Are you TIRED of the....

....same old material being presented to you in class?? Blah blah.  Do you want some spice in your life and learn through others in your field and through technology?  Twitter is a great way that will allow you to stay connected to the outside world by ‘following’ others and seeing what’s important in your chosen field.  Twitter allows you to follow artists, educators, singers, athletes, and many more individuals as you can live with them throughout a day in the life of them.  

            You can use Twitter in the classroom in a variety of ways.  One way that I know I would use it is  in my classroom would be if teachers and students from around the world can collaborate on projects using Twitter as a communication tool that simultaneously educates students in different classroom and cultural protocols.  Since I know I will be doing something in the foreign language or ESL route, this would be a great way to incorporate communication into the classroom.  Not only would this allow students to use technology, but it would also let students use an ESL NYS standard for communication with other individuals and others from around the world.  In the web page titled, How to use Twitter for Social Learning, it states that Twitter allows portrays easy access, and there are many websites that allow viewers to use this tool in presentations, activities, and allows teachers and students to understand how to use Twitter. 

              Twitter can be successfully used in any classroom at any grade level and content area.  Some ways that teachers are using Twitter is for review of tests/quizzes, answering questions, instant feedback, communicate with professionals of individuals in your field of interest, set up a poll as with many other ways, as stated in the web page, 28 Creative Ways Teachers Are Using Twitter .  I think that any subject teacher can use in their classroom.  Math teachers can allow students to communicate with other mathematicians while in English class, students can catch up on authors of that time or poets from a different era.