Twitter in the Classroom: Watch This Teacher Engage Shy Students in Learning History - Education. Still skeptical about the value of using Twitter as a tool to engage introverted students in classroom lessons?
You're not alone. A recent survey of almost 2,000 teachers found that half think that using Twitter (and Facebook) in the classroom "is harmful to the learning experience. " But, Los Angeles history teacher Enrique Legaspi disagrees with the naysayers. Last year he went to a workshop that discussed ways to use Twitter in teaching and now his students—even the shy ones—at Hollenbeck Middle School in East L.A. are speaking up more.
In the video above, you can watch Legaspi teach a World War I lesson, and hear him explain how Twitter has revolutionized discussions, helped him know more about his shy students, and modify his instruction to meet their needs. How every student can get the best teacher in the world - Ideas@Innovations. Posted at 10:50 AM ET, 03/07/2012 Mar 07, 2012 03:50 PM EST TheWashingtonPost This undated handout photo, taken in 2010, provided by the University of British Columbia shows an unidentified student at the University of British Columbia using an interactive clicker in a classroom.
(Martin Dee - AP) Imagine if every high school and college student, rich and poor, was taught by a dream team of the world's most effective teachers. What if a company or, perhaps, the federal government combed the nation — or even the world — to find a handful of teachers highly honored for excellence in instruction? Now, let’s say these superstar teachers would be hired to develop an online course as follows: 1. 2. Especially in social science and humanities courses, the teachers in a dream-team-taught course need to present diverse perspectives.
Each lesson is created in three versions: slow-paced (perhaps 60 minutes), mid-paced (30-minutes) and fast-paced (15 minutes). 3. Read more news and ideas on Innovations: Ning – Create a Social Networking Site with Ning, the Best Social Site Platform. Einztein - The Social Learning Network.
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