Twitter Reflection

Today in class our group (GASP) presented the use of Twitter in the classroom.  I think it went pretty well in regards of showing the class how to make their own fake tweets to use in the classroom in order to engage students through using social media.  I think there were a lot of ways we didn't even think it could be used in the classroom, especially the back end stuff Dr. Harvey was talking about.  I think this could be used in the classroom for real, if the classrooms either have electronics (smart phones, Ipads, etc.) and if the kids have twitter accounts.  The latter may be the hardest since some students will most likely be against starting one (I was...I only started one because of this class).

Overall, I think we made it pretty clear that Twitter has a place in the classroom, whether it be fake or real.  As someone who went to high school before smartboards and Ipads, Twitter seemed like a sorta weird idea to be used in the classroom before I did this project and learned all the valuable ways Twitter could and should be used in the classroom.  It has some the benefits of the smart response systems and a unique way to engage the students in a world where social media rules their lives and everyone else's as well.

For this project, I helped Chris create the video on how to make an account, and I put all the fake twitter feeds together (because the website for some reason would not show LONG tweets, so I had to photoshop them together).  And I also experimented with the other fake twitter website and made the hilarious Thomas Jefferson tweet that for some reason did not show up.

Here is my lesson plan!