I was genuinely 'chuffed', when our headteacher agreed that we could launch a department twitter account - we had to have lots of e-safety policies etc (but we know that protects us as well as the children). We launched a department blog last year, but only used it for the trips - we decided that we should probably use the launching of our twitter account as a reason to 'relaunch' the department blog, but to use it to really support learning.
It's going to be small steps - our twitter account is followed by 13 students so far ... we don't expect to have hundreds overnight - in fact 13 represents just over 10% of this year's GCSE cohort, so I suppose really after 7 days, that's not too bad! I've updated the blog a couple of times too - it has been viewed on 4 occasions - hopefully the children will see the benefit and want to access all of the information that is available to them. We haven't got it right yet, but I am learning from loads of others in the 'twitter world' and am trying to use ICT not just in the classroom, but to help the children to develop their learning, 'on their terms' - I'll keep trying - nothing is perfect!
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