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  Twitter breaks down barriers in the classroom

  03.19.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Twitter breaks down barriers in the classroom:
  “As an experiment, Parry made Twitter a class assignment and got his students to engage in microblogging as homework. He observed how Twitter became the link that connected conversations inside and out of class. ‘Because the students had the shared classroom experience, when something came up outside of class [...]

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  GeoTweets: Using Twitter with Google Earth in the Classroom

  01.28.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I came across this post last night over on ICT in my Classroom by Tom Barrett. It utilizes two great internet tools to help his class interact with the world.
  If you are not already familiar with Twitter, it is a micro-blogging service that allows you send quick updates or tweets to your friends or “Followers.” [...]

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