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Classroom Travels with Twitter: An Evolution

Ask a Tech Teacher

Most teachers I know have used Twitter in their classes either to communicate with parents, share homework with students, for group study, to research on a topic, crowd source ideas with colleagues, or a myriad of other purposes ( click here for more ideas ). I began using Twitter in my classroom soon after its introduction in 2006.

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Empatico: A Breakthrough Way to Promote Empathy (And It’s Free)

The CoolCatTeacher

I’ve been collaborating globally since 2006 and have created more than 30 global collaborative projects in that time, co-winning the ISTE Online learning award with that first project in 2006. As I look for opportunities to collaborate, I look for simple, easy ways. This blog post is sponsored by Empatico. All opinions are my own.

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5 Ways to Step Back into the Classroom Better Than We Ever Were Before

The CoolCatTeacher

I then continued my studies at the University of Regina with the thought of pursuing a career in Police Psychology. I completed my pre-doctoral residency in Nova Scotia in 2006 where I trained primarily in Cognitive-Behavioural and Narrative approaches.

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Changing Learners, Changing Methodologies

A Principal's Reflections

Even more cutting-edge, and in addition to their normal coursework, students at the Yale School of Medicine have to study paintings. This “smart curriculum” holds the belief that “students who study paintings excel at noticing subtle details about a patient’s condition” (Pink 77). Study: Students With Smartphones Study More Often.

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5 Ways Adobe Premiere Rush Encourages Creativity in the Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

For example, since I started teaching moviemaking with my students in 2006, I have used a Storyboard Dictionary of shots that I originally adapted from the American Film Institute. In my Computer Science course, my students have been studying the convergence of technology. Be proactive with your project.

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The survival of higher education (2): Changing times

Learning with 'e's

It is literally the ‘ architecture of participation ’ (O''Reilly, 2004; Barsky and Purdon, 2006) and demands active engagement as a natural facet of its character (Kamel Boulos and Wheeler, 2007). digital media FaceBook higher education learning social web Technology The future Twitter universities Web 2.0 and Purdon, M. Maramba, I.

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#40years of educational technology: Social media

Learning with 'e's

By 2006 several social networking sites were enjoying surges in popularity, including MySpace, Bebo and of course, Facebook. 2006 was also the year Twitter was launched. I then began also to experiment with wikis as alternatives to Learning Management Systems in teacher education around 2006-2008.