Last year, Edudemic published a list of the most essential and popular educational tools used in modern classrooms across the globe.
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KB...Konnected's curator insight,
October 11, 2013 2:02 PM
I love browsing thru posts like this. Don't you? Awesome ideas shared by teachers.
Mary Glynn's curator insight,
October 13, 2013 11:30 AM
This tweet provides interesting ways to bring the 21st century into the classroom, and presents some good ideas on how to get the children more engaged and involved in class. I have to say that I never really saw how Twitter could be useful in schools. I thought that it was just a way for people to express their immediate feelings and thoughts, and to see what celebrities are doing. I never thought that Twitter could be applied in the classroom in so many different ways! Using Twitter as a bulletin board is a great way to reach children. I didn't even realize that the University of Maryland and many universities utilize Twitter for this purpose. For example, when there severe weather and there is a school delay or closing, President Wallace Loh tweets to the UMD community letting them know whether or not classes are cancelled. Twitter can also be used to send out mini quizzes to students which they can answer for bonus points. Honestly, I never thought that students and teachers could communicate through Twitter in all of these ways! Truly brilliant! The tweet also describes how Twitter hash-tags can be used for organizing information in the classroom. By creating a classroom hash-tag, students can see other classmates' thoughts on class and teachers can look for questions students have. I think using the hash tag can be very beneficial because it's a space where everything can be piled together connected by a single hash-tag. However, it can be a disorganized pile if there is not structure and directions on what the hash-tag should be used for. I think if students are given a guideline on what the teacher is looking for in on the hash-tag (questions, thoughts on today's readings), then the classroom will profit from having a classroom hash-tag. There are so many more amazing ways Twitter can be used in school! This tweet really opened my eyes to the academic ways of using Twitter. I have become more accepting to having forms of social media in the classroom after reading this tweet. I think it is all about the way you use technology in the classroom. If you use it properly, it can change the way we teach and truly bring education into the 21st century.
lecubevert's curator insight,
September 28, 2013 6:45 AM
Excellent récapitulatif de ces tweets narcissiques qui parasitent le réseau social, sans apporter aucune valeur ajoutée !
Gust MEES's curator insight,
January 20, 2013 8:03 AM
Bonne utilisation d'une carte mentale (MindMap) avec liens intégrés et tutoriaux concernant l'utilisation de Twitter dans l'éducation...
Gust MEES's curator insight,
January 20, 2013 8:07 AM
Bonne utilisation d'une carte mentale (MindMap) avec liens intégrés et tutoriaux concernant l'utilisation de Twitter dans l'éducation...
Alfredo Corell's curator insight,
January 24, 2013 3:36 AM
Excelente mapa mental, porque enlaza a ejemplos que pueden ser de gran utilidad. |
FrancoisMagnan's curator insight,
October 24, 2013 5:59 AM
Petit guide très pratique en effet avec mention d'outils d"analyse.
Blandine Lécuyer's curator insight,
April 26, 2013 3:24 AM
Une mine de liens et d'informations sur Twitter. |
Who are the top 5?
1. Google Apps for Education: 40 million students/educators can't be wrong-and it has Google Docs and no ads..
2. Twitter: It's become a place for growing a personal learning network (PLN) among educators and is used in the classroom as well.
3. YouTube: With tons of channels that can help educators, it's the place both educators and students love.
4. Edmodo, like Google Apps for Education, has over 40 million members. It's free and has many options to provide content and assessments for students.
5. Remind made it into the top 5. “Think of it as a combo of sticky note and class newsletter for the digital age,” writes nprED reviewer Elissa Nadworny. “Remind allows teachers to send messages — via email, cellphone, iPad or Android device — to an entire class with the push of a button.”