Nelkcarps: @Primary_Ed - Have you checked... 7 Ways My Classroom Is Better Because I Connect Being connected is not easy. I’ve spent three years on Twitter building relationships and co-moderating and participating in education chats. I am constantly reading (and writing!) Here are seven ways that my students benefit from the online Professional Learning Network I have built over the years: 1) New ways to solve problems. 2) I learn from the collective wisdom of the crowd. 3) A growth mindset. 4) My students impact the world through collaborative projects and global connections. Last year, my students participated in a Global Read Aloud Project and shared insights and thinking with students in Argentina, Australia and many other states. 5) My students learn from entrepreneurs and see themselves as critical reviewers of educational technology. 6) Students receive inspirational feedback on their work! 7) I keep perspective and avoid burnout. If you’re not yet connected, please reach out and ask questions, start conversations.
Teachers – The 10 Stages of Twitter | dedwards.me Stage 1 Sign up to twitter following persuasion/pestering by colleagues. Follow Stephen Fry, a famous sportsman/popstar and a news channel. Read a few tweets, don’t understand what the fuss is about and mock anyone who uses twitter. Stage 2 Overhear colleagues chatting about twitter and a great article they found. Stage 3 Think about posting first tweet. Stage 4 Upon realising you have no followers ask colleagues how to get them? Stage 5 Have a mini twitter conversation with colleague, even retweet a couple of statements. Stage 6 Practise a couple of tweets that include @names and hashtags. Stage 7 Retweet any link you find interesting as people might read them. Stage 8 Thank colleagues for introducing you to twitter, impressed with the knowledge you have gleaned and your growing number of followers. Stage 9 Reflect that twitter is an incredibly positive place and everyone is full of praise. Stage 10 (the reason for this post) When seeking opinion from a range of people, ask PLN to respond.
11 BYOD Apps That Keep The Focus On Content 11 BYOD Apps That Keep The Focus On Content The definition of “BYOD resources” is admittedly subjective. Concerns around BYOD usually involve privacy and legal issues, but one of the primary points of BYOD is allowing students to access content and curriculum directly via devices they’re familiar with. 1. One of the single-most popular apps on earth, regardless of platform or device, YouTube is the modern television, and is likely installed–or at least accessible–on every device in your students’ pockets. 2. A note taking app that you can use across computers and mobile devices. 3. Teachers and students can easily share documents, pictures, and videos between multiple devices. 4. Students can develop their writing and share it with other students and teachers for feedback. 5. Teachers can easily assess students using Socrative by creating an online quiz or exit ticket that students can access on their mobile device or computer. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
5 Great #EdTech Twitter Chats Twitter chats are probably the aspect of Twitter that I find to be the most interesting and most useful. I follow a lot of different people on Twitter for a lot of different reasons (I can easily find out what’s going on in town, what cool restaurants are opening, if my favorite online shop is having a sale, etc), Twitter chats give you the chance to focus on a specific topic with a like-minded group of people. Especially for professional development, this can be immensely helpful. You can connect with other educators around the globe who are doing what you’re doing. You can participate whether you’re a Twitter pro or a Twitter novice, all you need to do is follow along and add to the conversation with the appropriate hashtag. #edchat #Edchat is, as far as I can tell, one of the longest running Twitter chats around (at least in the education realm). #lrnchat #lrnchat is on Thursdays at 8:30-9:30pm ET/5:30-6:30pm PT, and is focused on social media and education. #ntchat #iPadEd #ECETech
7 tools to present a Twitter stream at your event For a number of reasons, Twitter and events are a good match: Before the event, it is a great tool to spread the word about the contents of your event (speakers, topics etc.), to engage and to connect with potential attendees.During the event, it is perfect to add a virtual component to your conference or meeting, by linking the real life audience with the tweeps out there.It is also great to collect feedback, questions, do polls during the event.After the event, it allows you to refer back to useful content like slides, videos, blog summaries etc. You can also track and analyze who took part in the discussions, what the sentiment was, what you can improve and what was particularly appreciated.It is a perfect foundation to create a post-conference review, using Storify. Check out this example from the Emerge Conference 2011 in Oxford. Twitterfountain.com This tool can be customized regarding backgrounds, colors, pictures, speed of display. Visibletweets.com Tweetwally.com Twitterfall Refynr
Creating bite-size learning with SlideTalk e-Learning Feeds is ranking and scoring hundreds of Top e-Learning blogs, while helping e-Learning oriented readers to answer the question "What’s happening in the e-Learning industry" on a daily basis based on the Top e-Learning Blogs. Would you like to share your Top e-Learning Blog Posts with a thriving community of more than 100,000 e-learning readers? Well... then Submit your e-Learning blog’s RSS feed at e-Learning Feeds. Submit your Top e-Learning Blog’s RSS Feed and increase your Top e-Learning Blog’s traffic! The story of e-Learning Feeds There is a tremendous amount of information available in the web relating to the e-Learning Industry. For most of us, there is so little time to search, value the information, and acquire the knowledge. Being passionate about e-Learning, I visit e-Learning blogs and sites, while I also interact with e-Learning professionals on a daily basis. The Purpose of e-Learning Feeds e-Learning Feeds supports the following Top e-Learning categories:
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Referencing a Tweet in an Academic Paper? Here's an Automatic Citation Generator - Rebecca J. Rosen A handy little tool will take any tweet's URL and spit back MLA- and APA-style citations for it. Say you're writing a paper on Twitter during the 2012 U.S. presidential election. How do you cite all those tweets you'll be referencing? The Modern Language Association (MLA) has an answer to that: a straightforward little formula that ends with "Tweet," which is lovely. Here's how it should go: Easy enough. Thankfully, a web developer by the name of Ben Hedlund built Tweet2Cite.com, a free utility that can take the URL of any tweet, extract the requisite information, and, with one click, generate citations in the MLA format (and the APA format too, for the psychology students out there). Hedlund says he had the idea for the tool while he was learning web development, and decided that "the best way to learn in this field was by doing."
Top 10 FREE iPad Apps for Teachers e-Learning Feeds is ranking and scoring hundreds of Top e-Learning blogs, while helping e-Learning oriented readers to answer the question "What’s happening in the e-Learning industry" on a daily basis based on the Top e-Learning Blogs. Would you like to share your Top e-Learning Blog Posts with a thriving community of more than 100,000 e-learning readers? Well... then Submit your e-Learning blog’s RSS feed at e-Learning Feeds. Submit your Top e-Learning Blog’s RSS Feed and increase your Top e-Learning Blog’s traffic! The story of e-Learning Feeds There is a tremendous amount of information available in the web relating to the e-Learning Industry. For most of us, there is so little time to search, value the information, and acquire the knowledge. Being passionate about e-Learning, I visit e-Learning blogs and sites, while I also interact with e-Learning professionals on a daily basis. The Purpose of e-Learning Feeds e-Learning Feeds supports the following Top e-Learning categories:
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. 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). Technology #edtech – a very wide range of tweets relating to the use of technology in education. Subject Specific Specific Areas / Roles The Full List of (Nearly) All Educational Hashtags The best part?