twitter

In this video it talks about engaging students by using twitter or facebook. The teachers felt that it was important to have the students interacting in the classroom so they completely understood how use the tools for educational purposes outside of the classroom as well. As a teacher I find that these tools can benefit the students as long as they are helping the students grasp the information. I am not too familiar with how twitter works, but as for right now I have found that facebook helps out a ton with contacting fellow classmates. By forming classroom groups students can make wall posts, create status updates, and send messages reminding each other of important assignements or information that is needed for the classroom.
As a future teacher I feel that it is important to find ways in which technology and internet tools can be used to better a lesson.