What is Twitter? It
is many different things to many different people. It can be used by a family
to keep in touch, or a company to coordinate business, or the media to keep
people informed or as an educational tool to engage students. Twitter has
become the perfect social messaging tool because of its ability to
follow people and have followers, and the ability to have interact with Twitter
on a cell phone, it is a great tool for quickly communicating a message to a
group of people. From newspapers to magazines to TV stations, it seems
everyone is adopting Twitter as the coolest thing, it is a great way to keep
track of the news. Through Twitter, the user can ask all sorts of questions to
the Twitter universe, and the more friends you have, the more detailed answers
you will receive.
How can I use Twitter in education: I Tweet about upcoming due
dates or assignments or tests or quizzes, I encourage students to use Twitter to
collaborate on different projects. I may want to incorporate Twitter into lessons that track hash
tags and use it social media to communicate ideas. Twitter could be used by the
instructor and students to connect with the community; uses Twitter to reach a broad audience discussing the latest
cultural or educational events in the area and encourage others in the
community to attend. With enough resources in the Classroom, I can allow students to tweet
their own notes during lessons and share with their peers. Twitter could be used to connect classrooms; teachers and students from around
the world can collaborate on projects using Twitter as a communication tool. Engage parents; Parents of K-12 students interested in daily classroom activities
can follow teacher tweets discussing some of the lessons learned and any
progress on projects. Make recommendations; benefitting both students and their parents, teachers may like
the idea of using Twitter to discuss films and documentaries or books to check
out at home. Also, at the conclusion of each lecture, I can ask students to use
Twitter to type a 140-character or less summary of what they have learned and
perhaps pose any questions to be considered in the next class.
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