There are more and more tools, which can be used on teaching and learning, such as blogs, Facebook, Twitter, and so on.
I’ve heard about Twitter, a kind of microblog, a long time ago, but not until I learned how to use it and read the artile: How Twitter will revolutionise academic research and teaching, do I realize how potentially it can be used in teaching/learning.
I personally feel that Twitter is suitable for students to turn in vocabulary assignment. What if I was the teacher, I would upload a new word or phrase, and ask the students to write down its meaning and make a sentence. Since every tweet is limited to 140 characters, and the answer to the assignment is going to be short, it would be a perfect tool to apply.
Besides, the function of @name of Twitter is a really convenient. The teacher can directly reply to specific student and give suggestion or make correction, and s/he can make sure that the student sees the reply. This function can save time and make things easier.
What’s more, the hashtag function helps people to search a precise category they are looking for. Once the students click on the hashtag, they can reply to the particular question directly, which makes it organized and time-saving.
For teachers, they can receive the latest educational concept since they can follow educators on Twitter. Also, they can reply to the tweet and have discussion with other education experts.
You can learn more advantages and ways of using Twitter as a teaching tool by reading 28 Creative Wyas Teachers Are Using Twitter.
2 comments:
Good post but you need to change the links. Instead of "this article" or "here" you need to write out the names of the posts you are linking to.
Thank you for reminding me!
I've made the correction.
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