Tools/Twitter
Tool Description Twitter is a microblogging site from which you can broadcast messages of 140 characters each. (edit)Twitter is a messaging service that allows only 140 characters to get your point across.
Teaching Approach. Twitter encourages pupils to think about language(ta) in the context of microblogging(tool) and online communication(tool). It also offers opportunities for teachers to display sets of current tweets on particular issues, create 'word clouds' from these, etc. (edit)
| Tool details | |
| Title | Communicate on current affairs |
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| Licence / Cost / Platform | Webtool |
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| Teaching Ideas / Links | 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, check out the guide here http://langwitches.org/blog/2011/08/27/guide-to-twitter-in-the-k-8-classroom/ |
| Link | www.twitter.com |
