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Speaking up in class, silently, using social media

Wasn’t it just the other day that teachers confiscated cellphones and principals warned about oversharing on MySpace?  Now, Erin Olson, an English teacher in Sioux Rapids, Iowa, is among a small but growing cadre of educators trying to exploit Twitter-like technology to enhance classroom discussion, reports the New York Times. Last Friday, as some of her 11th graders read aloud from a poem called “To the Lady,” which ponders why bystanders do not intervene to stop injustice, others kept up a running commentary on their laptops…

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