Tweeting … It’s Not Just For The Birds
Hi, and welcome to the second installment of
‘Teacher Tech Talk’. A valuable teacher resource that allows teachers to create
a useful and meaningful Personal Learning Networks and provides enriching
classroom possibilities is Twitter. The 140 character limit social media
platform has many educational purposes. Twitter can be used by teachers
to communicate and collaborate with students, parents, and fellow colleagues in
education.
With Twitter, one can simply start up and follow
topics or people that interest them, or get collaborating and sharing ideas and
resources with fellow teachers, students, and more. For a quick primer on
what Twitter is and how it works go to http://www.commoncraft.com/video/twitter.
For more tools and resources for teachers using Twitter check out http://bit.ly/1iMtPPZ.
A few interesting people I follow are @courousa, @tomwhitby, and
@Larryferlazzo. A few topics that I follow are #ipadded, #edtech, and #byot.
One can simply follow and learn from others using Twitter or can contribute as
well. For example, one may tweet out links, homework assignments,
and important dates to teachers, students, and parents. You can also do a
collaborative project with students using Twitter as a way to exchange thoughts
and ideas or reach out to an expert via Twitter. After you master the
basics of Twitter, you can go on and check out some useful resources such as
bit.ly, tweetdeck, and Twitter search to step up your use of Twitter.
Much like the blogs that were mentioned last post,
Twitter can provide teachers and students a chance to comment on ideas and
concepts in class, work on a problem, or merely vent or share ideas and
thoughts. Please check out http://teachertechtalkwithdean.blogspot.ca
for this article and past posts, e-mail me at d.vendramin@rcsd.ca, or follow me on
Twitter at @vendi55. Thank you for your time and remember to innovate, inspire,
and collaborate.
