Thing #17: Twitter in the Classroom

I have a Twitter account of my own and today made one for our class.  We are initially going to use Twitter as a communication tool with students.  We will send notices of two hour delays, school closings, and class activities.  We will then expand to using it as a public education tool for informing others about our class achievements, such as when students obtain GEDs or certifications, present at job fairs, or participate with community activities.  To help build our followers, I'm going to add the Twitter widget to our class website.  The final phase of Twitter use will be students providing comments about our daily modules and also sharing links and resources that supplement our lessons.