{"id":33,"date":"2011-10-26T15:14:18","date_gmt":"2011-10-26T22:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociallearning512\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2011-11-05T20:44:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-06T03:44:00","slug":"twitter-test","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociallearning512\/twitter-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Media and Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are many social media tools out there that can be used in education. We have chosen to highlight Twitter. In this case we have created a widget that will follow any Twitter posts made with the key words &#8220;social&#8221; and &#8220;learning.&#8221; Take a look at the conversations that are happening out in cyber space. While some posts are not related directly to social learning theory, many are.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/widgets.twimg.com\/j\/2\/widget.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\nnew TWTR.Widget({\n  version: 2,\n  type: 'search',\n  search: 'social learning',\n  interval: 30000,\n  title: 'Social Learning on Twitter',\n  subject: '',\n  width: 600,\n  height: 300,\n  theme: {\n    shell: {\n      background: '#8ec1da',\n      color: '#ffffff'\n    },\n    tweets: {\n      background: '#ffffff',\n      color: '#444444',\n      links: '#1985b5'\n    }\n  },\n  features: {\n    scrollbar: true,\n    loop: false,\n    live: true,\n    behavior: 'all'\n  }\n}).render().start();\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Stop and Reflect:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How might you use Twitter with your students? Our example is bringing the conversations about social learning to you, but is there a way we could have you contribute too? How does using social media enhance social learning theories?<\/p>\n<p>For those who are interested in learning more about using social media in learning check out the article <a href=\"http:\/\/mindshift.kqed.org\/2011\/10\/a-case-for-using-social-media-with-learning\/\" target=\"_blank\">A Case for Using Social Media in Learning<\/a>, by Tina Barseghian. By the way, this article was found by following Mindshift on Twitter ;0p<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many social media tools out there that can be used in education. We have chosen to highlight Twitter. In this case we have created a widget that will follow any Twitter posts made with the key words &#8220;social&#8221; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociallearning512\/twitter-test\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7277,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-33","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociallearning512\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociallearning512\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociallearning512\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociallearning512\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7277"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociallearning512\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociallearning512\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":249,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociallearning512\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\/revisions\/249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sociallearning512\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}