The value of Twitter for teachers and students

This video is okay but even more telling reasons have been given in videos posted over the last few days.

I will be forming Twitter groups for my classes with set topics as of September 2012. This should enable more contributions from prep for thinking, reading, writing and research around these topics. One would also expect learners, who already use SMS text messaging umpteen times a day, to be more confident with their own student voices in such a structured environment.

Andrea Lunsford on the Myths of Digital Literacy

Notetaking is like Texting: you process information for its key points and ideas

Several students who reviewed their academic year recognised the importance of taking good notes.  That is, knowing the key points to make and writing notes in a condensed form. This teacher makes an excellent point on the relationship between text messaging and note-taking. Students have to make decisions many times a day and PROCESS the key/main points in their text messages. 

I've been pushing the Cornell method of making notes with my students and it is an excellent method for making effective notes which great for revising for exams, etc. I'll post a template for this type of note taking soon.

David Crystal speaks up the benefits of texting on "It's Only A Theory"

The Prof. debunks several myths here. Great stuff!

David Crystal - Texts and Tweets: myths and realities

                      

Professor David Crystal, probably the world's greatest expert on the English language, gives his views on how new technology helps young people learn. Interesting - and amazing stuff from a man who looks a little like Father Christmas.