January 6th, 2010
still sneaking in there all the things that I know are good English language arts, teaching, learning skills.” “It’s all part of the University’s DigMe program, that’s short for digital media. The DigMe program brings the U’s expertise in technology, literacy and learning into Minneapolis high school classrooms to raise the engagement and academic achievement of the students.” “We know, from previous research, that engagement is important for achievement.” U of M Educational Researcher …
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If you’re a teacher, you could try contacting Cynthia Lewis (the researcher in the video).
Where can we find out more about how the curriculum or learning outcomes are being expressed via twitter and Facebook activities? What are the kinds of activities which are being used? But, overall, great approach!
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woow my former school is getting help by my current school. good stuff
awesome twitter in the classroom man thanks for this video i really love it and if u have a twitter account follow me on twitter and i will follow u back my name on twitter is dante9359
This sounds really exciting. Student engagement with course material is vital to learning. How many classes are using this approach now? How are the students doing in their classes that do not use twitter? What are the challenges in using this kind of approach? “Doc A”
Haha, that’s exactly what i thought … look at all those macbooks! :)
Hmmm, no wonder incoming college freshman can’t read.
Seriously; there was a time (10 years ago) when the better mathematics students had no trouble reading and understanding an applications problem. Now, very few of them can, including those who can actually do the mathematics.
IntelligentCreature: since when has the students learning anything counted?
Twitter and Mac Books are all well and good, but it’s what we LEARN that is important. We are learning about all kinds of technology as well as all the other stuff that everyone else thinks is so cool. We are a school, a giant pool of information, that works together to create awesome stuff.
Great Project Minneapolis Students, Well done!
I’m doing really similar things (Podcasting for oral fluency, social science videos for motivation and expressing our thoughts, Twitter for E-Twinning etc.)
It too has proved to be really popular. with my students. Feel free to drop by our wiki sometime to check out what we’re up to.
Best of Luck,
Mr S. Dickens.
wow that is so cool. i wish we have that in our education system here in Manila..
We’re using Twitter @gradeguru to provide notes for college students.
Mother Nature’s falling down, falling down…
Taking education to “where kids live” is a great idea, and seems to make so much sense. Wonder why more teachers haven’t gotten on the bandwagon?!
That is awesome….Engagement is happening…
how is the achievement???
how are their API and APY scores???
no statistics were given on that….hmmmmm????
so many macbooks
thats awesome !
so much macbooks !!!
Brilliant! Smart teacher.
I saw some students using Edmodo as well, which is another great tool for classroom use.
Awesome stuff. Don’t forget EDMODO at 0:37 and 1:53, another great web application for the classroom!
awesome… I like the laptop bank in the classroom… want to know more! It’s about time that teachers stopped living in the seventies and joined the digital information age. Get the kids skilled in the skills they need. typing… information technology… etc
Nice.
very cool :D
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