Twitter and Education

Using Twitter in Education

 

I found an article about Twitter that was easy to understand and made sense of the social network as an educational tool. Nick Campbell (March,2009) Twitter for Education. Message posted to www.tienetwork.org/content/view/302. Twitter has become the most prevalent social networking site today. It allows users 140 characters to tell your followers “what is going on” in your world. Some people have found that following Twitter gets a bit boring so they have begun to use the site to post interesting links, books, photos, and questions for their followers.

 

“Some of the uses for education are:

1.     Send reminders to your students about assignments and tests.

2.     Send extra information as you find it without filling up the student’s inboxes.

3.     Twitter breeds the ability to communicate in short, meaningful blurps.

4.     Encourages collaboration and peer feedback. Post a link or a question for students to respond to together.” (2009)

 

I found an  article from Mike Lovell (2009) Twitter in the Classroom: How Dr. Monica Rankin Uses Technology to Enhance Discussion. Message posted to http://interfolio.com/blog/post.cfm/twitter-in-the-classroom-how-monica-rankin-uses-technology-to-enhance-discussion. Dr. Rankin uses Twitter in her auditorium classroom. She has students Twitter questions and respond to other classmates during her lecture. Students used their laptops, mobile phones and used hand written notes. Students in a large setting are able to feel as if they are part of a smaller classroom.