Get up and going on Twitter

Twitter is something that, as my students say, is the new Facebook.  Being able to use Twitter effectively or just simply use Twitter is a challenge.  For my groups tutorial creation we decided to teach about the use of Twitter.  This is something that every teacher will have to become familiar with in the future since many students are beginning to use it. Having a Twitter account is not only a one way communication but rather it is a tool that can be used to communicate with classes as a whole.  While developing this tutorial I learned a lot not only about Twitter but conferencing tools.  One such tool was Google Hangouts.  This was something I had only dabbled with but with the support and help of my fellow group members I learned about the amazing elements of the Hangout.  I also learned about creating lists with Twitters.  This is something I think would be useful to transfer to my class. Having students grouped into Twitter lists would allow me to send specific messages to classes rather than as a whole.

If I were to do this project again, I would focus more on a specific element of Twitter.  Rather than simply of starting a Twitter account, I would focus on the use of Twitter in the classroom.  This is something I feel is beneficial to educators using Twitter because it is something that can be beneficial in a classroom setting.