Although I’m not sure if I have been bitten by the blogging “bug”, I think I have found my niche (and my students) with Twitter.
So far things have been going great with Twitter and we have had over 15 families create accounts to follow our private profile. We also follow the principal, head of school and other teachers to consume information.
The students tweet, the teachers tweet and it has been a great way to share information about the class, provide updates and keep an open window into the classroom space.
Please find the link below
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1vOdfeKkgT9SrMs03yt8xwVv7A9JaCUaVR8rfLTvAMXI/edit?usp=sharing
This is amazing and I’m so looking forward to “borrowing” all of your ideas and transferring them into the Grade 7 context. I honestly feel like this year I’m only really starting to really embrace the magic of Twitter and I think having a Grade7English Twitter account would be a fantastic next step in the Middle School.
How did you get the parents to sign up?
Who does the Tweeting? Is it a designated job?
What about Tweeting photos? Is this okay with privacy policies and such, as long as there are no faces?
Where are you going with this next?
Can’t wait to have a day of PD with you tomorrow.
Bart,
I love your use of twitter to increase communication and transparency in your grade 2 classroom! My son’s daycare posts pictures regularly to a private blog, but I don’t get reminders and have to remember a password to access them… if this were updated to a private twitter feed I wouldn’t miss a thing! Also, I know many parents whose kids don’t easily open up about their school day. Your tweets would provide great talking points between your students and their parents. Looking forward to catching up in person tomorrow!
I love what you’ve done with Twitter this year and agree with Jen that it is a great starting point for conversations about “How was school today?” which many kids don’t open up to. I hope you continue to update this blog next year letting us know how it’s going as well as how the transition to grade 3 has been for those students…