Study | Twitter to become your future teacher Micro-blogging can help teachers-students engage better

Study | Twitter to become your future teacher

Micro-blogging can help teachers-students engage better

·         The study finds that 93% of students surveyed think Twitter enable them to interact and share perspectives with a global audience outside the classroom

·         The study shows the potential benefits of using Twitter as a pedagogical tool based on survey results, interviews, and classroom observations of eighth-grade students in science classes, according to researchers from University of Vermont in the US.

·         Students reported significant increases in four key areas that contributed to their learning—exposure to reputable science and leaders, in real time; a broadening of the audience for their work outside the classroom; more opportunities for connecting science to their own lives; and new ways to communicate about science.

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