Twitter in the Classroom

I was really interesting learning about how teachers use Twitter in the classroom, so I went and did some investigation.  I look through websites and found some very interesting ideas.  I know that the 21st Generation is all about using technology pretty much everywhere and as a teacher I just can't see doing and using some of these things in the classroom.  For example...TWITTER?? To me that just seems werid.  Some ways I learned about using Twitter in the classroom:

1.List Assignments and upcoming events.
2.Ask questions for teachers and students
3.Communicate with the community
4.Take and share notes
5. Connect with other classrooms
6.Take a poll
.....These are just a few ways to use Twitter in the classroom and Twitter isn't the limit.  You can use blogs, facebook, Myspace, Diigo, and other social networking sites.  Two years ago when I was in high school this kind of information wasn't even heard of.  Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter was for the younger generation, the teenagers.  Now even my 75 year old Grandma has facebook! It just seems so crazy and technology is something we all are going to have to accept in our lives because it is everywhere we look these days!

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