Hootcourse

HootCourse Resources [|http://hootcourse.com] Strengths · Collaborative · Easy · You can do this with your phone even if you don’t have a computer · Classroom goes outside of the confines of the walls · Interact with anyone · Great for very large classes · Tweet or post a status with questions or concerns without interrupting the entire class · Professors can teach multiple courses · Encourages conversation, not just one-way announcements Weakness · Must already have a Twitter or Facebook account to join Opportunities · Take classes online through Facebook or Twitter · Tweets and Facebook statuses could be seen by people high up in the education world which would open up doors for individuals in the world after school · When Tweets and Facebook updates aren’t enough, you can set HootCourse up to use Blogger, Wordpress, Xanga, and Posterous for the longer posts Threats · None Ideas for classroom · Use in place of discussion boards · Have conversations with authors · Tweet with artists · Blogs, Tweets, and Facebook status updates can be used for authentic assessment