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#DCMOOC - A MOOC About Digital Citizenship Whether we work with preschool children or college students, digital citizenship is something that we should all be talking about with our students. To help you help students understand digital citizenship Alec Couros is facilitating a MOOC on the topic of digital citizenship. The MOOC is supported by the Government of Saskatchewan. #DCMOOC begins tonight, May 13th at 7pm Saskatchewan Time (use this tool to convert the time to your local time). H/T to Jen Deyenberg for the Tweet about #DCMOOC
3 Digital Reading Challenges for Summer This summer, more than ever, how we read may be just as important as what we read. In April, researchers at West Chester University published a report arguing that eReaders could lead to decreased comprehension and fluency. In this New York Times article, the professors suggest that the interactivity, easy access to a dictionary, and constant use of text-to-speech could actually hinder the development of students' reading skills. However, the examples highlighted in the article focus on the content -- comparing traditional, paper-based books to electronic versions with a high level of interactivity such as games and video -- rather than addressing the skills and strategies implemented in the reading process. As I wrote in a previous post, students now have the potential to customize their reading experiences with mobile devices. So this summer, instead of reading in whatever manner you would traditionally use, I'd like to suggest three digital reading challenges. Diigo Features:
A Simple Guide on The Use of Hashtag for Teachers Chris Messana was the first guy to share a tweet containing a hashtag back on August of 2008. Since then, hashtags have become the most popular communicational medium of choice for television shows, political campaigns, educational news and updates, commercials, and also an icon of the 21st century pop culture. So, what is a hashtag ? Here is what Twitter said about it : " The # symbol, called a hashtag, is used to mark keywords or topics in a Tweet. Who can use Hashtags? How can I create a hashtag ? Related : Why using a hashtag ? 1- #edtech This is one of my favorite hashtags on Twitter. 2-#edapp If you are interested in discovering and learning more about the use of educational apps in teaching, edapp is a hashtag to follow. 3-#edchat This is one of the popular hashtags and it is a great way for you to meet other teachers from all around the world and stay updated about the trending topics in education.
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9 resources for teaching digital citizenship How can we teach kids to use technology responsibly when the technology is changing faster than we can keep up? How do we foster the values of good digital citizenship in students who are old enough to scoff at the “thou shalts” and “thou shalt nots”? Grappling with these questions is just the beginning of the digital citizenship conversation. Most educators recognize the need for it, but many are at a loss for how to teach it. In classrooms where digital citizenship is taught effectively, the teachers often share two things in common: They model ethical technology use for their students on a daily basis, and they naturally incorporate conversations about it whenever technology is part of their lesson plan. Here are some resources to help: 1. Schools have long woven citizenship lessons into their curricula, but now that much of our social interaction happens online, many teachers are struggling to figure out how to teach students about responsible digital citizenship as well. 2. 4. 5.
New Tab Learn How to Use Twitter in 15 Minutes - Tutorial This how to Twitter tutorial is designed to get you up and running on Twitter in 15 minutes or less. You'll learn the basics of how to Twitter by setting up your Twitter profile, sending your first tweet and deciding how you want to use Twitter. 1. Fill Out the Sign Up Form on Twitter's Home Page First, go to twitter.com and fill out the three sign up boxes on the right, entering your real name, real email address and a password you'll need to write down and remember. It's generally a good idea to give Twitter your real name, because Twitter is all about real people. Be sure to give your real email address, too. After filling out your name, email and password, click "Sign Up." 2. After you click "sign up," Twitter will display another page with the three items you just filled out and a suggested Twitter username at the bottom. Twitter's suggested username will be based on your real name, but you are free to change it. Click "create my account" when you are done. 3. 4. 5. Why? 6.
Teachers Teaching Teachers, on Twitter: Q. and A. on 'Edchats' A screenshot from TweetDeck showing, left, a recent #Edchat stream and, right, the #Engchat stream at the same time. Like other groups with shared interests, from epidemiologists to James Joyce fans to locked-out N.F.L. players, teachers are turning to Twitter to collaborate, share resources and offer each other support. Many, in fact, are using it to take professional development into their own hands, 140 characters at a time. Each week, thousands of teachers participate in scheduled Twitter “chats” around a particular subject area or type of student. By using hashtags — that is, words or phrases preceded by the # symbol, like “#Scichat” for science educators — users can organize, search and find messages on a particular topic all in one place. Anyone can participate, and joining is easy: just go to Twitter, search for the hashtag of the chat that appeals to you, and start to read the stream of messages. Below, you’ll find a question-and-answer session with Thomas D. T.W. — Greg Kulowiec
Introduction to How Twitter Works" Many social networking Web sites have oodles of fancy tools and features. For example, MySpace and Facebook let users build profiles, upload pictures, incorporate multimedia, develop blogs and integrate useful (or bizarre) programs into homepages. But sometimes simplicity trumps complexity. That's one reason that Twitter's been so successful. If you've been hiding under a digital rock for the past few years, here's the scoop on Twitter. Twitter's history is entwined with a few other Internet companies. Odeo was a podcasting service company. As the service became a more important part of Odeo, Stone and Williams decided to form a new company with Twitter as the flagship product. Twitter for your PLN Public by Al Rowell on Prezi The A-Z Dictionary of Educational Twitter Hashtags Whether you’re a new or seasoned Twitter user, you likely come across confusing hashtags that probably look like a bunch of nonsense. First, What’s A Hashtag? The # symbol, called a hashtag, is used to mark keyword or topic in a Tweet. Any Twitter user can categorize or follow topics with hashtags.Those hashtags (usually) mean something and are a great way to get a tweet to appear in search results or discussion monitoring. For example, the popular #edchat hashtag is used by thousands of users every Tuesday. How To Hide Your Hashtag Chat From Followers When having a Twitter #hashtag chat, if you want to avoid overwhelming your followers, start any tweet you want to “hide” with @HideChat or (one character shorter) @HideTag. You don’t need to do this with all your chat tweets (though you could). Sources That’s why it’s probably helpful for you to check out the following list of popular educational hashtags. The Most Popular Hashtags #edchat – Education, worldwide (lots of US teachers).