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College Students Use of Social Networks — Social Media Optimization
“Some interesting data from EDUCAUSE via eMarketer about social network usage amongst college students. EDUCAUSE compared social network usage at 44 colleges and universities in 2006, 2007 and 2008. It found that nearly twice as many students at these institutions use social networks every day in 2008 (59%) than did in 2006 (33%).”
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Social media help college students forge professional opportunities | eCampus News
“Social media already are ingrained in most college students’ personal lives, and now some college professors are using social media as a tool to help students create professional connections and build valuable workplace skills.”
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100 Inspiring Ways to Use Social Media In the Classroom | Online Universities
“Social media may have started out as a fun way to connect with friends, but it has evolved to become a powerful tool for education and business. Sites such as Facebook and Twitter and tools such as Skype are connecting students to learning opportunities in new and exciting ways. Whether you teach an elementary class, a traditional college class, or at an online university, you will find inspirational ways to incorporate social media in your classroom with this list.”
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http://blog.swiftkickonline.com/social_networks
“Students use Facebook to organize their real world. The hard distinction between a real world and an online world is leftover from the days of video games, bulletin boards, AOL screen names, chat rooms, and early avatars. While certainly these elements still exist in places like Second Life, an immersive virtual world, none of them have anywhere near the pervasive level of adoption Facebook has. “
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Clive Thompson on How Twitter Creates a Social Sixth Sense
“So why has Twitter been so misunderstood? Because it’s experiential. Scrolling through random Twitter messages can’t explain the appeal. You have to do it — and, more important, do it with friends. (Monitoring the lives of total strangers is fun but doesn’t have the same addictive effect.) Critics sneer at Twitter and Dodgeball as hipster narcissism, but the real appeal of Twitter is almost the inverse of narcissism. It’s practically collectivist — you’re creating a shared understanding larger than yourself.”
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Twitter Your Lesson Plans » TeachEng.us
“How about a quick lesson plan? How a way to keep a shorthand record of daily class activities? Then how about twitter? Start a Twitter profile (a separate one just for teaching, so not to annoy your friends), and at the end of each class day jot down what you did in class. Networking with other subject area teachers will encourage collaboration on similar lessons.”
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100 Terrific Twitter Feeds for Teaching Advice | Online Universities
“Twitter has evolved into a great resource for news and current events. Luckily, it’s also a great resource for other important information, such as awesome teaching advice. Whether you are still earning your teaching certification or are just starting out as a teacher, these Twitter feeds offer resources you shouldn’t miss. In these feeds you’ll find advice for the classroom, advice for early childhood education, technology, special education, or advice from others such as consultants or administrators, and much more.”
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Hashtags, a New Way for Tweets – Cultural Studies – NYTimes.com
“CHARLIE SHEEN’S meltdown took many forms: a cocaine-fueled rampage in a New York hotel room, an erratic radio rant, a vulgar one-man comedy tour. But his biggest contribution to current culture may have been more subtle. With a simple Twitter phrase, #winning, known in the parlance of social media as a hashtag, Mr. Sheen underscored one of the newest ways technology has changed how we communicate. “
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Anthony Weiner and the Game of Twitter – NYTimes.com
“Players of Twitter risk their reputations, their careers and their relationships.”
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Why Twitter is a Teacher’s Best Tool (GOOD.is) | Kennedy Spencer
“Did you know that if you searched the hashtag #edchat on Twitter, you would find a real-time stream of educational topics, articles, resources and ideas by teachers? This is a great example of how social media is becoming a useful collaboration tool in education. “
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Teacher Challenge
Getting started with a PLN
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