@newsfromtengrrl for 2015-04-29
April 30, 2015
- Gender Inequality in Film [Infographic] | Daily Infographic http://t.co/pHdAucdeYo ->
@newsfromtengrrl for 2015-04-27
April 28, 2015
- Digital Learning Experiences | Higher Ed Beta | InsideHigherEd http://t.co/HdEGdaZg2A ->
- Teaching with Wikipedia: Free Webinar by WVU, April 30, 10.30am-12pm EST — ProfHacker – Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/nVQBBLsGyE ->
- A professor fails his entire class and his university intervenes | InsideHigherEd http://t.co/Jl8prlNPrA ->
- MLA Election Slate Signals a Stronger Embrace of Writing Specialists – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/4VQrkh7uLI ->
- Apostrophe Where Is Thy Comma? — Lingua Franca – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/9lubfK26Yj ->
- ASU / edX GFA Partnership | Technology and Learning | InsideHigherEd http://t.co/pCtSU8GT8V ->
@newsfromtengrrl for 2015-04-26
April 27, 2015
- Simplifying the First Days of a Course | Teaching Professional Writing http://t.co/QpntY2GPlS ->
@newsfromtengrrl for 2015-04-25
April 26, 2015
- Arizona State U 'MOOCs for credit' program faces unanswered accreditation questions | InsideHigherEd http://t.co/qfRsg2yswB ->
- Contingency and Gender | Vitae http://t.co/NrjQ5yfoZm ->
@newsfromtengrrl for 2015-04-24
April 25, 2015
- ASU and edX, Further Thoughts | Confessions of a Community College Dean | InsideHigherEd http://t.co/3uCd1QyYZt ->
- Tools That Limit Distraction May Raise Student Performance in Online Classes – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/hEs0fpiqOY ->
- What Problem Are ASU and EdX Solving? | Confessions of a Community College Dean | InsideHigherEd http://t.co/9drwUdSsZw ->
@newsfromtengrrl for 2015-04-23
April 24, 2015
- How teachers want to evaluate their students – The Washington Post http://t.co/cQHsYDobvf ->
- Few English Majors Must Study Shakespeare in Depth, Report Says — The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/QwPFDNPNJ9 ->
- Gamification: Engaging Students With Narrative | Edutopia http://t.co/yf3lqLb2th ->
- MOOCs on the Loose: The Effect of #clmooc on Professional Development Opportunities in the #NWP Network http://t.co/7wMBpbnULW ->
- Assessing Student Work | University of Venus | InsideHigherEd http://t.co/X1LL012Ac4 ->
- Why I Love Academic Conferences – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/Xz49X5DkhE ->
- Promising Full College Credit, Arizona State University Offers Online Freshman Program – NYTimes http://t.co/teYTrAR1g4 ->
@newsfromtengrrl for 2015-04-22
April 23, 2015
- The Temptations of Collaboration | Vitae http://t.co/IJboAyiCck ->
- Arizona State, edX team to offer freshman year online through MOOCs | InsideHigherEd http://t.co/txqDSsOxeK ->
- The New Face of Study Abroad [Infographic] | Daily Infographic http://t.co/UsosZCGeaw ->
@newsfromtengrrl for 2015-04-21
April 22, 2015
- Student Success in Savannah » http://t.co/3xSfsNf0mY – My Bedford Bits post today reports on the Student Success in Writing Conf #SSWC15 ->
- Guide to Note Taking in Class [Infographic] | Daily Infographic http://t.co/V2rMmIu1Wa ->
- The Illusion Of Choice: Monopolies of Media [Infographic] | Daily Infographic http://t.co/ZPGUi73s2o ->
@newsfromtengrrl for 2015-04-20
April 21, 2015
- Ten Ways to Use Digital Tools in the Writing Classroom –> resources from my Keynote at #sswc15 are now available: http://t.co/wsV5K1LnRK ->
- A fun way to introduce DH students to dataviz | Miriam Posner's Blog http://t.co/rDGYQB3Dpf ->
Faking Social Media Updates
April 20, 2015
One of my favorite projects has students creating social media updates from someone else’s point of view. Students choose fictional or nonfictional characters and then create Tweets, Facebook status updates, and Instagram posts.
The challenge is that I don’t want to encourage students to litter the Information Superhighway with dozens of throw-away accounts, used for maybe a dozen posts and then abandoned. For me, a collection of tools that let students fake social media updates has been the answer. I’ve listed my favorites in a post on my Bedford Bits blog.
[Photo: Fake Tweet created by tengrrl with simitator.com. Three Pigs profile photo by sarahemcc, on Flickr.]