http:www.twitter.com
Twitter, Inc. "An online news and social networking service where users post and interact with messages, 'tweets,' restricted to 140 characters," (Wikipedia, 2017).
Twitter is an online social networking service. A "tweet" is put out by users to send and interact with other followers to the site. Sign-up is free, but one must be registered to participate. One can read posts even if they do not have an account. People can post and share their interests, information, ideas, pictures, messages, and short videos. Tweets are limited to 140 characters or less. "Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone and Evan Williams and launched in July," (Wikipedia, 2007).
Twitter is a form of "microblogging." People use Twitter for many reasons, "users can group posts together by topic or type by the use of hashtags-words or phrases prefixed with a '#' sign. Similarly, the '@' sign followed by a username is used for mentioning or replying to other users," (Wikipedia, 2017).
Twitter can be used in the classroom to follow news stories, answer questions, surveys, and send links to information. At http://www.teachhub.com/50-ways-use-twitter-classroom
by Samantha Milke, she lists 50 ways to use Twitter in the classroom. Here are 10 ways:
1. Tweet about upcoming due dates or assignments
2. Provide the class with a running news feed
3. Track memes
4. Write a story or poem
5. Live "tweet" field trips
6. Ask questions
7. Role play (be someone other than yourself to "tweet")
8. Take & share notes
9. Sync with a blog
10. Take a poll
and of course much more. Try incorporating Twitter into the classroom. It can be a great tool!
I have just begun using Twitter, I am learning its potential learning capabilities.
ReplyDeleteI don't use Twitter for personal use but have used it when I coach baseball. It was a good way to communicate with players and parents as well as celebrate your team.
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