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Education
Video: Teaching with Twitter – Pedagogy & Practice
In this video, Dr. Robert Williamson, Jr. (@rwilliamsonjr) of Hendrix College talks about how he teaches with Twitter. The video was created from a Google Hangout, Social Media in the Classroom: Extending the Learning Community, between Dr. Robert Williamson, Jr. and Dr. Amanda Hagood (@ACSLearning) as part of the Associated Colleges of the South’s Blended… Read more »
Publishing
Link: It’s History, Not A Viral Feed
“It’s History, Not A Viral Feed” written by Sarah Werner and published on her blog Wynken De Worde.
Higher Education
College Applicants Find a Spot in the Social Media Graveyard
Welcome to the social media graveyard. Joining the ranks of Gilbert Gottfried, Pax Dickinson, Mike Bacsik, as well as lesser known workers, we can now make room for college applicants.
Events
Higher Ed Social Media Tweetup #HigherEdAR
Do you use social media and work in higher ed? Meet your colleagues over drinks and share your experiences at our first higher education tweetup! There’s no agenda, just an opportunity to connect and chat about the challenges and benefits of social media in a higher education context.
Higher Education
Social Media in the Classroom: Extending the Learning Community
Interested in using Twitter or other social media in the classroom? This semester the Associated Colleges of the South kicked off a series of Google Hangouts related to pedagogy and technology.
Digital Humanities
Using Twitter to Improve Student Learning
With careful pedagogical design, Twitter can be used effectively to help students learn to read more carefully, make concise and supportable claims, and participate more freely in class discussions.
Digital Humanities
Teaching with Twitter: 5 Resources for Getting Started
Dr. Robert Williamson Jr. shares resources he found helpful in developing his own pedagogy of Twitter.
Technology
Twitter: Making a Digital Display for Your Office Door
Inspired by a ProfHacker article from a few years back, I decided to try using Twitter to create a digital sign outside my office door. That way, I can let students know if I’m available for a drop-in conversation or whether I’m prepping for class and don’t want to be disturbed. It also lets me… Read more »
Libraries
Edwin Mellen Press Twitter Parody Account
You know you’ve made it when people start copying and parodying you. The question is: who should be flattered, the person or people behind @FakeElsevier or Edwin Mellen Press? Maybe, just maybe, creating a fake parody twitter account of one’s own company would be the last tactic anyone would suspect in order to combat “the… Read more »
