In searching for positive reasons to incorporate Twitter in educational settings, I found some of the background information about Twitter. Some facts state that Twitter was launched in 2006 and it's funny that I basically went on for the last 8 years having never been at all interested. I can definitely understand the benefits of use in terms of social connections and why people love to feel easily accessible to celebrity life--yet I still could not find any reasons for why Twitter and education would go hand in hand.
Through the class readings, I now see why today's teachers would be interested in incorporating Twitter and other social media tools in class. Especially for the younger grades (middle school and up to 10th grade, maybe). It inspires students to become engaged in modern platforms and allows them to increase their use from just social reasons but for academic achievement as well.
Q1: Would the use of Twitter take away from any "traditional" teaching techniques?
A1: If anything it should be accompanying typically used techniques. The use of Twitter can reinforce learned material and also serve as extra learning resources. It would keep the students updated at a constant pace and provide them with other skills on how to connect and obtain more information beyond what they could achieve in only the classroom.
Q2: Should the classroom eventually become all modern technology, or should it stick to the basics?
A2: We are nothing, if not a an advancing society. So I believe it would be nearly impossible to move forward and not comply to the modern technology that comes with it. The classroom does not have to necessarily become entirely a "smart" room, though it is definitely a true possibility. But for the time being, involving Twitter in the classroom to change the student perspective on being engaged learners does not hurt.
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