An experiment in social media
by Timothy Boyle on Apr 30 2010 Posted in Boyle's law
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The "science trailer."
Over the course of last week's lessons I had students write a brief "What did we do today?" in their Science Notebooks. I figured the summary was probably useful on its own and would get kids ready for tweeting the goings-on of our class.A few weeks back I succumbed to the lure of Twitter and created an account for my 3rd grade students.
It's a new routine for my students and me, so remembering to do it and allotting enough time at the end of class to actually get on the computer and type has been a challenge.
My students are very excited about the prospects of having their entries put on Twitter.
Access to computers outside of school is uneven at best. Very of few of students know how to type well. This presents another challenge as each lesson takes X time plus the Y time the entry takes, which must not exceed the 45 minutes I have for each class. I wish I had the time during class to teach typing as well as science, but that does not seem feasible right now.
The two entries we have managed to put up are pretty basic statements about the content of that day's class. While the students are pleased with just seeing their