Exploring the Use of Twitter in Contemporary Educational Settings

This report examines the integration of Twitter into the educational landscape, exploring its potential as a tool for teaching and learning. It begins with an introduction to Twitter, highlighting its character limits and role in social media communication. The report then delves into the various ways Twitter can be utilized in education, such as for circulating assignments, gathering resources, facilitating student collaboration, and disseminating news updates. The working of a Twitter account is explained, including how students can follow teachers, participate in classroom discussions, and receive feedback. The report also addresses the potential drawbacks of using Twitter in education, such as distractions and cyberbullying. An infographic chart visually summarizes the benefits and drawbacks. The reflection section discusses the author's personal experience with using Twitter for educational purposes, including the development of the infographic chart and the engagement with experts. The report concludes with a list of references.

Assignment
Teaching and Learning in digital world

Contents
Introduction:..........................................................................................................................................2
Use of Twitter in the education sector:..................................................................................................2
Working of the Twitter Account:...........................................................................................................2
Infographic chart:..................................................................................................................................3
Reflection:.............................................................................................................................................4
References:............................................................................................................................................4

Introduction:
Twitter is the digital web-based tool which is used for sharing the information on the social
media. One tweet can have 280 characters in it (Sarah, 2014). Twitter is used for connecting
with the experts of the subjects from all over the world which helps in raising the quality of
teaching.
Use of Twitter in the education sector:
The twitter is useful in the following section which is highlighted below:
 Twitter is used for circulating homework and assignment
 Collecting educational resources from different sectors
 Collaboration with student
 Hashtags are used for circulating news updates
 Organization of the program with the help of tweet
 Hashtags are used for chatting over the network
The twitter account is used for following the tweets of the expert. The followers at the profile
page are provided with the suggestion and the new ideas (Deloatch, 2015). Twitter lists
should be created for the followers. The customised stream can be created within the second.
The twitter portal can play the role of the daily newspaper for providing information related
to the new experiments and practical knowledge (Molett, 2011).
The use of twitter in the education system can negatively affect the learning capability of the
students by creating distraction in the classroom. Cyber-bullying can hurt the student feelings
and they can get depressed. The use of twitter requires proper monitoring system so that no
misuse of it can be done during the learning hours of the student .
Working of the Twitter Account:
The twitter account of the students should be created. The student can follow any teacher of
their own choice on the portal. The relevant tweets are given attention to provide the
information to the target audience. The discussion of the classroom can be done on the twitter
account of the student. The public messages are sent directly to the student for the circulation
of news, experiment details, and other practical knowledge (Chawinga, 2017). The queries of
the student should be solved daily or weekly. The community of the student is setup for

carrying out special discussion. The feedback from the student can be retrieved for
strengthening the bonding between the participating students and teachers.

Infographic chart (source: http://piktochart.com):

Reflection:
The development of the infographic chart on the use of twitter in the educational sector
helped me to explore the effectiveness of the use of web based tools in the designing of the
educational program. It helps me analysing the sharing of essays and newsletter on the online
portal of the twitter account by the students and the teacher. I have made the twitter account
to be the part of the student community for getting the real experience of sharing information
on the portal. I have sent the feedback on the discussion held on the portal on which I get the
instant response by the participating experts of the unit from all over the world. The feedback
and the monitoring system helps in developing strong relationship between teacher and the
student because in this system, there is no face to face discussion therefore the students are
free to share their views, ideas, and difficulties faced in the given topic which is taken under
discussion. The development of the infographic charts provides me the opportunity to covers
the pros and cons of the new technological advancement in the education sector. The twitter
account supports open discussion on the given topic by following the experts of their own
choice. The sharing of newsletter and the other relevant information can be effectively done
in the student community centre at the twitter account.
References:
Sarah, P. (2014). A focus on students use of twitter– their interaction with each other.
Retrieved from
https://research-repository.griffith.edu.au/bitstream/handle/10072/61946/88881_1.pdf;
sequence=1
Deloatch, P. (2015). How to use twitter for teaching and learning. Retrieved from
http://www.edudemic.com/how-to-use-twitter-for-teaching-and-learning/
Molett, A. (2011). Using Twitter in the university research, teaching, and impact activities.
Retrieved from http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/files/2011/11/Published-
Twitter_Guide_Sept_2011.pdf
Chawinga, W. (2017). Taking social media to a university classroom: Teaching and learning
using Twitter and blogs. Retrieved from
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41239-017-0041-6