I participated in the New Teachers to Twitter Chat session this morning. It was very insightful and many of the members shared great resources for using Twitter. We discussed six questions:
- Why should I create a Twitter account for educational purposes?
- Following experts and subjects, to make connections, to give you a professional presence, create effective networks, and learning.
- Why have a Twitter account if it's blocked in my school or district?
- Lever for eventually unblocking the site, finding resources at home, connections outside of school time, enhance digital comfort/literacy, grow and learn on own time, professional development on own time.
- What if my colleagues are unwilling/unsure to integrate Twitter in their classroom?
- Model, lead by example, your enthusiasm will show and they will become curious, give them a reason to envy your success, show them the value of using it, show colleagues how they can connect globally.
- How can I use Twitter to mobilize students, teachers, and parents?
- Post student projects, seek feedback from other classes/experts, remind of homework, important dates, meetings, assignments, classroom Twitter accounts.
- What are the benefits/risks of connecting with students on Twitter?
- Students being followed or tagged by someone posting something inappropriate, giving out personal/private information, unable to pre-approve tweets, loss of authority, teach netiquette/digital citizenship.
- How can I use Twitter to maximize my learning and that of students?
- Great for networking, new ideas/resources, keeps you enthusiastic, collect specific information, model sharing resources for students, chats, skill building.
There were so many resources shared during the chat. I made a Twitter folder and bookmarked so many! What a great chat to start the morning!
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