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{{ToolInfo
|title=
|title=Communicate on current affairs
|tagline=140 characters to get your point across. Using Twitter to think about communication & current affairs (101 characters)
|tagline=Communicate on current affairs - Twitter
|image=twitterlogo.jpg
|image=twitterlogo.jpg
|topic=blog
|topic=Blogs
|description=  
|description= Twitter is a messaging service that allows only 140 characters to get your point across.
|strategy= (appears above table)
|strategy=
|ideas= Twitter can be a useful tool for encouraging students to think about writing in concise, and accessible ways.  Students may also find it useful to follow updates on particular issues, research, or current affairs.  It may also be possible (and fun!) to use twitter to get in touch with the global user base. Other tools can be used to access twitter, and display tweets to the class (e.g. http://visibletweets.com/, http://twitterfall.com/,  
|ideas= Twitter can be a used to encourage students write in a concise and accessible way.  Students may find it useful to follow particular issues, research, or current affairs.  It may also be possible to use twitter to get in touch with the global user base. Various tools can be used to access twitter, and display 'tweets' to the class (e.g. http://visibletweets.com/, http://twitterfall.com/,  
If you're interested in more ideas, you could check out the guide here http://langwitches.org/blog/2011/08/27/guide-to-twitter-in-the-k-8-classroom/  
If you're interested in more ideas, check out the guide here http://langwitches.org/blog/2011/08/27/guide-to-twitter-in-the-k-8-classroom/  
|specs=Webtool
|specs=Webtool
|Link=www.twitter.com   
|Link=www.twitter.com   
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