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Twittering Dante
Article in the School Library Journal about using Twitter in the English classroom
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Permalink Reply by Kari Augustine on -
Thanks for sharing this link. I was just thinking about a similar project, and about how it's not much different from one I did where students had to write a (cheap) telegram as a summary. Both forms of communication are about doing more with fewer words.
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Permalink Reply by Ramiz Ali on -
Thaks for the link. In this digital world we the teachers need to seek for the innovative technology and adopt them to our classrooms, otherwise our students may find that schools, class rooms are not reliable environments to study.
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Permalink Reply by Janet Bianchini on
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Thanks for sharing this link- I like the sound of it because I can imagine it would appeal to young students in this era of tweeting about everything. If Twitter encourages them to write on Dante's Inferno, which is a mighty impressive tome, then I'd say it's a good thing. I love the clever exercise title "Twitter in Hell"!
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Permalink Reply by Christine Trala on -
Great article and the links within it are useful. I have also heard of an 8th grade English teacher who used Twitter to write a collaborative book. Each student wrote using the 140 character limit. After 6 weeks the book was complete and has turned into an epic with contributions from 100 students from six countries.
Here are a few links about that project:
Education Week Article
Many Voices: A Global Creative Writing Project
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Permalink Reply by Vanessa Riley on -
I can't wait to do this with Rime of the Ancient Mariner!
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Permalink Reply by Joseph Scotese on -
I'm sorry I thought this forum was about Twittering being one of Dante's circles of hell.
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Permalink Reply by Rachel Ernst on -
Love the article! This is something that could easily be done without the actual twittering as well.
Look at the skills involved in pulling this off. Students would have to know and understand each circle of Hell well enough to be able to pick out the most important information. Then, they would have to be very selective and precise in their word choice. You can't just ramble on and on. You have to know what you're talking about.
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