There is always more to learn! Well, I have to say that I am still learning new things from Twitter, collecting some cool technology tools,and finding useful website along the way. What I thought was a silly useless tool has turned into one of my favourite things to explore in the last week or so. It’s free! It’s fast! It doesn’t require downloads and anyone can use it. As it turns out…..you have to be 13 to get an account, so that limits my use in an elementary setting. However, I did watch a video today where the teacher put up her Twitter account on the Smart Board and she tweeted another teacher from a different country. The students watched and she let them add short comments and they shared ideas in Spanish. So, there is a way around the 13 rule.
Here is the link for that video about Online Communities in the classroom: http://www.teachers.tv/videos/online-communities-in-the-classroom
Richardson has some examples for the use of Twitter with high school students.(p.89) . http://twitter.com/teachpaperless
Here are also some ways to use Twitter with university students: http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/2008/twitter-for-academia/
Here are some things I picked up from Twitter over the weekend that I thought they were worth sharing:
YouTube video about librarians and fashion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMYRRWT3JSU&feature=youtu.be
Let kids rule the school article:
Why social media can and is changing education:
For now, I will be using Twitter for my own personal learning! We will have to wait and see what happens in the future!
Tweet, Tweet for now!!
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