Twitter in the Classroom: Watch This Teacher Engage Shy Students in Learning History - Education - GOOD

Twitter in the Classroom: Watch This Teacher Engage Shy Students in Learning History - Education - GOOD:




Still skeptical about the value of using Twitter as a tool to engage introverted students in classroom lessons? You're not alone. A recent survey of almost 2,000 teachers found that half think that using Twitter (and Facebook) in the classroom "is harmful to the learning experience." But, Los Angeles history teacher Enrique Legaspi disagrees with the naysayers. Last year he went to a workshop that discussed ways to use Twitter in teaching and now his students—even the shy ones—at Hollenbeck Middle School in East L.A. are speaking up more

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