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By: Developing Professionally with Twitter | Reflections in the Education Pool

Developing Professionally with Twitter | Reflections in the Education Pool — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 19:43:15 +0000

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By: Review: The Connected Educator | MiddleWeb

Review: The Connected Educator | MiddleWeb — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:29:06 +0000

[...] an email from NCLE (National Council for Literacy Education), I discovered a blog post called, “Can Twitter Replace Traditional Professional Development,” regarding a recent conference at which this topic had been discussed. Then MiddleWeb’s [...]

By: Does Social Media have a role in professional development? - devrmc.org

Does Social Media have a role in professional development? - devrmc.org — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 01:27:37 +0000

[...] a post by The Hechinger Report piqued our interest by stating, “Twitter and Facebook might soon replace [...]

By: Su Nightingale

Su Nightingale — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 06:42:07 +0000

At some point Twitter will also find itself shelved along with older social networking tools in favour of something intuitive; these are all support tools which mediate the physical distance between participants in the learning process and bridge the gap.

By: For Educators, the Importance of Making Meaningful Connections | MindShift

For Educators, the Importance of Making Meaningful Connections | MindShift — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:02:54 +0000

[...] feeds, acknowledges the importance of maintaining face to face interaction. He comments on the Hechinger Report blog: “I value my face-to-face connections more than I do my virtual ones. Technology flattens our [...]

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Does Social Media have a role in professional development? | — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 23:21:05 +0000

[...] a post by The Hechinger Report piqued our interest by stating, “Twitter and Facebook might soon replace [...]

By: Connected Educator Month Day 14 – Other Connected Ed Blog Posts #ce12 | Change Agency

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 06:43:08 +0000

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By: Jeff Carpenter

Jeff Carpenter — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 01:47:46 +0000

The answer to the question is “no,” for the reasons mentioned in previous comments. There is no silver bullet that will make teaching easy or learning to teach easy. Twitter can serve the useful purpose of connecting people to people and to answers to their questions, but it’s a somewhat limited medium. It should be one course in a healthy PD diet. Also, the article fails to mention the many regularly scheduled twitter chats that discuss particular topics related to education, such as Tuesday 7 pm EST #edchat.

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WorkingAtTheEdge.org Weekly Links (weekly) | Working at the edge — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 03:32:47 +0000

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By: Tim’s EdTech Leadership Must See Links #edtech 08/09/2012 « The Connected Administrator

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 13:30:46 +0000

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