Engage students inside and outside of the classroom. They are already social, why shouldn't YOU be??

Overall, I loved using Twitter for collaboration among my students. I also tweeted out reminders and important AP information that I might otherwise have forgotten. The only downside I really had was that Twitter was blocked from our school computers, so keeping up with the tweets on my own was a little more difficult than I had anticipated. I would think that in the future, if Twitter can be more regulated within school districts, it will become even more useful within the classroom.

I feel like Twitter for my students (elementary) is best used by me as a PD app. I find many great idea via Twitter and can apply them immediately into the classroom setting. This has 100% made me a better more innovative teacher this year after using Twitter more often and connecting with other educators in the area, as well as in the world.

Twitter gets a lot of negativity, mostly because it is so public, and I do suggest to my students that THEIR profiles and tweets stay private. It certainly opens up a dialogue in class about digital footprints and responsible social networking. I like to find the things my kids already like and use in their personal lives and use them as learning tools so that students start to see that learning can happen anywhere, anytime--Twitter is great for that.