Pinterest for Teachers
YouTube tutorial for teachers who might want to use Pinterest to prepare for their lessons, etc. Does NOT focus primarily on using Pinterest with students. Read More
Blog Posts
Teaching with Microvideo
I’m in love. Sadly, it won’t last long: only about 6 seconds (or maybe 15). The object of my affection is teaching with microvideo. Yes,… Read More
A good article on getting started with social media for learning
The Learning Systems Team at the UK’s Open University posted a nice overview in medium.com exploring some benefits and reasons for using social media… Read More
WOW! A Pinterest for Learning – Pindex
Here is a post in Open Culture about Pindex” “Stephen Fry Launches Pindex, a ‘Pinterest for Education’“. Overviews a new startup that leverages… Read More
Using Twitter in the Classroom – Shapiro at Temple
Article in the Philadelphia Inquirer on how Jordan Shapiro, senior fellow for the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, used Twitter in his… Read More
Way-cool use of Snapchat
Psychology prof uses microvideos in Snapchat to illustrate concepts for his students. Maybe not in Snapchat, but could be fun in Twitter or another platform… Read More
More Pew Research: Changing Social Media Profile in Solidarity
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/03/28/changing-a-social-media-profile-picture-is-one-way-to-express-support-or-solidarity/… Read More
ICYMI: Twitter Turns 10
More data from the Pew Research Center in their 5 facts about Twitter at age 10 the massive user base includes 320 million monthly… Read More
Pew Research Report: 65% of American Adults Use Social Networking Sites
http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/10/08/social-networking-usage-2005-2015/ //… Read More
The Price of Interruptions
From Shankar Vedantam and NPR’s “The Hidden Brain” podcast series: http://www.npr.org/2015/09/22/442582422/the-cost-of-interruptions-they-waste-more-time-than-you-think… Read More