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Does the use of Twitter Improve Education?

Does the use of Twitter Improve Education? | Create, Innovate & Evaluate in Higher Education | Scoop.it

By George Couros

 

There has been post after post acknowledging how educators love Twitter while also encouraging others to use it themselves. With that though comes skeptics (as there should be), questioning whether the use of Twitter is beneficial to educators. I have thought about that question a lot and I can give a definitive answer: yes and no ( I am 100% certain of this).

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Teen Takes Educators to Twitter School

Teen Takes Educators to Twitter School | Create, Innovate & Evaluate in Higher Education | Scoop.it

ifteen-year-old Adora Svitak knows students nowadays “live, work and play” social media.“We’re used to the characteristics of social media: participation, connection, instant gratification,” she tells Mashable, “and when school doesn’t offer the same, it’s easy to tune out.”

To help more educators learn about the benefits of using social media in the classroom, Adora recently taught nearly 3,000 teachers, principals and administrators how to implement Twitter and Facebook into their lives.

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