#comm360
#comm360 posts are intended to assist in student-use of Twitter in the classroom and enhance social media experience.
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Digital Pedagogy: An Experiment with Pinterest
On the topic of teaching with technology, I wrote this in 2007 (published in 2009): As “digital natives” (Prensky, 2001) enter the classroom, instructors must engage these students and expand their burgeoning and often technologically nuanced skills. The incorporation of technologies into classroom instruction challenges students and instructors alike; but, this challenge is both a necessary…
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Charlotte and the Convention, Pecha Kucha Style
Artists, historians, graphic designers, architects, community planners, graduate students and everyone in between are invited to submit a “pecha kucha style” presentation to be juried into “Charlotte and the Convention.” The event will be limited to 10 presentations and take place from 1:00 – 3:00 pm on Friday, August 31, 2012 at Queens University of…
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Participating in Twitter Chats
If you’re looking for a conversation on Twitter (and who isn’t?), get involved in a Twitter chat. In many fields, and especially communication, practitioners and academics use Twitter as a gathering space for discussion. Using a #hashtag, each user in a Twitter chat can contribute to a specific conversation and sort all posts with that…
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Choose your tweeps wisely
Finding a conversation on Twitter can be a daunting task. The easiest mistake to make is to follow too many people so that your home page is filled with a plethora of tweets. Instead, be discerning about who to follow or make Twitter lists of those people whose Tweets contribute to your desired conversations. Choosing…
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Why I Tweet
As soon as people learn that I teach courses in social media, they immediately remark, “Oh! Like that tweeting stuff,” or “I don’t understand the Twitters,” or, my favorite, “In two minutes, explain why I should get on Twitter.” So, for my peeps and tweeps alike, here’s why I use Twitter. Twitter connects me to…
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