Pleased to Tweet You: Making a Case for Twitter in the Classroom

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1. Verfasser: Messner, Kate
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contents Pleased to Tweet You: Making a Case for Twitter in the Classroom Messner, Kate Educational Change Educational Technology Social Networks Computer Security Performance Factors Technology Uses in Education Computer Networks Classroom Techniques As the ranks of educators on Twitter grow, more and more are heard about the importance of their "PLNs" (a term reportedly coined by educational technology guru David Warlick). A PLN, or Personal Learning Network, is a group of like-minded professionals with whom one can exchange ideas, advice, and resources. So why shouldn't students have PLNs of their own? That's not so easy in some school districts, where Twitter is blocked along with MySpace and Facebook. But teachers who wish to use the tool for classroom purposes might consider crafting a petition to access it. Online safety is always a concern when new technology is proposed for the classroom, so it's an important issue to address in any social networking proposal. Of course, student learning should be at the heart of such requests. This article presents some dos and don'ts for crafting a successful proposal.
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spellingShingle Pleased to Tweet You: Making a Case for Twitter in the Classroom
Messner, Kate
Educational Change
Educational Technology
Social Networks
Computer Security
Performance Factors
Technology Uses in Education
Computer Networks
Classroom Techniques
Pleased to Tweet You: Making a Case for Twitter in the Classroom Messner, Kate Educational Change Educational Technology Social Networks Computer Security Performance Factors Technology Uses in Education Computer Networks Classroom Techniques As the ranks of educators on Twitter grow, more and more are heard about the importance of their "PLNs" (a term reportedly coined by educational technology guru David Warlick). A PLN, or Personal Learning Network, is a group of like-minded professionals with whom one can exchange ideas, advice, and resources. So why shouldn't students have PLNs of their own? That's not so easy in some school districts, where Twitter is blocked along with MySpace and Facebook. But teachers who wish to use the tool for classroom purposes might consider crafting a petition to access it. Online safety is always a concern when new technology is proposed for the classroom, so it's an important issue to address in any social networking proposal. Of course, student learning should be at the heart of such requests. This article presents some dos and don'ts for crafting a successful proposal.
title Pleased to Tweet You: Making a Case for Twitter in the Classroom
topic Educational Change
Educational Technology
Social Networks
Computer Security
Performance Factors
Technology Uses in Education
Computer Networks
Classroom Techniques
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ868954