Participation
report in Twitter chat_
Promote
and reading and literacy
Hashtag #titlechat
Participated Twitter chat: Promote and reading and literacy (every week Sunday 8 pm)
I have been quite interested in students’
performance in literacy task such as writing dialogic journals and peer-share reading and writing.
I believe they can make our student’s literacy ability improved. However, the
thing is students are reluctant to read assigned reading materials because they
were boring. When they were poor at reading classroom material which can be
good sources for their wiring, their journal or short essays could not express
exactly what they really wanted to say through their writing. When I have
taught in English for a year in Korea before coming to the US, I have concerned
choosing reading materials to be read with ease and interest. For this reason,
I asked this concern via Twitter chat. Some experienced teachers answered and recommended.
I think Twitter chat had pros and cons.
In terms of providing educational sources, it could be a good channel.
Actually, when I asked how to choose the appropriate reading materials, some
experienced teacher recommended the reading materials name and useful links.
But there are also a lot of deceptive advertisements which distracted teachers.
In addition, in case of some Twitter
chat which people rarely come and go, teachers can even a piece of useful
source or advice with that Twitter chat room. The one I participated in was
also very ’quiet’, so even if I posted my questions, teachers rarely answered
or the speed of their answering was too slow. In this case, it can be
time-consuming for teachers who want to get some useful information. If teachers
want a lot of sources about what they are interested, they had better navigate
first which Twitter chat provide them and how many people usually participate
in it. In this sense, I agree just partially Twitter chat can be a good source
of professional development.
