Sharing Good Practice
Taming Twitter to benefit
students’ learning
By Bashaer Al Kilani
Using Twitter in classrooms will give
the students the opportunities to
reach the unreachable by connecting
with their counterparts around the
globe.
Here are some tips on using
Twitter in the classroom:
4. Twitter could be used as a back
communication channel between
teachers
and
students
for
announcements that are related to
their learning.
5. You can initiate a hashtag to
generate communications focused
on a topic, project, discussion, etc.
6. Your students could get engaged in
cultural and educational highlights
related to their subject area.
7. Students could attain global
learning
using
Inter-classes
discussions throughout the globe.
8. Any plans for using social media
with students should be preceded
with an approval from the school
administration and parents. AUP
(Acceptable Use Policy) should be
well stated to all stakeholders.
S
ocial Media is redefining the way
people communicate in the 21st
century. The disruptive impact
of social media is extending
to reshape almost all aspects of our
lives. Educators are anxious about
this immense transformation and the
possible mi