High school teachers: Do any of you use Twitter for your classes?

[castleview]

DH teaches physics and is wondering if Twitter could be useful for his students. Any ideas or experiences (even opinions) are welcome. Thanks!

 

[XYSRUS]

Twitter I would stay away from. It's more of a social thing. Does he have a link though the school's site? All of my kids classes/work/homework is online so there's no question what's due. Plus if anyone has a question they can email the teacher. All their textbooks are either online or CDROM too. No lugging those ancient textbooks home.

 

[SueInBoston]

DD's Band teacher uses Wiggio and it works really well. She posts assignments and communications. A seperate section for parents. She can also send txt message to her students' phone notifying any late start or school cancellation (Band is first block)

 

[MrsPete]

Our school encouraged us to start using this. I tried and failed. I went to the trouble to start an account, and I got three followers: my husband, another teacher, and a parent of a student who isn't in my classes but who is involved in an extra-curricular that I lead.

When I talked to my classes about this as a way to keep up with things, a "can you believe she's so stupid?" giggle went through the class. Apparently Twitter is un-cool amongst teens.

It's not worth my time to keep a Twitter updated. I do better with my school website.

 

[eduk8r26]

My niece's band teacher uses Twitter for the band parents and kids. My sister thinks it's a good way for him to keep in touch.

 

[mhsjax]

Twitter is a pet peeve of mine, the day one of my kid's teachers started using twitter for his or her class would be the day that I transferred my kids out of their class. All of my kids teachers just have web sites or send e-mails.

 

[ilovefh]

Our state DOE had a tech training where teachers created a twitter account. They are encouraging twitter as a way to keep in touch with parents. The two teachers in our building who went created a twitter and haven't used them since.

 

[Tiggeroo]

Our state DOE had a tech training where teachers created a twitter account. They are encouraging twitter as a way to keep in touch with parents. The two teachers in our building who went created a twitter and haven't used them since.

No but I like using a blog or a web page. It's great to post assignments and put extra credit on. I have also posted short videos for kids to watch. I set it so that I have to confirm posts before they are added. If you can't control what kids put you can have problems.