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http://edudemic.com/2012/03/25-ways-to-use-twitter-in-the-classroom-by-degree-of-difficulty/

25 Ways To Use Twitter In The Classroom, By Degree Of Difficulty

How Can We Stop Cheating In Online Courses? 6.11K Views 0 Likes While clearly not every student is trying hard to take the slacker route, it's worth noting that picking out the students trying to take this route gets a little more complicated when you move from taking classes in person to taking classes online. 5 Ways To Have A High-Tech Classroom With What You Already Have

Making Twitter more manageable with Twitter Lists | 30 Day Books

My two blog posts on how – and why – to use Twitter are among the biggest hits on this blog. But even for those who understand the value of this micro-blogging system, once it reaches a certain point Twitter can become daunting and unmanageable. Tweet after tweet of stuff you really don’t need to know or care about from people you may not even know – the sheer volume can be enough to turn off your feed completely! Enter Twitter Lists! It’s all a matter of organization by way of lists. By properly using the lists and groups feature Twitter offers, you can organize your contacts, stay in touch with a cherry-picked group of folks, and streamline your time spent on Twitter. http://www.30daybooks.com/twitter-lists/
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http://bluyonder.wordpress.com/2013/02/18/its-a-matter-of-trust/

It’s a matter of trust

When Billy Joel wrote the lyrics to It’s a Matter of Trust, he probably wasn’t thinking about the Finnish education system. Yet the more I read the literature on high performing systems, I am convinced that trust is at the core of the cultural change needed to reshape schooling. It’s not new nor is it rocket science.

A Life Our Students Will Never Know

Posted by Mrs Kathleen Morris on Tuesday, April 10th 2012 Over the holidays, while attempting to be less “connected”, I’ve been thinking about how much technology seems to be increasingly infused into our day-to-day lives. With laptops, smart phones, iPads, iPods and other portable devices becoming so common place, gadgets are no longer something we go to, they come with us. http://primarytech.global2.vic.edu.au/2012/04/10/a-life-our-students-will-never-know/