Roundtables on Multi Media and Digital Resources, 11/22/2013, Boston, MA
Twitter in the English and Language Arts Classrooms: presentation includes examples of a variety of ways Twitter is used in teaching and for student learning. Includes examples of students tweeting with authors, classrooms connecting through the Global Read Aloud, the use of #comments4kids on Twitter, using Twitter to arrange classroom and author Skypes, and book talks.
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2. High School Students
Video Chat & Tweet to
Author Malcolm Gladwell
Humanities 10 students read Gladwell’s Outliers: The Story of Success, Teacher Erica Beaton
http://bit.ly/1cGtps1
11. Global Read Aloud: Books, Fall 2013, Global Tweeting and Sharing
Pernille Ripp, 5th grader teacher is the organizer for the project
Twitter: https://twitter.com/pernilleripp
http://bit.ly/1d6OXKN
12. Global Reading Aloud: Connecting and Tweeting
with Authors
and Connecting with Classrooms Around the World
Example: Sharon Draper, author of Out of My Mind, Connecting with Students
44. Daily, Teachers Post to
#Comments4Kids
Looking for Creating Class
Blogging Partners
Looking to See What Is
Going On in Other Classes
Check: #comments4kids—
see these example tweets
On Nov. 7, for example,
more than 40 tweets to
#comments4kids
http://kidblog.org/English72013-2014/
http://kidblog.org/sapiasscholars/
http://bit.ly/1cMELuH
45. Letting Teacher
Know a Comment
Left on Student’s
Post and Inviting
Others to Do the
Same
https://vimeo.com/77643224
47. For Additional Details about Twitter in the English Classroom:
See These 2 Storify Logs:
Click on Image or Hyperlink to Access Each One
http://bit.ly/1c9XLOG
http://bit.ly/17LJniW
48. Looking for More Ways to Use
Twitter in the Classroom:
Tweet your request with an
appropriate hashtag such as
#edchat or #engchat
And check this
article:
http://bit.ly/16YXRco
49. Looking for Classrooms with Twitter Accounts
https://twitter.com/JudyArzt/classroomtweeters/members
Looking to Find English Teachers on Twitter
Use the
hyperlinks to
access the Twitter
Lists
https://twitter.com/JudyArzt/lists/english
Looking for Authors on Twitter
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https://twitter.com/JudyArzt/lists/authors
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50. Find Me on Twitter
https://twitter.com/JudyArzt