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When I take a look back at my own twitter usage I realized I don't tweet ever.  I really thought about this when the article said create don't just consume.  I usually just retweet things I find funny or important news blast.  However, I should get back to sharing my thoughts with my fellow twitter followers.  I've also never thought to deeply into the benefits of hashtags.  From Edudemic “The Teacher’s Guide to Twitter.” I found a lot of good emphasis on hashtags.  I've always used them in a more comical way.  Using the hashtags to help spread education is something I haven't looked at and I like the ideas it could help spread.  I really like the ideas of having twitter in the classroom it would be so fun and promote such good things for the students to learn.  The only drawback is how dangerous the internet can be and would need to do some work on how to protect the kids from things they shouldn't be reading or seeing yet at their age.  

Twitter could be a good source in the classroom for older students.  The idea brought up in class about being able to reach out to students who could be in a different county as a digital pen pal.  I like that I have a twitter myself but I would make a different one for a more business atmosphere instead of my personal one where I follow all my high school friends, celebrities, and meme accounts.  Having a separation would make a big difference in what I would see on my feed.  One more for spread of information teaching ideas and one for pure entertainment.  Even once being a teacher making a third account just for students and teachers.  That way I could post homework assignments or reminders to study or just to do the homework students would then see come 6, 7 o'clock while their scrolling and remember to do their homework before bed.

While searching on twitter I searched "2nd grade" and found Marshalls 2nd grade class that did a fun activity.  The math activity is for a nice day.  The students went outside and used chalk to create a number line on the blacktop.  This looked like a fun way to get the students moving outside and engaging in math while having fun.  Middle school and high school students could use twitter for interacting with the teacher and classmates.  There also could be a use for younger children’s classes so parents could follow the classes account and see what the students have been learning at school and the teacher could give a heads up about what’s happening next in class.  There also is a lot of information that a teacher could use themselves to find new ideas to bring into their classroom or just join in to a chat about education that could also lead to sharing teaching strategies or activities they have done in their classroom.