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Experimenting with Pinterest in the college classroom
The article below was featured on the Social Media Club’s Education Blog on September 17, 2012. I embarked on another classroom teaching and learning experiment this fall on Pinterest. One hundred of our students at Queens University of Charlotte were dispatched into the venues and streets of Charlotte as student interns and volunteers during the 2012 Democratic…
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Investing in Digital Literacy through Social Media
This article was featured on the Social Media Club’s Education Blog on Wednesday, May 9, 2012. *** Entertainer Cee-Lo Green’s cat, Purrfect, has become a mouthpiece for NBC’s The Voice, a singing competion which this past Tuesday crowned its second winner. With 63,000 followers on Twitter, this feline certainly has a voice of its own – one that…
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Going Mobile: Phones in Class
A student glances quickly around before secretly texting a classmate. Holding the phone just out of sight of her professor, her attention turns to the keypad on her blackberry. The message is sent. She looks quickly up and feigns interest. Her classmate sees the text pop up on his iPhone. He glances around. Holding the…
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Social Media in the Classroom
Educators and technologists often grapple with decisions about employing the latest technologies in the service of education. Some believe that the newest technology needs to be used in classrooms so that students never fall behind. Others suggest that education is not about the technology, but rather the content. My own thoughts reflect that technology can…
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