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140 Characters in the Classroom: Resources to Help Teachers Use Twitter to Teach
By Teachers.Net News Desk
Twitter in the Classroom?
High schoolers at Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis, Minn. are being engaged in the classroom in a whole new way. By using social media tools and giving them access to the Internet, students are able to learn in different ways. Having discussions about their English class online has increased their level of attention and engagement in their studies.
Twitter in the Classroom. Overview of Twitter basics and ways to use it as a communication tool in the classroom
The Twitter Experiment UT Dallas. The creator of this video says, “Dr. Rankin, professor of History at UT Dallas, wanted to know how to reach more students and involve more people in class discussions both in and out of the classroom. She had heard of Twitter… She collaborated with the UT Dallas, Arts and Technology – Emerging Media and Communications (EMAC) faculty and as a Graduate student in EMAC, I assisted her in her experiment.
“I documented the experiment for a digital video class with Professor Dean Terry, therefore, and assisted Dr. Rankin in the experiment as a part of my collaboration and content creation course with Dan Langendor. It was a real pleasure to work with Dr. Rankin – a forward-thinking professor open to the intelligent use of new media.”
More Educational Applications for Twitter
Educational Screencasts 006 – Twitter in the Classroom
A short dialog on the buzz around Twitter and how it can be used in education, PLNs
Tweets for Education pt. 1. Benefits and possible uses of Twitter for educational purposes.
