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Is it OK to have student friends on Facebook? What do you think?

Posted on May 18, 2009 by Ted Curran

Image by dan taylor via Flickr What follows is an account of how I amassed a coterie of past and present students as friends on my social networks. I share this in the attempt to find out where other teachers … Continue reading →

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Give students feedback in 140 characters– save time!

Posted on April 20, 2009 by Ted Curran

I often procrastinate in giving students feedback because I end up writing each student a whole novel on their paper. This makes the task of finishing feedback so daunting that I often blow it off completely. I am trying out … Continue reading →

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Student Blogging= Easy Grading, Authentic Feedback and Review

Posted on September 15, 2008 by Ted Curran

This semester, I had all of the students in my digital design class start a blog on either Blogger or Tumblr (.com) where they would be posting all of their work for my class. I then had them send me … Continue reading →

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Social Networking: A Teacher's Guide

Posted on May 8, 2008 by Ted Curran

A few years ago, one of my college buddies from back home told me to start a MySpace page, so I did. Before the weekend was over, three of my students had found it and linked me as their friend. … Continue reading →

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