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The Global Education Learning Community:
Twitter as Liberation Technology
Ira David Socol College of Education Michigan State University
Open University 2005:DEEP Impact:
An Investigation of the Use of Information and Communication
Technologies for Teacher Education in the Global SouthLeach, J., Ahmed, A., Makalima, S., and Power, T.
SMS Messaging for teacherprofessional development:-lowered isolation-improved self-assessed practice-improved teacher retention -provided increased global contact for students
Twitter as a teacher network,both real time and asynchronouswith minimal tech requirements
Foucault: power “only exists in action” (1996).
Twitter creates a “transaction space” for the action which
otherwise may not exist.
Creating a space in which teachers can use their own
power, without the transaction space limitations of their culture
and/or nation.
Teacher Tweets
Aussie educators in my twitter network, can you chime in
please? @--- @--- and who else?
With words of caution from @--- - European Commission considers #web #accessibility legislation: http://ow.ly/wfOd
Just Posted: "Teaching, Testing and Counseling"
http://j.mp/xu1DU Sigh.
I feel sad after parents ask me how to make things all better.
They're trying so hard and I wish I had all the answers.
Here is my parent permission letter so far. Can't bring myself
to ask permission yet. Any suggestions? Thanks!
http://ow.ly/wgvl
What would happen if you took a fish into space, would it float out
of the water? Please help us with the answer because we
don't know! (JG)
Question: Any other gay educators out there?
to what degree does nsw need associative advocasy accross
sectors vs focus on skill/resources.
[1] Light bulb! What if I gave an assignment in class and each student was the expert on one
problem and they couldn't ask me for help. They HAD
[2] to ask the student in charge of that problem. I know this is a very common teaching strategy but I
normally hate it and this way excites me.
Students in tears over HSC 'nightmare' http://bit.ly/4tRIXt
[Gotta love standardised testing
special needs eighth graders all very far behind-no progress last
two years- any ideas?
Can I write "Dear parent, your son has greatly improved on
things not considered important by the school report system"?
Can anyone skype class to class? American math to
Johannesburg?
Hmmm, thinking Skype portable will help me get students access
to Skype where they are not allowed to install it http://bit.ly/4r3hX9
Need IWB resources en Francais – world history
especially
Can you explain TTS to me? Where can I get it?
Arguments for unblocking SM? meeting with head tomorrow
dm me your email and I’ll send you that lesson plan
@--- pointed one of my students your way the other day. He's
looking for ipod touch implemention/apps.
Contributing to the MindMeister map on strengths and
weaknesses of various mind mapping applications-
http://j.mp/KHAyI
Looking for South American classrooms to link up with – age
12-13 or so
None of our computers have Firefox. Can we get it in
South Africa?
Want my FE students to vote for student council the way they do
in Ireland. Ireland school for swap?
he doesn’t recognize letters at all. 16 and very smart, but…
ideas?
