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Saturday, June 8, 2013
Twitterverse
After reading chapter 6, going on a technology tour to neighboring school districts, and reading articles about how twitter can be useful in the classroom, I am starting to brainstorm some ideas for my own room. I have these little sheets of paper that I printed at the beginning of the year that were for "twitter" posts. I used these as tickets out the door. The kids had to write something they learned that day in class in 140 characters. None of my students even knew what twitter was so I actually had to teach them about it. Since my kids are so young and unaware of different types of social media, I worry about incorporating it into my classroom.
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I like your idea of exit cards being "twitterlike" and only using 140 characters. I've done a few assignments in class where I have wanted students to read the work of others and then we did a "facebook" activity with it. If students "liked" it they would make a comment and then go "share" the assignment with someone else in the class, if they didn't want to "like" it, then they would jut set it down on a desk and move on to read another example of student work. IT really went over well the few times I used it.
ReplyDeleteI really like your idea of exit tickets! I remember you saying that the students you teach are young, but using this to engage your students is a smart idea!
ReplyDeleteI like this idea too. You could even create slips of paper that resemble a Twitter post to try and get the kids into it even more. I may borrow your idea and try this next school year for exit tickets. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you all like the idea. I actually got the idea from Teachers Pay Teachers. Here is the link to the papers I use in class for my "exit slips": http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Twitter-Tweet-Story-or-Chapter-Summary-95868
ReplyDeleteYou will see there are other uses as well. Enjoy!