I read a few days ago an very interesting article about how Twitter in the classroom is boosting studen engagement. Studies frequently discover that greater participation translates into better academic performance, motivation, and a likelihood of adopting different points of view, which is why it is so striking that Twitter can foster that type of communication.

Classroom shyness is like a blackhole: Once silence takes over, it never lets go! In a class of hundreds, the fraction of students who speak up is small, and a still tinier fraction contribute regularly.

For schools hit hard by the recession, Twitter is an inexpensive solution to the growing problem of increasing class sizes. It is a tried-and-true platform to let conversations flourish.

Watch this video with Dr. Monica Ranking of the University of Texas at Dallas. The Twitter Experiment:

Wilson Creative is a creative advertising agency in Kalmar, Sweden.

The agency was started in 2005 and nowdays has 5 employees. Wilson is now looking for a Web developer who is skilled in the areas of XHTML, CSS, AJAX and PHP/MySQL.

In addition to web Wilson also works extensively with advertising and especially communication targeting mostly young audiences – tomorrow’s most exciting consumers. They use traditional aswell as untraditional marketing methods, and they often use new media to spread their word.

Me, Urban Bäckström & Therese Albrechtson

Christian Josefsson & Dagens Industri

Last week I had the opportunity to meet a lot of inspiring people! First out was Daniel Kaplan, one of the entrepreneurs behind Tradera.com, followed by Ebba Von Sydow, Carl Fredrik Sammelli, Urban Bäckström and the young entrepreneurs from “Historiens Bästa Generation”. The day was filled with energy! We had a lot to talk about and some of us stayed up until 05.00 in the morning.

The next day we had a morning meeting and while eating breakfast we discovered that we was in the newspaper (Dagens Industri) which gave me even more energy!

I really like winners, who doesn’t? They inspire us, they make it happened and they are truly the role models!

So, go out and check out their site and if you are looking for a job in Stockholm – then apply!

The reason why I’m not writing so often are many; I’m moving to Norway, Sverige-Norge.se going great, Young Entrepreneurs of Sweden are taking more time and a lot of other things are coming in between. So next time I post I hopefully have something more interesting to write about. Take care!

/Viktor

They want to capture the essence of magazine reading, which people have been enjoying for decades. I really like this product! What do you think?