I can see tweeting announcements or relevant thoughts and processes to students and having them respond and/or begin a discussion amongst themselves as a great activity.
I am not familiar with microblogging??
So, I've never been exposed to delicious, social bookmarking service. I'm not sure how I would incorporate this, but from what I've read about it, it certainly could be helpful for research among other things. I can't wait to learn more about this!
Jennifer,
What you are teaching your students is ways of finding relevant career/professional information. I know one professor who is using twitter to provide professional development for k-12 teachers. They get something meaningful on a regular basis.
Dr. Kelly Wilkinson
Melinda ,
I think it does work. I also wonder if students would react to discussions in a different way if it was in a more relaxed type venue? That might be a research project. . .
Dr. Kelly Wilkinson
Michael,
You may want to look at a app called padlet. It is at http://www.padlet.com. It is a digital wall like Pinterest. It is great for posting research.
Dr. Kelly Wilkinson
Christi,
I use Youtube quite a bit. I use it because it now integrates well with my LMS so I now can add information to it and track who is watching it.
Dr. Kelly Wilkinson
Earl,
In you experience, what do you is the more effective tool? I know you have to follow policy.
Dr. Kelly Wilkinson
Michael
Do you think this is more effective than announcements? I am thinking that students will react to messages more quickly if pushed to their phone.
Dr. Kelly Wilkinson
Michael,
You make an important point. The students should take the lead on the tweets and there should be clear expectations for the students to follow.
Dr. Kelly Wilkinson
Julie,
That is a great idea. Would you also add an expert to the blogging? Would that add to the discussion?
Dr. Kelly Wilkinson
Bennett,
This is such a GREAT idea! I love the currency the application can provide the students. The market does work that fast!!!
Dr. Kelly Wilkinson
I teach art courses, and I really liked the idea mentioned in the text about choosing a person to follow. This could be an interesting way to see what real people working today are interested in, thinking about,etc. Also, I am not on twitter, so I didn't know that there are sites where you search for people based on discipline, profession, etc. This could be a great way to discover someone new! This activity could also impact the student's future - they could easily keep following the person after the class is over!
I would incorporate microblogging to spur on different discussion topics, and to elicit information from the students to enhance their classroom experience. Google is great for that.
The activities that I could include in my coure would be a session where students would need to do research on a topic of interest and then post their summary on the blog for dicussion and require the other students to comment on the post of each other.
Hello,
I prefer to use Youtube. I like Youtube because I can create my own information relative to the topics being discussed and I can also use blogs from others to assist in my online teaching efforts. Youtube is easier to link back to the rubric because I can add discussion content to ensure the students viewed and understood the content. They can also leave comments.
Christi Monk, MA
This is tricky. My institution asks us to keep communication through the class website. Within that we definitely have and utilize blogging technology. I've been toying with using twitter, as I have with other institutions. It is quite the conundrum for me, actually.
Best,
Earl Barnett
for each day of the week, I would tweet a message saying that today, you should be considering this key question in your assignment response... I would use that as a form of checking for understanding to see if the students know the key issue they should be addressing on that particular day of the week.
Dr. Wilkinson, I agree that we have to set clear expectations so that students understand that microblogging is for them to exchange information with each other… with me monitoring the dialogue. We don't want students expecting the instructor to respond to every tweet.
As an instructor of Health related courses I would utilize microblogging activities to discuss current events in teh health care industry such as Obamacare, meaningful use, etc.
