Please visit my new twitter account where I will be microblogging my teaching journey! I have included a link and some of my twitter feed in the right sidebar of this blog; however, you can also reach it here: Miss Dekker's Twitter. I chose to get a twitter to stay connected with other educators as well as share and gain many classroom resources that I have used or will be using in the future. Twitter allows me to stay up to date on events and trends and provides a creative outlet for me - it allows me to creatively express myself while going about my days. I also think that twitter allows for many educational uses in the classroom:
- It can help remind students about homework and when it is due
- It is an opportunity to involve and invite parents into the classroom
- Show students' work and experiences in the classroom, field trips, etc.
- Twitter can be easily paired up with a class blog (like I did here)
- Twitter can connect classrooms - Teachers and students from around the world can collaborate using twitter
- Supplementary materials can be posted on twitter - Articles, news stories, opinions, etc. can be added that are relevant to class
- Facilitate discussions - Students can tweet responses to a discussion
- Update students and parents on any last minute changes in the classroom
- & so many more!
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