![]() When I find a Twitter item that I am sure will be of interest to a particular student, I send them an email with a link to the Twitter item: that’s one of the best connections of all!ĬONNECTING WITH THE WORLD. As I work with the students and get to know them, I try to find Twitter items that will appeal to them, as well as sharing Twitter items that help them learn about my own interests. ![]() Sometimes what they see in the Twitter stream will be related to the content of the class, but often it is something extra: university announcements, campus events, etc. Every time they come to Canvas or visit one of our class web spaces (the UnTextbook, our class wiki, etc.), they are likely to see a Twitter stream in the sidebar. Because I teach fully online classes, I need to find online ways to connect with my students, and Twitter is one of those ways. I use a class Twitter account to connect with my students, sharing things that I find at Twitter which I think can be useful and/or fun for them. Here are the ways I think about Twitter as a space for connected learning:ĬONNECTING WITH STUDENTS. My use of Twitter is very much about connected learning, so that’s what I want to write about in this blog post. ![]() In my Twitter4Canvas workshopand in the CanvasLIVE Twitter Widget demo, I’ve mostly kept the focus on the what-and-how: what are Twitter widgets and how do you use them in Canvas? There are so many possible ways to use Twitter, and these instructions will hold true for any possible use of Twitter. ![]()
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