Using Twitter in The Classroom

In using technology to our advantage, Twitter is no exception.  Twitter can be incorporated into our lessons, it can be used to keep the class interested as we show our students that even in the classroom we are keeping up with them and the times. One website has a numbered list of all the interesting ways Twitter can be intertwined in the classroom for things like upcoming due dates for assignments, running news feed for the class, poetry, running issues etc.  

http://www.teachhub.com/50-ways-use-twitter-classroom  

The power of Twitter for instance as an educational tool was in full effect during President Mubarak's attempt to hold on to his rein, his citizens were using cell phones and social media to change his country's history, by tweeting and opening up the happenings of the country to the rest of the world as it was happening.

/http://novemberlearning.com/educational-resources-for-educators/teaching-and-learning-articles/how-twitter-can-be-used-as-a-powerful-educational-tool/

Global Collaboration

          It takes a village to raise a child, that was what I grew up hearing and believing.  Today the same applies to education, it takes global collaboration to make and keep our students smart and on the cutting edge.  This is a site that caters to students from grades 1 to 12, and covers subjects like The Square of Life Project (grades 1-5), which teaches about "Local and Global Environments is an Internet-based elementary level collaborative project in which students will investigate their local environment and share that information with other students from around the country and the world."   Down The Drain (4-8), which encourages students to pay attention to the amount of water they use in their homes. Finally, Home Lighting in Developing Countries (9_12), "Students integrate solar and LED technologies to produce model lighting systems for use in developing countries." This is definitely a form of technology I can use because this would be a great way to save on energy and save a tremendous amount of money yearly. Not being connected to electrical poles, deletes the worry of losing electricity during storms, especially winter storms here in Buffalo New York.