I know a few teachers who use twitter. Some teachers use twitter to connect professionally with other technologically minded teachers. Other teachers use twitter as a way to update their class websites. They tweet from their phone and they set up their class website so it’s essentially a live feed of their twitter account. We […]
Student Response System (K-12): Part 1 Twitter
Classroom technology is digitizing the way we teach. A Student Response System is a way to create interactivity between the teacher and students in class. Think about the handheld remotes (clickers) used in the game show, “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,” when the audiences are voting in their answers. Now think about that in […]
Twitter in the Classroom
At the end of June, our Grade 8 Language Arts (English) class experimented with using Twitter in the classroom. What is Twitter? Why use Twitter in the classroom? Examining Twitter in the classroom to see how social media tools are changing the way the world communicates. Using Twitter in the Classroom as a collaboration tool […]