{"id":10951,"date":"2017-08-19T11:09:10","date_gmt":"2017-08-19T16:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=10951"},"modified":"2021-09-12T07:02:26","modified_gmt":"2021-09-12T12:02:26","slug":"teaching-with-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/teaching-with-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching with Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Educators are using Twitter in creative ways to engage students inside and outside of class, to stay on top of education news, and to expand their <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Personal_learning_network\">personal learning network (PLN)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><div align=\"center\"><a title=\"teaching with Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/today.ttu.edu\/images\/2012\/01\/TeachingWithTwitter_300x200.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/today.ttu.edu\/images\/2012\/01\/TeachingWithTwitter_300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"Twitter bird with chalk in wing in front of chalk board\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Are you looking for information and ideas about teaching with Twitter? If so, check out these resources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/educationaltechnologyjournal.springeropen.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s41239-019-0166-x\">Use of Twitter Across Educational Settings: A Review of the Literature<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facultyfocus.com\/articles\/edtech-news-and-trends\/professors-use-twitter-to-increase-student-engagement-and-grades\/\">Professors Use Twitter to Increase Student Engagement and Grades<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/mindshift\/2011\/07\/08\/28-creative-ideas-for-teaching-with-twitter\/\">28 Creative Ideas for Teaching with Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/twitter-cheat-sheet-for-educators\/\">Twitter Cheat Sheet For Educators<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/about.twitter.com\/content\/dam\/about-twitter\/en\/tfg\/download\/teaching-learning-with-twitter-unesco.pdf\">Teaching and Learning with Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theedadvocate.org\/how-to-use-blooms-taxonomy-twitter\/\">Bloom's Taxonomy and Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.profkrg.com\/courses\/class-twitter-policies\">Class Twitter Policies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.uwstout.edu\/content\/profdev\/rubrics\/twitter_rubric.html\">Twitter Rubric<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please leave us a comment and let us know how you are using Twitter in your teaching and learning. Also, follow us (CAT+FD) on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/xulacat\">@xulacat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><small>Updated: 10 September 2021<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Educators are using Twitter in creative ways to engage students inside and outside of class, to stay on top of education news, and to expand their personal learning network (PLN). Are you looking for information and ideas about teaching with Twitter? If so, check out these resources: Use of Twitter Across Educational Settings: A Review <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/teaching-with-twitter\/\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Teaching with Twitter\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[325],"class_list":{"0":"post-10951","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-online","7":"tag-twitter","8":"h-entry","9":"hentry","10":"h-as-article"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p82MQk-2QD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5799,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/social-media-tools-for-teaching-and-learning\/","url_meta":{"origin":10951,"position":0},"title":"Social Media Tools for Teaching and Learning","author":"Janice Florent","date":"February 25, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"by Janice Florent Social media has evolved into more than a simple tool to stay in touch with friends or to share vacation pictures. 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