So, what is Twitter all about?
Twitter is basically a social network where users post messages known as tweets. When it first started, the posts were restricted to a maximum of 140 characters, but since last november that number has been doubled to 280.
However, Twitter is more than just another social network. Twitter is a another powerful tool that can be used for education. Teachers, students, and parents can find a lot of benefits in using Twitter; for example, assignments, homeworks, announcements, organizing contests, sharing interesting information, etc.
In my own teaching experience, I would use Twitter in the following ways:
- To get important and relevant resources for my teaching.
- To have students look for important topics that will benefit their learning experience.
- To subscribe to relevant hashtags.
- To create a discussion chat room with my students.
- To share interesting topics.
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