Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Twitter in the Classroom

I am very new to Twitter. I created an account back in August, but I haven't really had the chance to dive into everything it has to offer. I am more of a Facebook person. But as I keep hearing more and more things about Twitter, I have found myself checking Twitter more just in the past few weeks. 

I've started doing some research on how to use it in the classroom. One thing I think I like the best is to create a chat session for help with homework. I wouldn't plan on doing this every night because it would get too time consuming. I would maybe pick a day of the week and a time for students to bring any questions they may have. I also like the idea of maybe posting a weekly extra credit problem or riddle that students could work on. They would be optional, but I would have them due maybe on Mondays. I also like the idea of posting upcoming due dates or test dates. And if we have a test coming up, I would post a review question daily for the week leading up to the test.

Again I am very new to Twitter, but I really like these ideas and would like to start implementing them next year. I think the kids would really like it. What are ways you use Twitter for your classrooms? I would love to hear more ideas to broaden my horizons.

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3 comments:

  1. Andrea, I think it is a great idea to have a Twitter session for homework help. I have never thought of that, but what a neat idea! I bet your students would be very engaged during your Twitter Chat Sessions!

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  2. I think the idea of a twitter chat for a homework session is an excellent idea. I really think students would like it, and parents might also connect to learn together.

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  3. Andrea, I also like the home work tweets idea as well as the questions for test preparations. I love the ideas that you shared of tweeting riddles and extra credit quesitons to help your students to be more engaged in the subject matter. I can see the students, and parents working on the riddles together.

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