In a similar strategy to the aforementioned information gathering, some educators streamline the process by allowing students to answer questions via Twitter rather than raising their hands. This greatly aids studying, too, as they can easily refer back via dedicated classroom hashtags.
2. Enable discussion outside of the class:
University of Texas emerging media professor David Parry also talked Twitter with Mashable, lauding the ubiquitous microblog as an excellent way for his students to continue class discussions after they’ve already ended. And they frequently do!
3. Share a story:
Put a social media twist on an old classroom favorite by asking students to play some fun story-go-round games on the famous microblogging site. The first tweets a sentence, the next builds off of it and so forth; try assigning a hashtag to make reading everything faster.
My reference page:
http://www.bestcollegesonline.com/blog/2011/07/06/28-creative-ways-teachers-are-using-twitter/
Yes, web provides teachers another opportunity to answer students, which is more convenient for both. Also students, teachers and parent now have the opportunity to share their opinions outside classroom.
ReplyDeleteI haven’t seen anyone use Twitter in the classroom. Do you have personal experience with this?
ReplyDeleteI definitely see the application outside of class; I imagine it would be a great way for shy students as well as the kids who like to have some time to think before sharing their opinions to participate more fully in the discussion. Also, the idea of being able to reference class conversations is appealing.
However, I couldn’t imagine running a class like this every day! I think it would be a shame to have a classroom full of students with no one using their voice. To me, interpersonal communication is one of the most important and valuable aspects of the (physical) classroom experience.
You have mentioned some ways to use microblogging (Twitter), but in this mod are discussing regular blogging, not Twitter.
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