Scot,
I am happy to hear you have been inspired by the course and plan on infusing a Twitter feed into your curriculum. You share an excellent example of how this technology can be useful to students as well as yourself. Please come back and share your experience with the group, I am eager to hear how your students react to the introduction of this resource.
Wishing you continued success in the classroom.
Theresa Schmitt
I set up a twitter account about a year ago, but I have yet to tweet anything. I have been inspired by this class and look forward to creating a outline for things to tweet as we go through the curriculum. I think it will be a great way to share information about upcoming quizzes and test. As well as getting a pulse of where students are at as far as understanding the course content.
Keegan,
Thank you for sharing- these are fantastic examples of how Twitter can be an effective teaching and sharing tool outside of the classroom.
Wishing you continued success in the classroom.
Theresa Schmitt
I would utilize a class Twitter group by starting discussions on course specific topics. If students can share ideas and thoughts outside of the class room, as well as link or photos relating to the topic, that will make class time much more meaningful and relevant. It would be a great way to introduce topics before covering them in class. Ask via twitter "what do you know about____" that way their minds are already in that zone when the next class starts.
Becki,
I am happy to hear you are planning to incorporate Twitter into your curriculum, a great tool to keep learners engaged. As a Program Director I am sure retention and student engagement are a top priority and a tool such as this would be a fantastic addition to the efforts you already have in place. Please share with the group how the students respond- I am eager to hear the results of your effort!
Wishing you continued success in the classroom.
Theresa Schmitt
I have never used Twitter in my teaching or as a Program Director - but I plan too. We are getting more and more students who are technology smart and I feel that this will help them keep in touch with the real world. I plan on utilizing Twitter to keep my program informed of things going on at school and then have them connect to a business newsfeed and keep me updated to their findings.
I have created a twitter account for our program and have tried posting ideas, questions, etc with specific hash tags for linkings and responses. Some of the students have responded and it's been fun to see the comments with the hashtags. However, I really have no idea how to use it as a study medium. I am however using quizlet quite a bit for study/ homework assignments and student participation has been great. Our school has such strict social media policies that I find it difficult to navigate through those.
For one of the areas of study within our classes, I believe the Nutrition course for Food service professionals would be an excellent choice to use Twitter. I would suggest that the instructor tweet to the class healthy cooking techniques and suggestions from sharing recipes and substitutions. For example, if I was at home cooking a healthy meal I would share that. If I was at a restaurant and was looking for healthy options I would tweet that. I would also tweet many news feeds pertaining to nutrition news and health. Keeping the class alwasy thinking about Nutrition and then able to apply discussion throughout the term.
