20 Ways High Schools Are Using Twitter In The Classroom
These high school students put together questions to ask historians on Twitter, getting answers that may not be easy to find in history books.
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The Definition Of Bullying
So what’s a simple definition for bullying? Intentionally causing suffering for someone else who often can’t or won’t defend themselves.
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How Twitter Can Help Students Write Better Thesis Statements
Tweets are limited to 280 characters–plenty for a well-written sentence. Ask students to tweet their thesis statements in one sentence.
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8 Reflective Questions To Help Any Student Think About Their Learning
What’s the most important thing you learned today? Why do you think so? What can or should a person do with what they know?
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The 20 Most Useful #hashtags In Education
Hashtags in education can help you make valuable connections whether you’re a teacher, principal, or superintendent.
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The Pros & Cons Of Children On Social Media
The harsh reality is that our children are exposed to a lot when they use social media.
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6 Ways Social Media Can Change Your Classroom
So how do we incorporate healthy social media use in the classroom? The following Sylvia Duckworth graphic offers some helpful initial ideas.
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50 Of The Best Education Accounts On Twitter
Rather than allow one genre to dominate the list, we chose to collect a diverse range of 50 of the best education accounts on Twitter.
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What’s A Twitter Chat? An Example And Definition For Teachers
A twitter chat is a public discussion based on a topic through a series of questions that serve as discussion prompts–all using a unifying hashtag.
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What Your Social Media Habits Say About Your Teaching Style
What Do Your Social Media Habits Reveal About Your Teaching Style? You’re a lurker—love social media, but more the media than the social, so you stay in the background—looking, skimming, saving, and skimming and looking some more, but always quietly, and always just out of sight. You spend an hour or two tops online—just the basics—messages, some shopping…
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Generation Screen: What Social Media Has Done To Children
For some in ‘Generation Screen,’ things that are ‘viral’ can be seen as preferable to things that affect and endure.
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Should Colleges Judge Social Media Presence for Admissions?
Without guidance to critically think about digital footprints, persona, and audience, it’s no surprise to see students ‘make mistakes’ on social media.
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Helping Students Tell Their Story Through Social Media
Human beings are storytellers by nature. Children especially love to hear stories, but aren’t always so keen on telling their own.
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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…
