tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post8263375743529904908..comments2024-03-26T11:33:59.219-06:00Comments on Religion in American History: Social Media in the Religious Studies Classroom: Twitter as a Third Space, Part IPaul Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881964303772343114noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-60565382929131574622012-06-26T12:17:45.195-06:002012-06-26T12:17:45.195-06:00Mark,
I think that Twitter did promote some commu...Mark,<br /><br />I think that Twitter did promote some community in the class but really only for the students who bought in. Some students tweeted good links and brought up tweets during class discussion and those students seemed to connect with one another. Others just sent out their 3 tweets and that was that. I do think it get students more engaged overall, but like most things, they will get out of it proportionally to what they put into it.<br /><br />As far as grading, I'd check out this post over a ProfHacker:<br /><br />http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/archive-your-tweets-with-ifttt/40421<br /><br />There are a few different ways of archiving tweets described there. I think the best way to do it is to require an average number per week that equals a grand total for the class. Then you archive them and tally them up at the end. If you're participating in the hashtag you'll get a good sense of who is or isn't participating and then you can double check with the archive.<br /><br />Hope that helps! Good luck with it!Michael J. Altmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17352048990586521566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-57955732829747897332012-06-26T10:33:21.856-06:002012-06-26T10:33:21.856-06:00Thank you for an excellent post. I'm a high sc...Thank you for an excellent post. I'm a high school English teacher who will use Twitter next year. Your point to allow students to build the space as their own is an important one.<br /><br />Did you find that using Twitter also promoted classroom community? My thinking is that by extending the academic discussion into this "third space," students feel like they're more engaged in academic discourse.<br /><br />One worry: How do you grade three tweets per week per student? Your RSS feed idea is a good one, but it still seems like a lot of work.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11062840191987061286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-4016648252244411372012-03-12T05:22:56.934-06:002012-03-12T05:22:56.934-06:00Indeed, Twitter does not grade papers for any of m...Indeed, Twitter does not grade papers for any of my classes much less four of them. I'll post soon because "The Harv" said so.Kelly J. Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14328894784072518452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-91576222350323059922012-03-11T18:29:16.389-06:002012-03-11T18:29:16.389-06:00"When The Harv asks you to share your post, y..."When The Harv asks you to share your post, you share your post." Darn straight -- and you can tweet that 2. <br /><br />Seriously, thanks for this, Mike, looking forward to Kelly's responses. Unfortunately Twitter does not grade papers for you, which I believe is what she is doing presently.Paul Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13881964303772343114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-87855551001023428412012-03-11T05:43:42.770-06:002012-03-11T05:43:42.770-06:00Thank you for this synopsis of your experience. I...Thank you for this synopsis of your experience. I admit to being skeptical at first, but it seems that tweeting really served a valuable purpose. I particularly like the potential to know students' questions prior to lecturing on the same material.Adam Powellnoreply@blogger.com