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Twitter How To from Laura Robertson

So- I always shied away from Twitter and did not realize that the most useful way to use it would be for gathering information about a question or for following real time stories/news as it unfolds. Yesterday I went on to Twitter and put in #irene and it was amazing to see people commenting from South Carolina to New Jersey. I currently have the Twitter app for iPad but might switch and will let you know how I like it.

This might be a great way to show kids how social media (Twitter) can be used as an educational tool.

Good way to view multiple twitter accounts (personal and school account) You can add this through the google app store.

More ideas on how to use Twitter in the K-4 classrooms.

How to manage the columns if you are using TweetDeck

Great list of educational hashtags for twitter.

A beginner's guide to Twitter. Explains it all!

Like SAMR as a framework on how we use technology, SE2R gives a framework on how to respond to student's digital reflections. They even use a KidBlog example.

Take a look at this resource from November Learning.

I compared the two sheets. Existing lesson has the students contacting specific people like state leaders and global peers, or other students. The 2nd page which "ramps it up" suggests actively seeking out the opinions and knowledge of others and publishing work on the web. But maybe it's OK to limit the contacts the students are making. Or does safety/security matter anymore?

I think that the idea of global learning through technology can be directly applied to the world language classroom. Language learning is really about communication (and the ability to communicate with others around the world), and the integration of technology into the classroom can allow students to form connections with other students throughout the world. I would love to start a twitter interaction with 3rd and 4th grade students and a class in Spain!