Taking the

‘twit’ out of Twitter

To Tweet or not to Tweet...

“The qualities that make Twitter seem inane and half-baked are what makes it so powerful” 

 Jonathan Zittrain, Harvard

#pencilchat

“Anything that is in the World when you are

born is normal and ordinary and just a natural part of the way the world works. Anything invented between when you are 15 -35 yrs is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it. Anything invented after 35 is against the natural order of things.”

Douglas Adams

What are the potential benefits?

There’s a fantastic exchange of ideas It breaks down social barriersIt’s an information superhighwayYou can get input from all over the globeIt keeps you up to dateYou can ask all those silly questions..It can motivateYou can take part in free CPD/supportIt’ll open doors

What can I do with Twitter in my class?

1. Set up a foreign language news stream & live twitter feeds

2. Connect with the community & other classrooms3. Write a story, poem or role play4. Live tweet field trips5. Ask questions6. Sync with a blog7. Post supplementary materials8. Take a poll 9. Play word games10. Summarize learning

Choose your Twitter name wisely

Tweets are only 140 characters long. Tweets will include your name so the longer your name, the fewer characters left for the rest of the tweet. Go for something short memorable if possible.

Who to follow?

I sent a tweet during class to show the power of Twitter to 7th grdrs, We received 166 tweets from 6 continents in just 35 minutes #edchat March 13, 2012 at 11:28PM

Speaking sport for the Olympics. http://t.co/qDehczgn May 16, 2012 at 05:32PM on Twitter

http://www.twitip.comhttp://www.teachhub.com/50-ways-use-twitter-classroom

Twitter’s classroom capabilities are

limited only by an educator’s

imagination.