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Uses for Twitter, Part 2

Following up on Part 1, let’s explore the hashtag (#). Hashtags are used before keywords in a tweet to allow that keyword to be more searchable. So, if you search […]

Uses for Twitter, Part 1

As many of my colleagues know, I have not been a big fan of Twitter for academic purposes. Why? The impression I had is: Twitter is tacky. Great if you […]

An interesting opinion piece written by a college professor who teaches Freshman English: “I’VE been teaching college freshmen to write the five-paragraph essay and its bully of a cousin, the […]

This is the first use of Twitter in higher ed that I have seen that makes any sense. The idea excites me.. read on, just a couple of paragraphs. Wired […]