Tag Archives: Twitter

Social Media Meets the Enlightenment: Year 2

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Michael K. Milton

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What better way to make the Enlightenment come alive than to have my World History students create Blogger sites and set up a conversation on Twitter! In our activity, students were hired by a…

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#MaycombProbs: Building Community Through Twitter

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Michael K. Milton

Last Friday morning, my department head Ben Lally sent out the following tweet (Note: I could not find the original so here is my retweet). RT @MisterLally: When you want to leave gum & toys for the neighborhood kids, but … Continue reading →

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Call to Action! Social Media in the Classroom

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Michael K. Milton

Friends, Romans, PLN, lend me your ears/eyes! On Saturday, Andy Marcinek and I led a discussion on the use of Social Media in the Classroom at EdCamp Boston. Andy masterfully worked the room giving reasons and examples as to why … Continue reading →

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The Enlightenment Meets Social Media

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Michael K. Milton

What better way to make the Enlightenment come alive than to have my World History students create Blogger sites and set up a conversation on Twitter! In our activity, students were hired by a consulting firm to bring the ideas … Continue reading →

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The (Industrial) Revolution will be Twitterized*

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Michael K. Milton

Edit: I have transitioned this to using todaysmeet.com rather than Twitter. The activity works the same, but we are in a walled garden that is much easier to set up than Twitter is. In groups, students were assigned a country that … Continue reading →

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