Edutopia has a great post Technology Tools for the First Week of School, by Mary Beth Hertz. Mary Beth has created a Google Doc that is a result of Twitter Tweets and contains lots of great ideas for technology tools. Check it out, I am sure you will find an idea you can use in your classroom.
Making the Case for Social Media in Education
by Betty Ray
During the time it takes me to write this intro (approx. one minute), 42,000 people will update their Facebook status, 36,000 tweets will be sent, and fifteen hours of video will be uploaded to YouTube.
Undoubtedly, the world as we know it is quickly becoming wired through social media. Our guest blogger, Steve Johnson (@edtechsteve) sheds some light on the current state of social media in schools and even provides some handy talking points to make the case to lift internet filters within schools.
–Betty Ray, Community Manager (@EdutopiaBetty) and Elana Leoni, Social Media Marketing Coordinator (@elanaleoni)
The 3/9/10 #edchat discussion was another example of the most scrolling fun you can have in an hour on the Internet. The topic this time was “How can social media create real change in education?”
Right away, folks got busy reframing the question in more “real” terms:
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