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This Week in Tweets: October 26, 2012

In case you missed it, here’s what @elontechnology and @elonteaching have been tweeting this week. If you aren’t using using Twitter yet, learn how to get started.

• Laptops in the Classroom: Are they a good or bad thing? By@sam_parkerr: http://tinyurl.com/cdjbb9a
• Moodle Q&A: Create Groups, by @sam_parkerr http://tinyurl.com/8n4pzzl #Moodle #MoodleMusings
• Inclusive classrooms: inclusive course design. New blog post from CATL. http://bit.ly/RgsAIy

• 5 useful iPad apps for the classroom. http://ow.ly/eJPyL #elon#highered#ipad#apps
• RT @hildy_1: 10 essential iPhone tips, new and old http://buff.ly/PAqxSs
• ATACC has software grants available for #Elon faculty. Apply now athttp://ow.ly/eBGtT
• @EdTech_HigherEd The short answer is maybe. We skipped Vista entirely – converted from XP to 7. If we do, it will be after much testing.
• TLT clicker pilot now underway. Learn more at http://ow.ly/eAc3D #Elon#clickers#highered
• Use joule grader to see assignments in one place; grade one assignment and quickly move to the next. http://ow.ly/eA8B2 #moodlerooms#elon
• Want to give a Ted Talk? Know of an Elon colleague who should? Nominate them for TedXGreensboro:http://tedxgreensboro.com/nominate-a-speaker/ …
• Paul Anderson: For students to leave college with sharper thinking skills, writing ought to gain higher priority. http://bit.ly/PAAS0B
• Education is not the filling of a bucket, but … RT @hrheingold: 8 ways educators can foster passion-based learning http://bit.ly/PAAYpc
• RT @derekbruff: Using Flickr to host students discussions of images:http://bit.ly/Vbo6rS . By William J. Allen. Clever.
• RT @chronicle: Once, readers came to books. Now books come to readers, on whatever screen is available: http://chroni.cl/T0JRmP
• Writing is 1 of the strategies MT @wcet_info: 10 Strategies to promote deeper learning http://bit.ly/VbpQ4l #ElonWriting
• Save time grading with joule Grader https://blogs.elon.edu/technology/save-time-grading-with-joule-grader/ …#MoodleMusings#Moodle
• Use joule grader to see assignments in one place; grade one assignment and quickly move to the next. http://ow.ly/eA7MJ #moodlerooms#elon
• ATACC has software grants available for #Elon faculty. Apply now athttp://ow.ly/eBGhi
• New blog post from CATL. Diversity Infusion Project: The Art and Science of Helping http://bit.ly/OZlZUw
• Full-time faculty members at four-year colleges are spending less time on teaching than they used to MT @sameneman: http://ow.ly/eJk9G
• Five Useful iPad Applications to Use in Higher Education, by@sam_parkerr: http://tinyurl.com/cnplwlf #iPad#apps
• New blog post from CATL: What is the main goal of an inclusive classroom? http://tinyurl.com/cn3msbz
• Learn how to get started with YouTube in the classroom, a post by@Caseybrown04: http://bit.ly/P8NsD4

 

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