Interesting Article - "How Twitter in the Classroom is Boosting Student Engagement"

Hi All

Just surfing some of the Education sites I am currently following and came across an interesting article on the EDNA website - "How Twitter in the Classroom is Boosting Student Engagement".

Essentially, the article is saying that educators have discovered that through the use of laptops and iphones, using twitter has enabled them to engage and maintain student participation. It identifies two main benefits to using twitter:

• Increased Participation; and
• A Community of Learners
  

The following address is where the full article can be found and there is an interesting video attached:

Granted this article is talking about students at tertiary level but it may be possible to incorporate this idea into the secondary level.

Cheers

Annie