Idea 21: Using Twitter for Collaborative Writing

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

• Share the hash tag with the class. Make sure it is easily identifiable, and unique.
• Start with an initial tweet.
• This can either be a prompt for another student to follow, or the first 140-character segment.
• Students will each add another chunk to the writing through a tweet.
• If two students continue a tweet, you could ignore (or delete) the one with the later timestamp.
• Once everyone has replied, the due date has passed, or the session naturally ends the assignment is complete.

Advantages

• Students are restricted to a maximum of 140 characters per tweet, emphasizing the importance of brevity
• Students have to interact with and add to other students writing.
• Outside participants can join in, extending the assignment out of the confines of the class roster.
• Students can easily share the hash tag for easy exposure and views.

Adapted from:

The Rules of Twittories. Retrieved from: https://twittories.wikispaces.com/

 

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