Whilst still relatively newbie user of Twitter we are starting to see educators use the technology to great effect.
Thanks to Jude O’Connell, who pointed to this video of a lecturer using Twitter for class feedback. What was interesting about this was that the students found the exercise added considerable value to their experience in the classroom. The Twitter Experiment - Bringing Twitter to the Classroom at UT Dallas
A recent post by dana boyd on her apophenia blog where she asked for people to tweet questions she asks in her research on students. The answers provide some really interesting insights to student views about social networking sites, parents and education. As one commentator suggests, ‘…and no media literacy training!!! Enlightenment 2.0 has a long way to go!!’ So here is two great examples of the use of Twitter….I am sure there will be lots more!!
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Personally I don’t like Twitter and wouldn’t and don’t use it for personal discourse. However, having read your blog and heard about twittering in the classroom, I think it could be a great means of engaging secondary school and university students in their coursework.
Go the twitter!
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