From pop culture to news to education, Twitter has taken the world by storm. If you've never used Twitter, the thought of using it can be intimidating. But it's really just another tool at your disposal. In this session, you'll learn some of the basics of Twitter, why it has had such an influence on society, why you should care and some practical examples of integrating Twitter into the classroom.
6. 60% of users access through mobile
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The students get more engaged
because they feel it is connected
to something real, that it's not just
learning for the sake of learning.
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More engaged students
9. Students in classes that use
Twitter to increase engagement
have been found to average 5
grade points higher than those
in other classes.
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Higher grades
National Public Radio CEO, Gary Knell, actively focused on integrating social media into their media mix. His rationale is based on Wayne Gretzky who would often say “I go to the where the puck is going”.
Jim Newman at Northern Illinois University uses Twitter as a bulletin board for his class, letting students know about last minute news like canceled classes.
The Distance College of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, used Twitter with native Chinese students to train communicative and cultural competence. Students had to post a number of English tweets and react to the tweets of their fellow students. Twitter was viewed as a supplement to practice different aspects of the target language in authentic environment.
At the College of the Holy Cross, assistant professor Daniel Klinghard uses Twitter to teach students to be concise, summarizing major political texts without going over Twitter-imposed character limits.
Students can tweet sentences using a particular word to build vocabulary.
Craig Kielburger – founder of Free the Children and Me to We.