A Balanced Approach To Social Media For Teachers
How do teachers stretch without losing their educational identity? How can teachers improve without unplugging from social media completely?
Digital Media Use In Schools: An Internet Safety Cheat Sheet
Digital media use is exploding in education. Unfortunately, internet safety is something many teachers-and worse, students-take for granted.
Twitter With Meaning? 5 Authentic Roles For Twitter In Your School
Twitter With Meaning? 5 Authentic Roles For Twitter In Your School by TeachThought Staff We’ve theorized before that learning through social networks is the future. Twitter in the classroom? This is also an idea we’ve covered in the past. But what about a simple process for schools to use begin using twitter meaningfully? With that question in…
Survey: Social Media Is Failing To Find Traction In The Classroom
As of 2015, only 13 percent of today’s K-12 teachers had integrated social media into classroom. What are the challenges of social media in education?
Should Teachers Use Twitter? This Flowchart Says Probably
Should Teachers Use Twitter? This Flowchart Says Probably by TeachThought Staff Should you use twitter? That’s a loaded question with a lot of assumptions. But for digitally-inclined teachers in the 21st century, the answer is increasingly, yes. At least light use of twitter semi-regularly can increase We’ve featured graphics from Sylvia Duckworth in the past. Teachers love…
A Teacher’s Guide For Creating A School Twitter Chat
How To Create A Twitter Chat In Your School by Nellie Mitchell A twitter chat is an amazing resource for professional development and gives educators the option to participate in their PJs, from the comfort of their own home! It is essentially a chat room, with everyone sharing and talking and hanging out virtually—discussing learning…
10 Reasons Twitter Works In Education
Even as a simple observation tool with categories, trending topics, #hashtags, and lists, twitter is flexible enough to be used read-only.
8 Steps To Teacher-Led, Digital PD
Do you want your PD effective, credible with staff, or affordable? Pick two — finding training that fits all 3 is a tremendous challenge.
A Twitter Abbreviation Guide
A Twitter Abbreviation Guide To Make Sense Of All That Crazy Talk Twitter is a wonderful platform to engage, lurk, socialize, read, distribute, share, or otherwise “do something” with ideas and content. Part of what makes it so useful is its 140 character limit. This requires users to be succinct in each tweet, which in…
A Twitter Guide Inspired By Dr. Seuss
In lieu of all the guides, tips, strategies, and frameworks for twitter, some of you may still be looking to up your twitter game.
Would You Retweet Your Classroom?
Would you retweet your classroom? Is it a place worth sharing? Is it inspirational or innovative? Would you like input?
10 Tips For Teachers To Connect With Parents Via Social Media
What Are The Best Tips For Teachers To Connect With Parents Via Social Media? by Kathy Cook, former K-12 teacher and Director of Educational Technology for University of Phoenix College of Education Social media provides an opportunity for real-time communication with students and parents, but its use can provide some challenges. Educators want to open…
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