Twitter is the one form of social media that I never quite took the time to understand. Now that I have had some direction and time to explore, I am impressed with the amount of information available. Users add hashtags that organize their tweets into topics. A simple search offers several different resources from all kinds of individuals. When searching #tlchat and #edchat I found several different lesson ideas, available resources and interesting topics surrounding education. While I'm not sure I found anything I could use directly in my classroom, I'm sure with some more time to explore I'd come across several pertinent materials.
I personally do not have a Twitter; however, I could definitely see myself getting one sometime soon. I think Twitter would be a cool medium to connect with students and families to communicate assignments, announcements and different school functions going on. I think our current forms of communication are dated. People do not always want to be bothered with robocalls or random letters mailed to their door. But twitter would be a useful way for them to stay in touch with the technology they use every day.
I personally do not have a Twitter; however, I could definitely see myself getting one sometime soon. I think Twitter would be a cool medium to connect with students and families to communicate assignments, announcements and different school functions going on. I think our current forms of communication are dated. People do not always want to be bothered with robocalls or random letters mailed to their door. But twitter would be a useful way for them to stay in touch with the technology they use every day.
Glad you took the time to explore twitter and found some useful information!
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