twitter in k12 classroom iste webinar 3/26/2015
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Twitter in the K 12 Classroom:
A Collaborative Tool for Learning
Michele L. Haiken, Ed.D.
March 26, 2015
What are different ways teachers can implement Twitter in the classroom for K through 12
students?
What CCLS and ISTE NET standards are students meeting by using Twitter for
educational purposes ?
Essential Questions
If You Using Twitter Now . . .
You can use the hashtag
#ISTETweets
to post questions,
comments, and responses
throughout this webinar
Twitter as Professional Development Tool
•Connect with peers
•Follow experts in your
field
•Collaborate with other
educators across the
globe
•Share best practices and
resources
http://www.teachthought.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/twitter-cognitive-spectrum.png
Transferring the Power of Twitter for
Classroom Use
Twitter Book Chats
Eighth graders meet online weekly
after school hours to discuss the
book.
Students responding to teachers
questions, and also responding to
each other.
An opportunity to talk to students
outside of class and allow all
students a voice to share insights,
questions, and observations
Questioning Collaborate Analysis
Listening Summarize Writing Building
Vocabulary Synthesis
Evaluate
Making Connections Developing Ideas
Digital Citizenship Provide Evidence
Create Investigate Research
Comprehending
What Skills are Students
Using When on Twitter?
• Backchannels for small group work
• Snow day lessons
• Study & review sessions
• Contacting authors and experts
• Imaginative literary or historic conversations
• Global Collaboration
• Exit Tickets
Other Ways to Use Twitter in the Secondary
Classroom
How Elementary School Teachers Utilize
Twitter with their Classes
•Classroom Twitter accounts
• Tweet what’s happening in
the classroom at any moment
•Connect with experts,
authors, and people
•Tweet as a character in a
book
http://learningandsharingwithmsl.blogspot.com/2013/08/using-
twitter-in-primary-classroom.html
Parental Concerns & Student Expectations
In world of education technology, Twitter is a hot topic. Many teachers are trying to integrate this technology into their classroom in different ways. One of my personal passions is to explore and work with emerging technologies, so I am using Twitter to help make my classroom better.
For this project I would like the students to create a Twitter account that they would use for school purposes only. Three times between December and January, students will access Twitter to participate in a Twitter chat. They will answer and raise questions about topics addressed in the book Bystander by using the hashtag #RMSBystander.
Students will understand that they can partake in social media for educational purposes, and they will learn to practice positive digital citizenship behavior.
Excerpt from Parent Consent Form:
CRAFT & STRUCTURE
INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE & IDEAS
TEXT TYPES & PURPOSES
PRODUCTION & DISTRIBUTION OF WRITING
VOCABULARY ACQUISTION
USE OF TECHNOLOGY
Common Core Connections
In addition to your favorite authors & inspirers
Randi Weingarten @rweingarten
Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher
Tom Whitby @tomwhitby
Lisa Dabbs @teachingwithsoul
Wonderopolis @Wonderopolis
Dave Burgess @burgessdave
ISTE @isteconnects
Who to Follow on Twitter
Michele L. Haiken, Ed.D.
Blog – http://theteachingfactor.com
Email – [email protected]
Twitter - @teachingfactor
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