COMMUNICATION & SOCIAL MEDIA
Remind - CLick the image to visit the site
Several Remind how-to videos
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Remind is a free service that allows you to send quick text/email notifications to your students.
New features include a chat function where students can message you directly (without ever seeing your phone number) via the Remind app or text. Don't worry.... you can set "office hours" so you won't be disturbed late at night when you're at home relaxing.
New features include a chat function where students can message you directly (without ever seeing your phone number) via the Remind app or text. Don't worry.... you can set "office hours" so you won't be disturbed late at night when you're at home relaxing.
Twitter - CLICK THE IMAGE TO VISIT THE SITE
What is Twitter? How to use it?
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Reasons to use Twitter (Resources for Teachers)
Source: http://blogs.kqed.org/education/how-to-use-twitter-in-your-teaching-practice/
- Can Tweeting Help Your Teaching – A brief introduction to how Twitter can enhance teaching: “Twitter won’t change your life, but it might make your job more fun and a little easier.” [National Education Association]
- Structured Twitter Assignments – Examples of how Twitter is being used in innovative ways in higher education. [Agile Learning, by Derek Bruff, Director of the Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching and a senior lecturer in the Vanderbilt Department of Mathematics.]
- Getting Started with KQED Do Now – A worksheet for students to understand KQED Do Now and basic online safety guidelines for using Twitter. [Erin Kahn, Notre Dame High School, Belmont]
- “Using Twitter in EFL Education” – Accessible academic article that provides a strong rationale for using Twitter in the classroom along with an easy guide for starting out. Most helpful are the suggested activities (initiation, composition, vocabulary, listening, and research). [In JALT CALL Journal, by Cathrine-Mette (Trine) Mork, Tama University, Japan.]
- A sample Rubric for KQED/Twitter Do Now weekly assignments. [Amanda Levin, Berkeley High School, CA.]
- Another sample Rubric for KQED/Twitter Do Now weekly assignments. [Janelle Bence, New Tech High School @ Coppell, TX.]
- A formal research study into the use of twitter by educators – provides new (formal) insight into how teachers use social networking sites. [“The End of Isolation”, Elizabeth Alderton, et al, Journal of Online Learning and Teaching.]
- Power Searching with Google – This online course will help you and your students improve your Google searching for credible information. [Google.]
- A guide created by Twitter on Using Twitter in Education [Twitter]
- A list of popular Twitter Hashtags for educators. [Creative Education UK.]
Source: http://blogs.kqed.org/education/how-to-use-twitter-in-your-teaching-practice/
Instagram - CLICK THE IMAGE TO VISIT THE SITE
What is Instagram?
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10 Surprising Ways to Use Instagram in the Classroom
(from http://www.weareteachers.com/blogs/post/2014/08/07/10-ways-to-use-instagram-in-the-classroom)
(from http://www.weareteachers.com/blogs/post/2014/08/07/10-ways-to-use-instagram-in-the-classroom)
- Showcase students' work
- Feature a student of the week
- Capture field trip memories
- Imagine how a famous person in history would use Instagram
- Imagine what a favorite character would post
- Share reading recommendations
- Record steps in a science experiment
- Go on an ABC scavenger hunt
- Discover ideas for writing
- Document student progress
Skype - Click the image to visit the site
Skype in the classroom
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Skype is a free videoconferencing program/app that allows you to communicate with nearly anyone in the world via your webcam and computer microphone.
Join thousands of teachers, guest speakers and virtual field trips to bring real life learning to students all over the world!
Explore ways you could use Skype in the classroom here
Join thousands of teachers, guest speakers and virtual field trips to bring real life learning to students all over the world!
Explore ways you could use Skype in the classroom here