World History
I have followed @russeltarr for a while on Twitter and his adaption of Facebook is one of the many great reasons to follow him. If you go here, you will get a free Facebook like template which you can have your students work on. They can save their products and even edit them later or e-mail you the finished url to grade.
- Tweeting Your Class Warmup
As our students leave Facebook, more and more are using Twitter, among other social media. One of our new hires, Doug Zywiol, is using Twitter as a warm-up for his students. Most of our students have phones that can text, but for those who do not,...
- Fakebook And Faketweet
If you follow this blog, you know I like Fakebook and FakeTweet which allows students to create facsimiles of Facebook and Twitter without having to create a login/password. Above is a video on how to create a Fakebook page. On our county in-service...
- Google Plus Huddles
If you have been following the changes to your Facebook page closely recently, you might have noticed that many of the new changes have been to mirror what one can do in Google+. Of course Facebook has 750 million people and after just 90 days...
- "push Pop" Is A Cool Way To Read A Book
Facebook just bought Push Pop which is a tablet and smart phone e-book producer which pushes the boundaries of what an e-book is. One of the reasons I have been a huge proponent of students using e-books is because of the amazingly quick changes...
- Comprehensive User Guide For Google+
Sorry to be so excited about Google+, but as I have said before it makes up for Facebook's shortcomings. What I especially like is that I can control who sees what and my "friends" can do the same. Hopefully it will be something that educators...
World History
Fakebook
- Tweeting Your Class Warmup
As our students leave Facebook, more and more are using Twitter, among other social media. One of our new hires, Doug Zywiol, is using Twitter as a warm-up for his students. Most of our students have phones that can text, but for those who do not,...
- Fakebook And Faketweet
If you follow this blog, you know I like Fakebook and FakeTweet which allows students to create facsimiles of Facebook and Twitter without having to create a login/password. Above is a video on how to create a Fakebook page. On our county in-service...
- Google Plus Huddles
If you have been following the changes to your Facebook page closely recently, you might have noticed that many of the new changes have been to mirror what one can do in Google+. Of course Facebook has 750 million people and after just 90 days...
- "push Pop" Is A Cool Way To Read A Book
Facebook just bought Push Pop which is a tablet and smart phone e-book producer which pushes the boundaries of what an e-book is. One of the reasons I have been a huge proponent of students using e-books is because of the amazingly quick changes...
- Comprehensive User Guide For Google+
Sorry to be so excited about Google+, but as I have said before it makes up for Facebook's shortcomings. What I especially like is that I can control who sees what and my "friends" can do the same. Hopefully it will be something that educators...