to grow and do the best that I can for kids, I have to make myself carve this time out,
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  • Busy schedules are one reason why educators don't collaborate and connect through social networking platforms. But a lack of time isn't the main issue. It's priorities.
thebda

TOP TEN REASONS TO HAVE STUDENTS BLOG ABOUT THEIR READING EXPERIENCES by Russ Anderson ... - 0 views

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      I see text blogging and video blogging as the same and both can generate the positive behaviors described in the article.
  • When students write deeply, about ideas they care about (in this case, books and reading), their voices organically begin to take shape. Their words start to sound like them and represent them as readers, but more importantly, as people.
  • By having students blog, you are giving them a place to share their love of reading
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  • Not to say that writing for a teacher contains no value, it does, but when a student writes for an audience of 100 or 1,000, neat things start to happen. The ownership they feel over their words increases.
  • Thanks to the wonderful world of social media, students have a closer connection than ever to their literary celebrities.
  • Online writing is a 21st-century skill
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