Twitter in the Classroom

In my technology class I was told I had to make a twitter. I have never used a twitter and I thought it was just a site that had a bunch of status updates on it. Any time I visited a friends twitter it would say “It’s raining outside and I don’t want to go to class,” or “I’m going to the mall today to buy a dress.” I never thought that you could use twitter in the classroom, but I think from reading about it and discussing it in my group I think twitter could be beneficial for students, teachers, and parents. The first benefit of twitter is that the teacher could post homework or major assignments on the twitter so the students and parents can check and see what is due for the upcoming weeks. Another benefit is that the teacher could post a homework or discussion question and the students can have a discussion on the twitter by posting their answers. This twitter strategy could be used for older grades and may also be beneficial for special education classrooms.