Anyone out there have a student who is a great thinker but is generally too shy to raise their hand and participate in class? Who always has their hands raised? Those kids who are confident and outgoing or those who process quickly. Without hearing each student's thinking, how can we know how effective our instruction is, or how brilliant our kids really are? What if we allowed them to participate by tweeting? Research conducted at Southern Cross University found Twitter was an effective way to engage students too embarrassed or uncomfortable to participate in class. While the study addressed university students, there is no reason why it wouldn't work as well in elementary through high school. Of course we first have to allow "tweetable: devices in our classrooms.....
You can read a short piece below:
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/technology/to-tweet-or-not-to-tweet/story-fn5kfsdd-1226244868289
I've also included a page downloaded from the Southern Cross University website:
http://www.scu.edu.au/news/media.php?item_id=3521&action=show_item&type=M
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