| 1) Collaboration | | | | students can reflect upon school activities and what |
| Today's education places a strong emphasis on group | | | | they've learned. If students are asked to twitter about |
| work, and rightly so. Students develop invaluable critical | | | | school activities, they'll be participating in self-reflection |
| skills by listening to a variety of ideas and perspectives | | | | (without the moaning). |
| while developing their own thoughts. Twitter is a | | | | 4) Feedback and Idea Development |
| means of continually sharing ideas from a myriad of | | | | Twitter is an excellent forum for getting instant |
| perspectives. Students can use twitter to work | | | | feedback on ideas. I teach at a school where the |
| collaboratively on a project and teachers can | | | | same students are together for years. Sharing and |
| collaboratively work on an interdisciplinary unit. | | | | developing ideas through twitter helps my students |
| 2) Experts | | | | gain new perspectives and fresh constructive criticism. |
| Teachers and students alike can instantaneously | | | | 5) Resources |
| connect with an expert in any field. It took me only a | | | | Most twitterers, especially the better mindcasters, are |
| few minutes to find and share ideas with a number of | | | | continuously posting weblinks. The internet is a big |
| experts in the field of education and technology. The | | | | place and some great resources can get buried in |
| ease of connecting with experts is remarkable. | | | | Google. Twitter helps users connect with a variety of |
| 3) Reflections | | | | new, thought-provoking, and useful resources. |
| My students are beginning to moan when I say the | | | | Teachers can continually be learning about new |
| word "reflection." But, reflecting is a necessary | | | | developments and resources in their field. |
| component of learning. Twittering is a means in which | | | | |