Tag / #Twitter
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The One Skill Students Need to Learn
A recent promotional blog post on Medium from the startup Tagboard promises, “6 Ways to Increase Your Interactive Storytelling in Higher Education.” Not one of the six recommendations mentions education, classrooms, or…
June 2, 2019 -
To Change the World, Shut Out the World
Many of my older students take one look at the commotion on Twitter and don’t know what to think. I tell them to think of a bar at happy hour and the…
August 26, 2018 -
An Open Letter to Jack
Dear Jack Dorsey, co-founder and CEO of Twitter, On March 1st, you outlined the challenges and anger facing your platform. We’re committing Twitter to help increase the collective health, openness, and civility…
July 15, 2018 -
Voice is the Tech You Want
I loved teaching in front of live classes again this winter. It didn’t change my mind about teaching online. On the contrary, it reinforced my belief that I can reach students whether…
June 3, 2018 -
Twitter Is Dead; Long Live Twitter
Here is an article I don’t need to read again: a professor or teacher polls their classroom, discovers the students don’t use a social media network or a software application anymore, and…
January 28, 2018 -
Hashtags Don’t Need to Trend
Ask people to define a hashtag and you’ll hear “marketing or advertising tool” more than you should. After all, every billboard and banner has a hashtag and every Web marketer will tell…
September 3, 2017
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