In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education.
Today’s tip: How Twitter improves learning
Here are 11 ways X/Twitter improves education:
- Students learn to be focused.
- Students learn to share.
- Writing short messages perfects “headlining”.
- Tweets are written knowing tweeple @reply.
- #Hashtags develop community.
- Students learn tolerance for all opinions.
- It breaks down barriers to talking to other people.
- Students are engaged.
- Twitter acts as the class notepad.
- Twitter is always open.
- Twitter isn’t intimidating.
A note: Before using X, get the buy-in of involved parties such as administration and parents. You don’t want them surprised by what they might think of as a tool for socializing rather than teaching.
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Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum, K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, Master Teacher, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, and author of the tech thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.
