why use twitter - lee flindall

Teach Meet – Aldenham School

L. M. Flindall, Friday 2nd May

Aim To encourage students to read around the

subject

Inspire students to track and monitor the news, as the subject is heavily based around current affairs.

Provide feedback for the teacher about students

Department Twitter Account

Twitter Dept self made rules:

1.Max 3 a day2.Only send tweets at appropriate times3.Usual time is 3 articles, AM, before school4.Do NOT follow anyone else5.With twitter you can also provide a weblink to

follow, if student does not have Twitter6.https://twitter.com/lflindall

Online Twitter Feed

BBC News App Sts are encouraged to download and install

the BBC news app. This is where most articles are sent from.

Ticker

Sts are then asked as they enter the room and settle, about any latest news and prompted to check twitter.

This enables me to keep track of who is actually getting involved, following the news, showing and interest and perhaps spark a quick conversation.

The headlines they tell me I then type into my scrolling LED ticker.

Left to scroll for the rest of the lesson. Even if the student is a ‘day dreamer’ at least when look around, might absorb/take something in.

Idea inspired by Times Square and Canary Wharf

Ticker

Best of all..

It’s all free!!(except of course the ticker! )

Thank-you for listening