Twitter is an online social networking service and micro blogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based messages of up to 140 characters, known as "tweets".Twitter is a great resource for education. Educators can learn, share, collaborate, find help and have some great discussions. It is my go-to source when looking for help, advice, tips, tools, and resources for education.
A hash tag is a way of sorting and searching Tweets based on topic. There are tons of great educational hash tags, including #edchat, #edtech, #scichat, and more. Many of these hash tags relate to a scheduled conversation
Twitter in the Classroom
A hash tag is a way of sorting and searching Tweets based on topic. There are tons of great educational hash tags, including #edchat, #edtech, #scichat, and more. Many of these hash tags relate to a scheduled conversation
Twitter in the Classroom
- Sharing online resources (internet sites)
- Connecting to others around the world
- Publishing or sharing links to published work.
- Publicity for important events, blog posts, websites, podcasts, videos, live meetings/discussions, etc.
- Twitter can serve as a resource to get help.
- Twitter can serve as your support group when struggling with a difficult task
- Twitter provides a way to virtually attend confererences, workshops, conventions, etc. (via #hashtags