How do you feel about Twitter in the classroom?
Many
think it is good for nothing but finding the latest Kardashian gossip (and yes,
it IS great for that). However, Twitter is also a powerful tool for
classrooms. It is another tool that teachers are using to stay in touch
with students. How? Make a Twitter account with your district login and then
use a hashtag for your class (like #APHugp6isthebest). Then students can follow
you and teachers and students alike can post using that hashtag. It is
also a great tool to use for sending out a quick message to your class (like
don’t forget the test tomorrow), but has so many other uses for the classroom.
You could pose questions for your students to discuss on Twitter, have them do
short writing assignments, reactions, quick formative assessments, daily logs
and reflections. It is a great tool to increase writing (our school goal,
woot-woot) on a forum that many teens enjoy.
Here is a video about how teachers are using Twitter:
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