JAG Stacks » Uncategorized http://bvwlibrary.edublogs.org Blue Valley West High School Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:38:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Twitter in Education – How? http://bvwlibrary.edublogs.org/2009/04/13/twitter-in-education-how/ http://bvwlibrary.edublogs.org/2009/04/13/twitter-in-education-how/#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:41:12 +0000 bvwlibrary http://bvwlibrary.edublogs.org/?p=86  

As promised last month, let’s discuss how Twitter is being used by educators.  (Click here for “What is Twitter?”) 

Ideas from a variety of sources (see resources below).

1.  Use to summarize topic/content viewpoint,
2.  Tweet dialogue between characters of a novel or historical figures.
3.  Use twitterpoll to collect viewpoints.
4.  Share announcements to your students and parents.
5.  Communicate/follow experts.
6.  Monitor where students are in their learning by tweeting a question/answer.
7.  Combine with Google Earth to receive updates on various regions.
8.  Share resources – send hyperlinks.
9.  Twitter as storytelling.
10.  Professional Development – add to your network/followers creating a strong professional learning network.

For more information:
Laura Walker’s, Nine Great Reasons Teachers Should Use Twitter
21 Ways Teachers are using Twitter and Twitter Reading List

What would be the best way to start using Twitter? 
Begin by creating an account and follow someone in your content area or an educational organization. 
Examples of professional twitter accounts-
http://twitter.com/Britannica
http://twitter.com/voicethread
http://twitter.com/dwarlick
http://twitter.com/pbslearningnow
http://twitter.com/ASCD

How is the library using twitter?
Currently, the BVW library has a twitter account that connects to our web page.  As we update twitter, our web page will show the new post. It is a neat way to make announcements to classes or provide quick links to students while they are working in the library.

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]]> http://bvwlibrary.edublogs.org/2009/03/09/twitter/feed/ 1 2.0: Tag Clouds for Learning http://bvwlibrary.edublogs.org/2008/11/06/20-tag-clouds-for-learning/ http://bvwlibrary.edublogs.org/2008/11/06/20-tag-clouds-for-learning/#comments Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:28:18 +0000 bvwlibrary http://bvwlibrary.edublogs.org/?p=64 With new 2.0 tools, there are new ways to visualize text that can possibly enhance understanding and engage students.

 

Tagcrowd and Wordle provide visual representations of words. 

 

How can it be used?  Go to SIRS Researcher, Election 2008, and copy-paste the text of the two candidates.  Wordle or Tagcrowd will provide visual representations of the topics or keywords the candidates emphasized.  Want to see the bias of an author?  Copy-paste the text from a journal article into Tagcrowd and again, you can visualize the important concepts stressed by the author. 

 

Tagcrowd and Wordle can work with any text document accessible through you computer including Word, Powerpoint, and Internet Explorer. 

 

How-To Video 

 

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