Twitter is a free and immediate communications tool available within the public domain to all and accessible from a laptop, desktop computer or mobile phone. Teachers may find the walled garden approach of most public and some private educational institutions have banned access for students to this 21st Century technology.
Here is an example of Twitter being applied within a classroom environment to enhance engagement of learners.
(Rankin, M., n.d.) Professor of History, The University of Texas at Dallas School of Arts and Humanities.
Reeference
Rankin, M. (n.d.). The Twitter experiement [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WPVWDkF7U8&feature=player_embedded
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