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Can Twitter help with Education?

Parentella — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:32:38 +0000

I am at ISTE10 and attending a session Model Lessons in a Model Classroom. The person sitting next to me was Director of Technology for 5 schools. We were tweeting and he asked me if I found Twitter useful. He said that he doesn't think it would be helpful. So I tweeted this out and got a lot of responses.

Here are the responses:

The Battles of Education

Amanda.henson — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:24:06 +0000

A Career’s Worth of Lessons in 917 Words

Amanda.henson — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:58:22 +0000

Prof. Owlson

Photo Attribution: PacoAlcantara

The end of the year is a special time for teachers.

ISTE 2010

Parentella — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 04:20:47 +0000

With ISTE 2010 getting under way today, we at Parentella wanted to provide you with an up-to-date resource for the latest live blogging from participants there.

Postcards from Grandparents – Connecting Stories

Amanda.henson — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:01:34 +0000

Image Courtesy of austinevan

My Dream Report Card

Amanda.henson — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:54:06 +0000

Image Courtesy of Sean Dreilinger

Putting Standardized Tests to the Test

Amanda.henson — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:59:11 +0000

Image Credit: Flickr: Fort Worth Squatch

Every student has a story

Amanda.henson — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:21:16 +0000

Image Credit: Commons.Wikimedia

Summer Learning Fun!!

Parentella — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 22:19:41 +0000

On Twitter today, we sought some ideas for making the summer fun and engaging for the kids, especially, to keep their love of learning alive and thriving! We got some great ideas.We also have great ideas from our posts here:

Education and Real Time Communication: The 140 Conference in DC Recap

Amanda.henson — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:47:45 +0000