Teaching writing through microblogging. Students often struggle with writing meaningful sentences and sequencing ideas. These issues can supported by providing limitations and a potentially huge audience.

1. Twitter in the Classroom

2. Twitter is being used
in classrooms.

3. Twitter is a form of microblogging.

4. Microblogging can be a powerful
format for teaching writing.

5. What happens when
the lights go out?

6. Paper Tweets
Students can still practice digital
citizenship skills without digital
technology.
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7. What’s the big deal?

8. Twitter Engages Students
This history teacher uses
Twitter to help students
find their voice.
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9. But some
Students
Refuse
Twitter.
And definitely
Facebook.

10. Google Forms in Lieu of Twitter
About 5 to10 percent
of my students don't
use Twitter, and about
2 percent of them are
outspoken about it.
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11. My Favorite Microblogging Site
TodaysMeet is a backchannel
that gets students chatting
via an easy-to-use interface.
It's a free Web 2.0 tool that
requires no logins and works
on any Internet device.
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❖ Character limit
like Twitter
❖ No login or
account
required
❖ Anonymity

12. I hope this sparks a few ideas to make
learning more social.
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