Twitter can be a useful tool for teachers if it is used in a positive way. The best way to use Twitter is by actually using it. Using Twitter can be a two part process which is being a consumer and sharing. As a consumer you follow people, read their tweets, and learn from them. Sharing is where the magic happens. You can have a conversation with someone and learn from it. A hashtag on Twitter can lead you to other things. Educational hashtags can lead to excellent resources to point teachers in the right direction. Following different people can lead you to find something interesting, exchange ideas, and have conversations. While having these conversations you can use #hashtags. As a Tweeter you don't have to stay involved all the time but it is important to check in, reply and try to participate to keep conversations going as regular as you can. To post on Twitter you can only use 140 characters. But if you want to make it easier for people to Retweet you its best to do tweets in 120 characters. They Retweet with RT@username and by doing this you can forward someone else's tweet. The @ sigh is to talk to other users. There is no space between @username. DM is for a direct message, this is a private message. Trending is the most popular topics on Twitter. This is usually the big news stories or jokes that are on Twitter.
Reading the article the Teachers Guide To Twitter helped get a better understanding of what Twitter can actually be used for. It can be useful to help start conversations going on in the teaching or educational world. Also can be used for classes, lesson plans or planning, talking to people about there interests, networking, promoting events, asking for help and so many other helpful things. Connecting with students onTwitter can be very helpful in the classroom setting. It is a useful way to reach students outside of the classroom. You can post content or articles that are related to class for students to read. Post things that are related to your students and or class but don't post to much each week. Give students a change to read.
https://kidsknowit.com/ i picked for an Elementary education classroom. It has options for games and worksheets in the classroom.
Hi Ashley, I like that you pointed out not to add to much at a time. This would definitely help the students stay on track and be able to read all the content without falling behind and having to pick and choose what not to read.
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