Using Twitter in the Classroom – Shapiro at Temple

By Karen French March 30, 2016 | Category: instructional strategy.

Article in the Philadelphia Inquirer on how Jordan Shapiro, senior fellow for the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, used Twitter in his classroom at Temple University.

http://articles.philly.com/2013-02-21/news/37202638_1_professors-twitter-classroom

There’s also a great NPR ED story – Exploding The Myth Of ‘Unengaged’ Students related to his 4 Fundamental Problems With Everything You Hear About The Future Of Education article in Forbes. He argues against the notion that schools need to gamify instruction and leverage technology to engage students and make learning fun. Really interesting stuff!!

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