I’ve been using Twitter for a few years now, using it to connect with other teachers and share ideas / resources with them. Lots of schools are now using Twitter too, as a way of communicating with parents and their communities, as well as posting updates about school events.
Image – Twitter website screenshot
As I recently set up a Twitter account for my own school, I asked for suggestions from other teachers about ways of using it. Here are some of the ideas:
- Celebrating children’s work, with links to examples of work online.
- Asking for feedback… so followers can add comments and share valuable feedback with the pupils. Tweet a sentence from a ‘Big Write’ and get instant feedback for the pupil,
- Posting school news,
- Posting live updates about school events (e.g. sports matches),
- Post updates from an educational visit (e.g. residential),
- Reporting school closure information,
- Send reminders about events in school or homework,
- Use to pose questions for children to debate/answer.
There is also a Twitter list of tweeting schools at http://twitter.com/SchoolDuggery/uk-schools.
Do you use Twitter at school? Feel free to add a comment to share your experiences.
