With classrooms gearing towards the latest technology, it will soon be uncommon for schools or classrooms to not be on Twitter in the near future. Honestly, how cool is that to jump on at any given time of the day to update your parents on essential school news? Or, how about noting a special project your working on for parents to receive on their cell phones! It makes lunch time at the office all the more special when parents can connect with what their kids are doing several times a day.
Instructions
Things you’ll need:
Computer
www.twitter.com
Great Imagination!
First, be sure to secure permission from anyone in administration before
completing initial steps. Many schools have strict guidelines on proper protocol
concerning this new emerging technology.
Are you excited? Get on your PC/Laptop and go to: www.twitter.com. Click on
“Sign Up Now.” You may want to think of a name for your Twitter page. It could
be the name of your school, classroom, PTO, or any other branch of your
school interested in circulating news.
Take the 5 minutes to enter the information requested. Mark down your user
name and password. Many a Twitter account have been lost due to passwords
that have been forgotten! It is a good idea to have a small notebook to hold all
of your usernames and passwords.
You’re in! Twitter only allows 140 characters per message. That means
individual letters not words! Think of what you will write before you write it!
Tweets are usually only one sentence in length.
Things you can TWEET about:
Class news
Fundraisers
Homework topics
Research topics
Science Fair
Social Studies Fair
Items needed for classroom
Events
Sports
Components you are studying
What your class is doing
Community Service Projects
Deadlines
Conference Dates
Immediate changes
School closings
Tips & Warnings
There is a whole world out there when you open a twitter account. Be sure to send your new page information to your families so they can get up to the minute news. Put it on your school Internet page. Make sure to secure your account. Never include students names or photos. Be sure password is hidden, so unsightly comments won’t appear. Student that are photographed on Twitter should sign a release paper.