Idea 1: Using Tweets as an Exit Slip

What is Twitter?

Twitter is a free online social networking service that allows members to send 140-character or less messages called tweets to other members.  Tweets can be searched by their hash tags.

Instructions

• Create a Twitter account (if you do not have one). This can be class-specific, but does not have to be.
• Come up with a hash tag (#) for students in the class to use.
• Make sure it is specific enough to be unique, while still short.
• Write a question for your students to answer.
• The question should be directly related to the day’s content, and able to be answered in 140 characters.
• Have students tweet their answers to your Twitter account with the class-specific hash tag.

Advantages

• It is easy to check understanding of individual students and the class overall.
• Any student can see how their peers responded by searching for the class hash tag.
• Students can participate from any internet-enabled device.

Adapted from:

Dyer, K. (2013) Formative Assessment - Revisiting the Exit Slip. Retrieved from https://www.nwea.org/blog/2013/formative-assessment-revisiting-exit-ticket/

 

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