Roundtables on Multi Media and Digital Resources, 11/22/2013, Boston, MA Twitter in the English and Language Arts Classrooms: presentation includes examples of a variety of ways Twitter is used in teaching and for student learning. Includes examples of students tweeting with authors, classrooms connecting through the Global Read Aloud, the use of #comments4kids on Twitter, using Twitter to arrange classroom and author Skypes, and book talks.

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2. High School Students
Video Chat & Tweet to
Author Malcolm Gladwell
Humanities 10 students read Gladwell’s Outliers: The Story of Success, Teacher Erica Beaton
http://bit.ly/1cGtps1

3. Sharing the Author Skype on Twitter

4. Class Tweets to Malcolm Gladwell and Wes Moore
http://theotherwesmoore.com/
http://bit.ly/1cGtps1

5. Keeping the Conversation Going:
Sample of Tweet Replies about Malcolm Gladwell Video Chat

6. Tweeting and Skyping with Chris Grabenstein,
Author of Escape From Mr. Lemoncello’s Library

7. Author Chris Grabenstein:
Reaching Out to Students and Teachers

8. Rhonda Deighton’s 7th Graders
Skype with Author Jennifer Nielson

9. Author Jennifer Nielson Tweets Out Link
to Blog Post about The Skype
and Author Skypes
http://bit.ly/1ca8sB0

10. Global Read Aloud, #GRA13,
Reaches Global Audience

11. Global Read Aloud: Books, Fall 2013, Global Tweeting and Sharing
Pernille Ripp, 5th grader teacher is the organizer for the project
Twitter: https://twitter.com/pernilleripp
http://bit.ly/1d6OXKN

12. Global Reading Aloud: Connecting and Tweeting
with Authors
and Connecting with Classrooms Around the World
Example: Sharon Draper, author of Out of My Mind, Connecting with Students

13. Tweeted Replies to @sharondraper

14. Using Class
Twitter Accounts
to Reply to
Sharon Draper

15. Tweets to Sharon Draper about the Power of the Global Read Aloud

16. Student Tweeting from His Own Account to Sharon Draper
Teacher Tweeting to Sharon Draper and Setting Up Connections with Other Classes

17. Tweeting Links, Inviting Replies to Students’ Blog Posts:
#gra1300MM with Links to Blog Posts
http://kidblog.org/ThePickles/

18. Tweeting Questions to
Author
Inviting Responses to
Students’ Blog Post
https://twitter.com/simonsaysread

19. Connecting with Classes: Blogging Partners,
Some KidBlog Posts for GRA: Out of My Mind
http://kidblog.org/MrsSimonSaysBlog/

20. Tweeting Questions to Author, Sharon Draper

21. Students Tweeting Questions to
#GRA13OOMM via Teacher Account

22. Tweeting Questions about Global Reading Aloud,
Via the Classroom Twitter Account

23. Tweeting Author Visit
http://www.understandingourdifferences.org/mind/

24. Tweeting Pictures of Global Read Aloud Project

25. Google Hangout Group Video Chat with Author Sharon Draper:
Celebration of Global Reading
http://bit.ly/17n9dcp

26. Tweeting about Hangout and Linking to Blog Post
http://bit.ly/17n7Omj
http://bit.ly/17n7e7U

27. Sharing and Arranging Classroom Skypes via Twitter Tweets

28. Author Kate Messner Tweets Link to Post about Her Video for #GRA13
http://bit.ly/17nds80
http://bit.ly/17nds80

29. Exciting 2nd Graders about @GRA13

30. Additional Tweets for #GRA, Eric Carle’s Works
http://bit.ly/17LI5V6

31. http://bit.ly/17n9dcp

32. Other Ways to Use Twitter:
High School Students Tweeting about Books: #hthsbks
Teacher Announcing Reader/Response and Book Talks

33. Some Sample Student Tweets, #thkbks

34. Additional Student Tweets to #hthsbks

35. Inviting Teachers to
Join the #hthsbks

36. #hthskbs Student’s Book Tweets: One Student’s Enthusiasm
Fitting into 140 Characters Challenge

37. #thhsbks Inspires Another School:
Twitter Book Tweets, #BioTechBks

38. Twitter Chats in the High School English
Classroom, Example: David Theriault’s Students
http://bit.ly/18ahpYj

39. Blog Post about the Twitter Chat, David Theriault
http://bit.ly/18ahpYj

40. Blog Post…Student Response to Twitter Chat David Theriault
http://bit.ly/18ahpYj

41. Classroom Picture Twitter Chats, about
the book Siddhartha (Reflections)

42. #Comments4Kids: Connecting Classes—
Tweeting Links to Blogs, Videos, and More
http://comments4kids.blogspot.com/

43. http://comments4kids.blogspot.com/

44. Daily, Teachers Post to
#Comments4Kids
Looking for Creating Class
Blogging Partners
Looking to See What Is
Going On in Other Classes
Check: #comments4kids—
see these example tweets
On Nov. 7, for example,
more than 40 tweets to
#comments4kids
http://kidblog.org/English72013-2014/
http://kidblog.org/sapiasscholars/
http://bit.ly/1cMELuH

45. Letting Teacher
Know a Comment
Left on Student’s
Post and Inviting
Others to Do the
Same
https://vimeo.com/77643224

46. Using #Comments4Kids to Match Class Blogging Projects

47. For Additional Details about Twitter in the English Classroom:
See These 2 Storify Logs:
Click on Image or Hyperlink to Access Each One
http://bit.ly/1c9XLOG
http://bit.ly/17LJniW

48. Looking for More Ways to Use
Twitter in the Classroom:
Tweet your request with an
appropriate hashtag such as
#edchat or #engchat
And check this
article:
http://bit.ly/16YXRco

49. Looking for Classrooms with Twitter Accounts
https://twitter.com/JudyArzt/classroomtweeters/members
Looking to Find English Teachers on Twitter
Use the
hyperlinks to
access the Twitter
Lists
https://twitter.com/JudyArzt/lists/english
Looking for Authors on Twitter
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