For over the last week, I have been trying out and exploring twitter, a social media source that I had no prior experience with. The experience overall was good, it took a little bit of time to learn the basics and decide who and what to start following. Using the suggestions provided in class I was able to search the different tags and begin following different people and associations. This experience with twitter and the discussions in class have helped me realize the potential a social media site such as this has in the classroom. Although I would need to become more versed in the ins and outs of the site before I began using it in my classroom.
Q1: How would you use twitter in your classroom??
A1: The way in which I would consider using twitter in my classroom would be communicating with experts. To me this is the most beneficial for the students and myself to interact on this form of social media. Not only could students communicate directly with experts, I myself can communicate with them and receive advice on areas of interest in my field.
Q2: In what ways could students use twitter in the classroom?
A2: The different ways in which I could engage my students through using twitter in the classroom would be to have them tweet about current events, study questions or hints/tips, or as part of research have them do a scavenger hunt to find different resources. This could also act as a way for me to monitor their learning and where there may still be some lack of clarity on specific topics.
