I was reading this post about twitter use in class on Mr. Sutherland’s blog and decided to respond:
I believe that since the children of this world are drawn to attention by technology, schools should adapt to their likings in order to teach them better. If schools taught by using technology and such, the students have more of a motive to actually stay focused. The younger generation enjoys being involved in using computers, cell phones, or any other electrical technology because it is a shield between them and the actual world, and they are able to hide behind their computers or phones. This allows them to be more confident in the boundaries of cyber space than they would be in the real life.
In this class, the teacher has the students text or twitter their ideas in instead of raising their hands and actually stating their ideas out loud. This method is good in a larg class. Many people are left unspoken to during class because there are too many ideas floating around. Twitter or texting it would organize all of these and make it be able to share the ideas. Also, this is important because in a class, there may be many students who feel unsafe or uncomfortable speaking to an audience in fear of being made fun of for their idea or the way they speak. Texting in their ideas instead of talking it out acts a sufficient “crutch” to the person, and helps guide them to feel more confident. This crutch allows people to feel safer in sharing their ideas in class.
I do not believe that this method would work well in out class because some people do not have a cell phone. Also, since our class is small, people will be able to share their ideas. Although I believe that this would work for a larger class such as a college because it is difficult to address every one in the class, it is impractical to use it in such a small class. Plus, ASTI
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