Learning Pod pupils can't access social networking sites but they can use Edmodo to connect with one another and they can use the 140 character format to increase their writing skills.
We have set up a tweet group on Edmodo and it makes a great starter or plenary. Writing in 140 characters is developing their editng skils, forcing pupils to make choices about what they will include and what they will leave out. It has the potential to support more careful choices of vocabulary as pupils seek a single word that will communicate exactly what they want to say. It makes them very conscious of the structure of their writing.
So far they have tweeted about their reading and beliefs about God. Watch this space to see how the skill develops as the pupils grapple with the new 140 character format for direct and succinct communications.
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