Dr. Rankin, professor of History at UT Dallas, wanted to know how to reach more students and involve more people in class discussions both in and out of the classroom. She had heard of Twitter... She collaborated with a graduate student, Kim Smith, from the Emerging Media and Communications (EMAC) and reached out to EMAC faculty for advice.
As a Graduate student in EMAC I assisted her in The Twitter Experiment and documented the project to share with others.
The feedback is varied, but the lesson for me, as a student, was the importance of a professor's attitude and willingness to try new technologies in the classroom, especially a more traditional class such as History. It was a great pleasure to assist Dr. Rankin with this.
I documented the experiment and used it in my digital video class with Professor Dean Terry, @therefore, and assisted Dr. Rankin in the experiment as a part of my collaboration and content creation course with Dan Langendor, @dlangendorf.
It was a real pleasure to work with Dr. Rankin - a forward-thinking professor open to the intelligent use of new media.
カテゴリー :Education
投稿日 :2009-05-02
更新日 :2012-01-23
投稿者 :kesmit3
評価 :4.80531
表示回数 :112436
タグ :utdallas, utd, history, us history, dr rankin, twitter, pedagogy, emac, atec, classroom, tweeting, educational, documentary, university, college, youtube, school
コメント：
xAmaZinKiiD 2011-12-23
Follow me on twitter @SelfMadeEdgar i follow back :)
poseidonrocks1 2011-12-22
@louisekuan
poseidonrocks1 2011-12-22
Follow?? @Louise Jan
TD4f22 2011-12-13
@roflmao2007 you have a bad taste my mate!
llsardarll 2011-12-04
inte så fint
ivanfink1 2011-11-12
Follow me? @StefanTheFink
twittelearning 2011-11-12
excelente ¿Twitter en la educación? Twitte-learning !!!!!!
twittelearning 2011-11-12
excelente articulo,¿Twitter en la educación?
TheMrArclite 2011-11-10
Follow me on twitter @futurewatches . I follow back :)
NasVsAries 2011-10-21
follow me please @NasVsAries
fredy26lima2007 2011-10-15
it's time to do this around the world. Great point. ;)
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blondylola 2011-07-27
Using technology in the classroom is the best way to reach students who have technology so woven into their lives. Twitter is an easy way to integrate technology in the classroom and go beyond classroom material.
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MrSouthphillyitalian 2011-06-13
Twitter corny
rjolly10 2011-06-03
Follow me on twitter @SmartKangaroo on my quest to conquer the Twittersphere!
CABx3 2011-05-09
I do like Twitter, I use it mostly to follow musicians that I like. But in the class room?....I'm not so sure. People need to have social skills to get by, which is one of the reasons I don't really care for social networks when it come to peers, colleagues, etc.
SaigheadBhriste 2011-05-08
This is poor teaching. Are students really so afraid of speaking up that they have to use Twitter? What happens to them if they ever have to make a business presentation when they get a job? Twitter is a shallow and superficial medium which doesn't facilitate analysis and which trivialises expression. They should be talking with each other and the lecturer and bonding with their class, not sitting in their insularised shells, tweeting away on their laptops and phones. I despair for education...
VirtualAssistantv 2011-03-28
what's the good thing about twitter is that you could post what you feel, news, any events happening, etc. with a 14o characters, people could limit their post and turn them into a more specific one. so much cool in twitter and i'm sure. everyone is enjoying sharing their lives through their tweets.
traviswolfemusic 2011-03-22
@TravisWolfe101
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SpaceHeaterStudios 2011-03-14
Interesting experiment. This shows how new technologies have potential to revolutionize even the most mundane aspects of life. With that said, I don't know how I would feel about tweeting in class. I feel like it would be abused and that people would make uneducated, ridiculous comments.