kesmit3 asked:
Dr. Rankin, professor of History at UT Dallas, wanted to know how to reach more students and involve more people in class discussions both in and out of the classroom. She had heard of Twitter… She collaborated with the UT Dallas, Arts and Technology – Emerging Media and Communications (EMAC) www.emac.utdallas.edu faculty and as a Graduate student in EMAC I assisted her in her experiment. I documented the experiment for a digital video class with Professor Dean Terry, @therefore, and …
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:52 pm
follow me @atlprince87
October 26th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
AGREED !!!!!!!!!!!
October 29th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
I’m sorry but if, after each class, I was the TA that had to post all the hand-written comments I would kill myself.
Is there not a student computer lab at this school? Let the students post their own damned comments. Why on earth would this be the TA’s responsibility? Education is not customer service.
November 1st, 2009 at 2:58 am
follow me and I’ll follow back.
@slimxoreo
November 4th, 2009 at 7:17 am
twitter for learning that i can get
but twitter for fun ?
a big waste of time
plus its so LAME
[5 stars]
November 5th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
TwitterLogos*COM
this site has lots of free twitter logos
November 5th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
I saw this sort of thing growing with class-related Wiki’s and really enjoyed the thought of using editable Wiki’s. I am on the fence with Twitter. Obviously, Dr. Rankin’s point about it causing students to have to hone arguments is great, but she also mentions it limits longer discourse on material. I have not joined Twitter, and am not sure that with all the spam that it’s what I need right now.
November 8th, 2009 at 5:27 am
follow me @panicpack121. Also, I would love this in my high school. That would be awesome.
November 11th, 2009 at 7:09 am
it makes a lot of sense to use twitter in the classroom. helps students keep in touch with teachers, if you need some info on an assignment or anything your teacher can twitter all the info on it. great way to connect with teachers and professors
November 12th, 2009 at 1:12 am
That teacher is damn hot lawl.
November 14th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
Follow @ItoshiiHito on twitter
November 17th, 2009 at 4:23 am
look this is a kind of awakening, not a replacment of talking, it is a way to get them INTO the topics….cheers T
November 19th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
It would have been interesting to hear further reflections from Dr. Rankin on what perhaps didn’t go as well as she had hoped, if she’ll continue incorporating Twitter in the future, recommendations for other faculty, etc. Thanks for sharing!
November 21st, 2009 at 6:59 am
Interesting! I’d like to try that some day!
November 23rd, 2009 at 5:51 am
WTF happened to personal communication? This is NOT going to be a good thing for the future and employment!
I’m not saying this isn’t cool….but….speaking out loud is necessary!!!!
Does sounds a bit fun.
November 23rd, 2009 at 5:54 am
its great to see this actually being used in classes. I’m a college student and would love it if we had more opportunities to connect with our professors this way!
November 26th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
We’ve used this form of discussion in online programs for years, so it’s great to see it used in a traditional program.
November 27th, 2009 at 12:05 am
the teacher’s hot. nice
November 27th, 2009 at 3:10 am
OUTSTANDING! I love the interactive ability of both the educator and the students. This is the basic format for online students so why wouldn’t it be a positive application to the ground campus class?
November 27th, 2009 at 10:36 am
You can clearly see that she is using TweetDeck at the beginning of the video. That was the tweetdeck userface
November 29th, 2009 at 11:15 am
3:01 “…but they’re a little bit shy and standoffish”
(pan to the Asian kid with nose buried in laptop…ha! classic!)
December 1st, 2009 at 8:47 pm
She doesn’t speak specifically about TweetDeck though
December 4th, 2009 at 8:07 am
…on the other hand, she gives reasons for her views. What are yours?
December 7th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
…spoken like someone who has never tried it
December 9th, 2009 at 6:38 am
Great job, Kim. Proud of you.
WHOOSH!