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NBC Foreign Correspondent Richard Engle Tweets by @RichardEngel History in Pics Tweets by @HistoryInPics Tweets by Pope Francis Tweets by @Pontifex Weird Science Tweets by @wiredscience JK Rowling Tweets by @jk_rowling

Infographics are a creative way to display information for the purpose of communicating information in a graphical and easy-to-understand visual format. You see them in print and online all the time, explaining timelines, processes, stories, statistics, dilemmas, applications of concepts, etc. People are making careers out of designing these things in all industries. They make great assignments, group projects, creative assessments for all subjects/grade levels, while teaching them today’s communication skills for print media. Here is a free tool where you and your students can make infographics online, and share them via web link. The free version allows them to be “public” but they can still submit a link to you for your review or class sharing. It’s easy and fun, they would figure it out on their own. http://Infogr.am  (really simple way to assemble images, quotes, maps, charts, and video into an infographic… restricted to vertical, top-down layout) and for...

I'm sure I pasted this nicely from the web, and now cannot find from where!  What is twitter?  It's "micro-blogging" which means people post whatever they want and people "follow" it to read new posts, called "tweets" since they are short. Who "tweets" on twitter?  Feeds can be hosted by non-profits, news agencies, interesting individuals, philanthropic organizations, politicians, historians, scientists, writers, anyone! How can twitter feeds be educational?   Students can casually browse tweets or you can use them for assignments creatively. By  embedding  a feed on your topic page you choose the feed and students stay focused. How do I find twitter feeds that are relevant?   Most web pages have a twitter symbol on them so click and check it out. Or search for a famous person on Google and add Twitter to the search.  

On every twitter feed page there is a FOLLOW button at right. Just to the left of that you see a gear, and in there you will find "embed this profile." Uncheck "include replies" to avoid unwanted content.  Click the blue "CREATE WIDGET" button and you get the embed code!   Copy and paste the code into an embed element of your topic page. NOTE: Twitter is blocked on our campus to eliminate students tweeting and reading social media on their laptops. Your embedded feed will not appear on campus, but will appear at home.