Miller, S.M. (2010). Enhance your twitter experience.Learning and Leading with Technology, 37(8), Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/learn/publications/learning-and-leading/digital-edition-june-july-2010.aspx
The article written by Ferguson is a how to article on the workings of Twitter. She goes into detail about how to best utilize this tool to engage in furthering your learning in education and sharing your own ideas. The author expressed that in order to get the most out of Twitter you have to dedicate time to it, like you would a relationship. The article written by Miller goes on to explain how to organize your tweets through different managing programs such as tweetdeck. These organizers help you keep your lists and research organized into different groupings. Another big portion of her article was spent on defining terms that correlate with Twitter. Both authors shared a enthusiasm and appreciation for this tool and expressed how much their students and they themselves have benefited from using Twitter.
Question#1: How can Twitter be used in the classroom?
The teacher can use Twitter to communicate to students by using lists and or hash marks specific to your class that each student could look up to receive information. Another way the students could use Twitter is for research. They could look up tags and lists that pertain to the topic that they are researching, to gain a better understanding of their topic.
Question#2: Is Twitter a safe medium to use?
In regards to safety, I do not think that it is the best source of information because there is no filter to what the students are exposed to. You can explore through any account on twitter that is viewable and there is no telling what someone can say. I think that it would be awesome if twitter could build a separate forum that was for students and children specifically. Though if a teacher just models the use of Twitter for the class you would not run into this problem in the classroom.
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