How educators can use Twitter effectively in the classroom

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Twitter in the Classroom

Objectives Learning objectives

Can Twitter assist instructors in the classroom?

1Create a Twitter account

2Application of Twitter

3Assessment

Twitter. Create and Use

Objective 1: Teacher and Students will create a Twitter account as well as follow each other.

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Instructor provides details on how to setup a Twitter account

Instructors will first create a Twitter account and have each student follow him/her.

The student will create a Twitter account and search for the instructor using the instructors Twitter name.

Getting Started with Twitter

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nsHow Objective 1 will be assessedParticipation assignment requiring students to submit their twitter username.

Post Test requiring students to state whether or not they created an account.

Students will follow the instructor and the instructor can assess who is following on the “follower’s page.”

Objective 1 Assessment Cont.

2 Application.How Twitter will be used

Objective 2: Teachers will create assignments and students will follow directions using Twitter.

Students with questions will send a direct message (tweet) to instructor.

Direct Tweets.

• Constant classroom updates from instructor will be sent out through tweets

• General questions/concerns about assignments will be tweeted

• Instructor will retweet general questions

Objective 2 - Application

What about Questions and Answers?

Objective 2 - Application

Quicker way to communicate = Better student performance

3 Assessment

Objective 3: The need to show that Twitter is or is not a beneficial tool in an open classroom learning environment.

» Instructor assess the quantity and quality of students tweets related to the classroom and instruction

» Consistent reminder from instructor about the benefits of using twitter

Objective 3 - Assessment

Post test asks questions related to all objectives (see posttest)

Click to see answers to the post test

Twitter Project Review

Picture References

• Follow Me -http://www.google.com/imgres?

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• How to use – http://searchengineland.com/figz/wp-content/seloads/2009/07/twitter101.jpg

• Tweets and retweet – http://www.romecorp.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/retweet.jpg

• Computer Twitter - http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O2S_WAIhy64/TMoCNl8uFoI/AAAAAAAAAZY/GhrBPnkQfG4/s1600/new_bird_534.png