Five Ways to Use Twitter in the World Language Classroom - The FLTMAG - 7 views
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they use their comfort and skills with social media to connect students with the content area on a deeper level.
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nataliemcruz on 16 Jul 19This is a great goal. Students will watch ridiculous Vines for hours, so how can we replace that with something that stimulates their intellect?
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help students keep tabs on their upcoming assignments and assessments
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I use Twitter as a way to provide practice during the days leading to macro-assessments, by providing sample test items, as well as study tips.
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I provide the correct answer (present indicative or infinitive) in the form of a comment on the same tweet. This gives students who follow the Twitter feed and receive notifications an opportunity to quiz themselves in real time.
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Students who do not have a Twitter account can go to my school website and follow along with the embedded stream.
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In both cases, students understand that I am paying attention and rewarding their efforts and attention to detail, and feel that their hard work is being recognized.
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For the students who provided the work, this is a great motivator to keep the high-quality work flowing, while for the other students, it serves as an example of good work.
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my view of the textbook is that it should be a resource for learning, not as a primary source