Tweet That Stuff

Today's society is becoming more digital that ever before. It seems that everywhere you go there is Internet capability. And it seems like every single student that you speak with in high school is all about social media. Using Facebook, Twitter, Hi 5, IM, and even texting are all the rage with students now days. So it only makes sense that if students are using these forms of media to communicate outside that classroom, why shouldn't you as a teacher try to incorporate it into your teaching.

Watch this video I found on youtube.com on how some teacher are using twitter!


I believe that using these forms of social media in the classrooms are a great way to get students into the material. Using social networks is a great way to associate with teenagers, mainly because they all use these websites anyways. You can use the skills and talents that the students have with computers to your advantage. There are many ways to use Twitter in your class, for example lets say that you are a History teacher and your students are studying the presidents. You can have all your students follow you on Twitter and under one of your status titled who where the first # presidents, you could have your student comment with collaboration and fill in all the wanted information.

  Photo used with permission from pics4learning.com

 Or if you were teaching a Anatomy class and you were studying the bones, you could post your status as largest bone in your body, or bones from your waist down. And the students you go post a comment to your status as the answer to the questions.