As students use mobile phones and tablets continually while in lecture classes, I am thinking of using Twitter to capitalize on the availability of technology to increase their focus on course theory and applications. I would like to know would anyone consider doing this in future classes.
Also when teaching large classes (100 to 200 students) and small classes (approximately 40 students) I would like to know if Twitter can be used to encourage student participation, deep engagement, and learning. Any thoughts on how should the lecturer structure the use of Twitter (what activities and when) and manage the feeds (reviewing and responding to tweets) would be appreciated.
Dear Marcia, the following post provides some basic information about using Twitter at various levels of education.
http://sco.lt/7YZTs1
Dear Marcia, this post includes links to YouTube videos in which educators explain how they use Twitter - quite a practical approach.
http://sco.lt/7WNQeX
Hello Leona,
Thank you for taking the time to provide me with these resources. I am looking forward to exploring them!
Dear colleagues, it is interesting how one sometimes learn about something new and then notice it in your own environment. I hope Jennifer won't mind me responding to the question about "Remind 101". I found this information in a recent e-newsletter.
http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-with-technology-articles/using-remind-app-online-classroom/?ET=facultyfocus:e81:350477a:&st=email
Hi Marcia,
I haven't used twitter - but did come across this article about using twitter with large lecture cohorts. It might be useful for you.
Cheers, Kevin
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