Those who use Twitter often refer to it as social media, but now teachers can call it a classroom tool. Christina Rojas's article, "Tweeting teachers: How one New Jersey Elementary School is Embracing Twitter" acknowledges the many ways Twitter can improve schools. At Springfield Elementary, teachers are using Twitter in various ways to get parents and students involved with school. Each day students are ask to write on a piece of paper, no more than 140 characters describing their day. Then the teachers open the class's Twitter account and input student's tweets. Parents are invited to follow the class on Twitter to stay up to date on their child's learning.
Twitter is helping parents stay in touch with their children's learning and also opening up other possibilities for teachers. Some use Twitter to tweet questions to fellow teachers; therefore improving their skills as a mentor to students. Other teachers are trying to connect classrooms through Twitter and this can be classrooms from the same school or one across the country. I never realized that Twitter could be so versatile in the classroom. When I start teaching, I may use Twitter to keep in touch with parents and I would also like to keep my students up to date with assignments and answer any of their questions through Twitter since it could be more efficient than email.
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