Tweet for Learning!

Try a social media stream for your class discussion. Have students respond in Instagram or Twitter format, including hashtags. Start a unit brainstorming hashtag possibilities; add to your list as the students discover more information. No need for an actual social media account. Students can "post" in a collaborative document or if technology access is limited have them write posts on a bulletin board.

Get creative and have students write from the perspective of a historical figure or personify a unit subject.

Napoleon Bonaparte @EmperorNapoleon  17 June 1815
@MichaelNey Heavy rain falling tonight at Waterloo. May let the men sleep in for the morning. #cantstopme #franceismine


Deoxyribonucleic Acid @DNAhelix 25 April 1953
I think I have a future as a model. Lots of x-ray pics by @RosieFranklin #doublehelix #watsoncrick #imightgetcancer