As class sizes become larger it is becoming increasingly difficult to engage students in the classroom. A great way of overcoming the challenge of engaging students and increasing interaction in a large class is to take advantage of Twitter. Using Twitter to increase conversation in the “Back channel” can broaden participation and engage students who may not have spoke up otherwise. This educational multimedia web page will introduce why and how to use Twitter to increase student engagement in and out of the classroom.
Outline:
I. What is Twitter?
- Common Craft video (Pending Copyright)
- Twitter Terminology – Possible word cloud visual
II. Why use Twitter for Learning
- “The Twitter Experiment” (Pending Copyright)
III. How to use Twitter for Learning
- Activities – (Back Channel,TweetChat’s, Research, Collaborative Writing, Bulletin Board)
Visuals:
There are multiple opportunities for visuals that I need to narrow down.
- YouTube Videos – The “Twitter Experiment” and Common Craft videos are great resources for my topic but I am unsure if there are any copyright issues with using them for this project.
- Terminology Word Cloud
- Presentation/Demonstration showing Twitter in action
Resources:
- Bozarth, Jane. (2010) Social Media for Trainers: Techniques for Enhancing and Extending Learning. San Francisco: Pfeiffer.
- Twitter in the Classroom – The Twitter Experiment (YouTube) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WPVWDkF7U8
- Twitter in Plain English, Common Craft – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddO9idmax0o
