Twitter in the Classroom

For those of you who doubt the efficacy of Twitter in the classroom, Tech & Learning has posted a list of 25 ways to use it. I think I will try #6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 25. There is also a list of 9 reasons to use Twitter. As an admitted Twitter skeptic, I'm starting to believe...

On a similar vein, there's another article about effective uses of Wordle. I think this could be a really good tool for helping students see whether they're really writing about what they think they're writing about. Makes cool graphics for logos, t-shirts, etc., too.

And here's an article on creating Web 2.0 flashcards. I particularly like the options offered by StudyStack. I'll have to recommend this one for my Ed Psych students. All teachers should be aware of this technology. Students can go online and find existing study stacks or create their own custom stacks. Then they can review them online as flashcards or even play a variety of games with them or they can print them or download them to a handheld device.

Good stuff!