Describe at least three ways teachers are using microblogs in teaching and learning.

What will be an ideal response?


Answers vary and include: Sharing classroom learning with a class hashtag; Formative assessment by having students tweets answer or questions with a class hashtag, and teachers can review the hashtag archive; Bulletin boards with announcements or reminders for students and parents; Twitter walls using an app that creates a visual display of tweets; Role playing through live tweeting in character of historical figures; Resource collections by using a specific hashtag and news feed; Mentor and expert access by interacting with real people via microblogs; Professional learning by following and interacting with like-minded teacher peers.

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a. A teacher needs information about how well students use specific skills and study techniques. b. A counselor needs information to determine which students have performed best in science. c. A teacher must choose the ten students most likely to succeed in a limited-enrollment course. d. A teacher needs to report each student's performance in mathematics to school administrators.

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Research on school reform for effective schools states the concepts. What are the concepts?

a. Schools should be measured by students' scores on high stake achievement. b. Schools should narrow the academic focus of the curriculum through pre-scribed instructional approach. c. Schools should raise standards for promotion. d. All of these

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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The National Dance Association believes that all children should acquire the following ability in dance:

A) dynamics B) performance C) timing and rhythm D) movement mechanics E) all of these

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