Mystery Tweeting!

Today, one of the first grade teachers in my building was super brave and used Twitter in the classroom. Of course we had to do a lot of technology checking before she embarked on this journey but everything went off without a hitch.

This opportunity came about from me responding to a teacher reaching out for a global connection. Within a week, the teachers were emailing back and forth with a plan. They created private Twitter accounts. They decided  to start it off as a Mystery tweeting. Can you believe it?!? First graders researching, using maps, and learning all about geography through Twitter. So often Social Studies and Science are the subjects that get cut or recieve less time. What better way to mix it with technology.

The kids sat patiently waiting for the first tweet to come through and it did! I think we were more excited than the kids. It's always hard to capture the greatness of a lesson, activity, or experience in words.

It was amazing to see how technology allows us to reach out to anyone anywhere. Both classes were able to guess the states that they live in. We will move on to cities next. I will keep you updated  as they learn more about each other's location and grow into true "Illinois-Texas Twitter" friends.