Have you ever used a hashtag to find something quickly?
What if you used the power of #hashtags in your classroom, do you think would make a difference? Using hashtags on all the socials are the same, they help direct users and organize ideas. Check out these ideas to help harness these tools for learning and development.
Student Ideas
We found a few ideas while researching this topic to help spark you into what tags could do.
1. #booktitle214 - Use the title of the book you are reading with your room number. Why room number? It makes the hashtag unique to your conversation. Whatever they post could follow the BHH framework.
2. #cellmutation214 - Take the topic of the day and turn it into a tag. This makes for a super easy backchannel discussion that runs while the lesson unfolds. It would be a similar idea to using Todaysmeet to get the kids talking and sharing.
3. #amhis214 - A simple tag, American History Room 214, to broadcast and announce things that are happening in your classroom.
You get the idea. Using tags can help shape the educational conversations happening in the room. This idea is a great way to help everyone in your class develop their own voice. I'm positive you have some kids in your room who rarely say anything, wouldn't it be great to hear from them?
Teacher Ideas
There are many twitter chats that happen most every day. Here are a few you might want to check out.
#engchat - English teacher chat that is live every Monday from 6-7.
#sschat - Social Studies chat that takes place every Monday night from 5-6.
#edchat - General education chat./ Tuesdays from 11-12 and 6-7.
#edtech - Where technology and education meet. This chat is on going.
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