Here are two popular Twitter hashtags that are associated with Proficiency-based Learning. If you are not familiar with what Twitter hashtags are, they are specific search quarries that are used within tweeted messages and using the "#" symbol to make it a hyperlink. Hashtags in general are a great way to find common tweets and content.
Proficiency-Based Learning
There are two hashtags that I have found that will deliver to you a lot of great content when trying to learn and incorporate proficiency-based learning.
#SCLChat (student-centered learning) Click on the label to view full Tweet stream
If you haven't already, you should check out Google News. Yes, you can get news from many different sources depending on what kind of news you are looking for. And, you can search a topic in Google and select News on the Google Menu. However, the news.google.com News is different. I'll tell you why.
Google News not only sources news from hundreds of popular news sources for the latest national and global news, but you can customize your Google News. If you are more interested in sports, or business, or entertainment, you can customize your Google News to view articles regarding one of these topics only. Or, you could include all of these topics, but make adjustments to how much of news from each of these aforementioned topics is presented in your Google News.
You can, also, add in your own customized News "section". A devoted section of news pertaining to a customized topic you pick. For example, I love reading about the global coffee market, so I added in a section devoted to Coffee Futures. All new in this personalized section is devoted to the coffee market.
Ok, one more thing I like about Google News. Be sure to check out "Realtime Coverage" in any of the news sections. In realtime you can see up-to-the-minute articles as well as Google+ posts regarding the news topic of that section.
