Teachable Moment Twitter Account
by Langwitches ~ January 19th, 2008. Filed under: Collaboration, Social Networking, Twitter.
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Following an idea that sprung out at me while I was writing my previous post, I have decided to create a Teachable Moment Shoutout account on Twitter.
The idea is as follows:
We are all looking to inspire and create teachable moments for our students. Many times these are impromptus, non-planned discussions and activities. Sometimes they pass as fast as they came, but will leave a long lasting impression on you and your students.
Our Twitter is relatively new for all of us and we are experimenting and experiencing what it dies for our own and for our students’ learning. Several ones of us have had a great experience with a twitter shoutout, followed by a Skype conversation, blog post and comments as well as direct “conversation” with 140 characters or less.
- Tom Barrett’s GeoTweets: Inviting your network into the classroom
- Chris Craft & Silvia Tolisano Arabic Mystery Writing
Please subscribe to Teachable Moment on Twitter if you are willing to commit yourself to be available, when your schedule permits, to help another teacher with a shoutout. Remember, that you might be someone’s partner from the other side of the world, which means it might not fall between your school hours, where you are with classes, paperwork or blocked access to twitter/skype. So don’t be shy and add yourself as a follower.
You can create an RSS to be alerted if anyone is writing a shoutout to “teachablemoment” by going to Tweetscan, searching for “teachablemoment” and then subscribing to the RSS feed.
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January 21st, 2008 at 9:51 am
[...] evening, I created the @teachablemoment twitter account. I let my network know about it through a blog post and through [...]
January 21st, 2008 at 4:41 pm
What a great idea. I am following now.
February 14th, 2008 at 10:17 am
Great idea! I always think of teachable moments as reality generated mini-projects. They are great when they happen, and you can carry them as far as you want;D
April 9th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
What a great idea, twitter blocked in my school, but I’ve a workaround;-)
June 4th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
Great idea to follow, will do so.
Tks