CollegeDegrees.com: Twitter Tips for College Studetns
CollegeDegrees.com does it again. This time Laura Milligan writes an article on Twitter and 25 tips to using it effectively.
As with all the Web 2.0 articles to date, this one is well written, well researched and timely. This article is rapidly on the heels of the “50 Tips and Tricks to Create a Learning Environment in Second Life” that was published on May 17th and “50 Tips and Resources to Implement User Generated Content in Your Library” which was published on May 29th. That was last Tuesday and Thursday in relation to when this post was written and published.
That is rapid fire publishing of some great articles by this bloggers reckoning. If I can get a post out once a week that is halfway decent without 10 or 20 spelling errors and enough grammar errors to make my high school English teacher stroke out then I have done something. Upon reflection, if I can do better than that I have moved mountains, walked on water and changed lead in to gold with a snap of my fingers that week.
The author changes with each post and that might explain how they manage it. I am still amazed.
Read Laura Milligan’s article “25 Twitter Tips for College Students” write a comment on her article and let her know what you think. Then come back here write a comment on this article and let me know what you think about her article.
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e.p. 10:44 pm on June 4, 2008 Permalink |
Commented on the article, which I thought was great by the way. I think you have most of the classroom tips already in place. I brought up a few points in my comments about my thoughts on the use of twitter in a classroom environment. And thinking about in now, I can see teachers setting up “office hours” via twitter where they are available to answer questions. With the use of direct messages you could even talk about grades with a student or other more one-on-one situations. Would be a great resource once questions were asked and answered, could also help in seeing which concepts the students were struggling to understand.
James Herbert 3:14 pm on June 5, 2008 Permalink |
I am all about the idea of helping students with concepts they don’t understand. I would like to think that twitter is the solution as it would seem less intimidating that asking questions in class.
The issue I have is trying to find out how to get students to use it, or any other tool, in that way. I’d like to try and figure it out but I am not sure there is an answer.
e.p. 5:23 pm on June 7, 2008 Permalink |
Well I think you are doing a good job of getting students to use various tools for classroom learning. The idea that students will use twitter to ask questions is just one of the ways that I can see twitter being used. As for getting students to actually ask questions through twitter will come with time. I think first getting them familiar with how twitter works and how you plan to use twitter in the classroom is a good start. Of course each student will use it in their own way. I agree with it being a less intimidating way to have their questions answered, especially in our class, where there seems to be many different learning styles and class participation varies. I was telling a co-worker about how you have implemented twitter into our classroom, and it started a long conversation on how twitter and other tools are going to be the future of learning. So I think you are on the right track. Time will tell whether it will be embraced or rejected by the students……I can tell you that it is already embraced by me. In my eyes a teacher like you that is expanding the ways by which I can learn is a positive. Keep up the good work, and if I can help in any way please let me know.