BLOGGER TEMPLATES AND TWITTER BACKGROUNDS

Monday, April 18, 2011

5 Ways Twitter Has Changed Education | MindShift

5 Ways Twitter Has Changed Education | MindShift The microblogging platform Twitter turns 5 today, as it was on March 21, 2006... co-founder Jack Dorsey

BRINGS THE WORLD INTO THE CLASSROOM:
HELPS COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SCHOOL AND HOME
GIVES EDUCATORS REAL-TIME PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

CREATES CUSTOMIZED PROFESSIONAL NETWORK: It isn’t just educators that are using Twitter to expand their access to experts. Twitter has become a key tool for creating personal learning networks, enabling anyone to build their own connections with other Twitter users, sharing learning resources and support. This support has been shown in several studies to help boost student achievement.

CAPTURES CONVERSATIONS:The twitters in the back of the classroom used to be seen as distractions and disruptions. By using Twitter, many educators are finding ways to capture these “backchannel” conversations, harnessing rather than silencing conversations that occur during lectures and presentations by taking instant polls and asking for feedback through Twitter.

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