#TweetSchool
Whatever you want to say on Twitter, you’ll have to say it in 280 characters or less, so no matter how you utilize it in the classroom, Twitter will definitely develop the art of brevity.
Twitter Stats
The first quarter of 2019 Twitter marked 330 million monthly active users. (Zephoria)
500 million tweets are sent each day. (Omnicore)
That’s 5,787 tweets every second. (Hootsuite)
Twitter is the number one platform for government leaders.
187 governments and heads of state maintain an official presence on Twitter. (Hootsuite)
How teachers are using Twitter in the classroom
Tweet Notes - Students tweet notes and questions during class and summary of material after class and share with peers, creating a strong learning community .
Live Tweet Review - Using the microblog format, students record reactions and responses to books and movies for class.
Tweet Shorties - Teach students the art of brevity by writing a
short story in up to 280 characters.
Tweet the Experts - Twitter facilitates direct contact with leaders in any given field. Students can ask questions from world-scientists and leaders, or create a hashtag and tweet a question to start a research or debate.
Role Play Tweets - Students take on the persona of a historical figure they learned about or a fictional character from a novel read in class, and they have to imagine what that character would tweet on a particular topic.
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References
Aslam, S. (2019, Jan 6). Twitter by the Numbers: Stats, Demographics & Fun Facts [Blog post]. Omnicore. Retrieved from https://www.omnicoreagency.com/twitter-statistics/
Cooper, P. (2019, January 16). 28 Twitter Statistics All Marketers Need to Know in 2019 [Blog post]. Retrieved from: https://blog.hootsuite.com/twitter-statistics/
Costanza, K. (2013, November 14). 7 Ideas for Using Twitter in the Classroom. Common Sense Education. Retrieved from https://www.commonsense.org/education/articles/7-ideas-for-using-twitter-in-the-classroom
Miller, S. (N.D.). 50 Ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom [Blog post]. Retrieved from http://www.teachhub.com/50-ways-use-twitter-classroom