Benefits of Twitter

I see Twitter as a great benefit to the classroom to update students on due date reminders, classroom activity ideas, and even class cancellation notices.  Twitter or another microblogging tolld can be used in education for many things including announcements for events, field trips, promotions, activity schedules, and even meeting outcome updates.

What I want from this course

I would like to incorporate more technology based projects into my classroom and into student assignments.  All of our classrooms have been converted to "Smart Classrooms" which means they are able to support most technology right in the classroom without having to go anywhere else.  My students have varying levels of technical savvy, and I am hoping this class will help bridge the gap I have with the more advanced students.  After reading this week's assigned reading, I see now more than ever how important it is to stay up to date with technology.