A Twitter chat involves you and your students “meeting” on Twitter to discuss a designated topic. Create high-order, open-ended questions, and Tweet them out using a predetermined hashtag. Your students can then respond to your questions and ask questions of their own. Be sure that your students use the hashtag as well!

Some benefits of Twitter chats include:

• Offering immediate feedback on students’ ideas
• Helping reluctant or shy students participate
• Encouraging creativity as students incorporate visuals and digital resources
• Allowing a large number of students to communicate and collaborate at once
• Easily tracking student responses with your designated hashtag
• Engaging students through the use of social media
• Teaching students about digital citizenship