Although we’ve only just completed our first full year in using this socal media tool, we’ve broken the ice on a variety of teaching and learning benefits for parents, teachers and students. Over the summer, we’re planning to engage a shared hashtag to “keep the learning going” – one of the best features that Twitter offers.
Our staff’s “learning by Twitter” has occurred in multiple formats this school year:
From each other
From classroom to classroom
From our school parents
From their developing Personal Learning Networks (PLNs)
From local & national conferences
From our district hashtag (#nped)
From weekly education chats like #ptchat, #5thchat, #edchat #ntchat & others
"This year, our K-6 staff began learning in a new virtual way using Twitter. After a couple staff in-service trainings and after school workshops, parents and teachers ventured into this new educational Twitterverse. As we enter the final week of school, I'd like to share it's initial impact on teaching and learning from my principal's lens."
This site allows you to save sentences and lists of activities and projects to easily customise your school reports. Build your own comment back to avoid careless errors and save it until next year. Easily change between he/she him/her and more by using hashtags. It not a comment bank, it's just a smarter way to use your own words in an organised way.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Planning+%26+Assessment
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