Teaching with Twitter. Twitter Tweets for Higher Education. I love Twitter.com. I usually post a couple of items a day, on average, and tend to follow and interact others who also post in a moderate fashion. Some people post dozens of twits a day and use Twitter as a kind of instant messaging client. I see, and use it, more as a mini-blog. When I click on my name, I see all my posts, which is a sort of summary of things that I do and think about that I want to share with others. For the uninitiated, Twitter limits you to 140 characters and spaces per post (or per "tweet"). I actually had not considered it as a tool for education until I saw a link posted by Twittown to a blog post on that subject. 1- Using Twitter with your students on Doug Belshaw's teaching.mrbelshaw.co.uk blog - emphasizes secondary education. I think Twitter could be ideal for reminding students about homework, trips and such things, especially as they can enter their mobile phone number to be alerted when one of their ‘friends’ updates their account.
Teaching With Twitter. What Can You Teach With Twitter? Twitter is one of the best known social networking tools. It has been at the centre of scandals, the root of rebellions and a source of much controversy and mirth over the last few years as it has grown in prevalence. What is it exactly? Twitter is a social network or ‘micro-blogging’ service that allows members to send and receive short 140 character messages. You can find and follow people from all over the world and receive updates of their messages as they happen, and likewise they can sign up for your updates as and when you post them. Do Check: Twitter Under The Spotlight How can this be used as a teaching aid?
Twitter as a service has a range of informational and social applications but one of its most undervalued uses is in the classroom. Primary School Kids know more about gadgets and the internet than many grown people. Twitter is a good way to introduce poetry to primary children. Old pond . . . a frog leaps in water’s sound High School University For Further Reading: About Guest Author. 25 ways to teach with Twitter by Sonja Cole. 6/4/2009 By: Twitter can feel like a strange new landscape when you first jump in. It is not always clear what its professional uses are, or what to post in 140 characters or less.
But when you start to think of Twitter as a micro-blog (and not just a forum for the personal minutiae of people’s daily lives), you will find that Twitter can be a valuable tool for professional development. Here are 25 ways that teachers can use Twitter to ask for help, get lesson plan ideas, book and professional resource recommendations, connect with other professionals, and even host an online book club. First, a guide to Twitter shorthand. You will see examples of these in the sample tweets that follow: @username: creates a link to that user in your post.RT: Retweet, to copy someone else's post in a new update. 1) Ask for recommended books, lesson ideas, or teaching tools.Sample tweet: Can anyone share their successful SMART board lessons for 2nd grade?
8) Celebrate timely events. 25) Join a Twibe.