Eight Minutes of Fame

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This page can be used to plan and develop our presentation for the "Eight Minutes of Fame" on Thursday of the conference. What will we want to show our colleagues?

Groups

Google Reader Team - Lucinda & Philip

Twitter & LinkedIn - Caroline, Hilary,

Using Tumblr in Student Assignments

Pros and Cons of Various Social Media Services - Kathy, Bridget, Eugene

Twitter in Large Lectures - Tracey

Considerations

How do you use Twitter/social media in the classroom if not every student has a laptop/mobile device?

Put students into groups with at least 1 device per group
Mention in the course description that students are expected to bring devices

Presentation

Introduction - Sam

Tour of our Twitter backchannel, Tumblr, wiki - Anne

Pros & Cons of Social Media Services -

Using Twitter in large classrooms - Tracey

Encourage students to use to ask questions after lecture (Use of tweetdeck and backchannels)
Use in lecture in addition to iclickers to ask more open ended questions.