Social Media in the Classroom

Teachers’ Tools:

• Back to School: 10 Terrific Web Applications for Teachers, Mashable
• Twitter Guide Book, Mashable
• Message Matters, Social Media Resource Blog from an Administrator, Lorrie Jackson
• Social Media Classroom, platform and tool (added 2/17/10)
• 100 Ways to Use Social Media in the Classroom, Online College (added 2/20/10)
• Collaborize Classroom (added 6/17/11)

Technology in Schools:

• Quest to Learn
• Stuart School in Santa Rosa, North Bay Business Journal
• Can a School Library be Replaced by E-Readers? Mashable
• Where Media Literacy Fits in the World of Education, Center for Media Literacy
• Building a Shared Learning Environment, Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies

Studies:

• Social Media and Young Adults, Pew Internet & American Life Project
• Virtual World Simulation Training Prepares Real Guards on the US-Canadian Border: Loyalist College in Second Life, Linden Lab (added 6/17/11)
• 13 Enlightening Case Studies of Social Media in the Classroom, Edu-tastic

Science and Health:

• Video Game Increases Teenager’s Science Knowledge, Science Daily
• @ElsieTeen, Elsie Allen Teen Clinic Twitter Page
• Science of the Winter Games, Lessonopoly (added 2/20/10)

History:

• Facebook Profile for Holocaust Victim, Mashable

English, Writing, Expression:

• The Tao of Tavi Gevinson (13yr old blogging phenom), Chicago Tribune
• Style Rookie, Tavi Gevinson
• Does Digital Media Make Us Bad Writers? Spotlight on Digital Media and Learning

Critical Thinking:

• Critical Viewing and Critical Thinking Skills, Center for Media Literacy

Emergency Preparedness:

• Montgomery High Principal Using Twitter for Emergencies, Press Democrat
• Montgomery’s Twitter Alert Tested, Press Democrat
• @MHSvikings, Monty’s Twitter Page