To keep our parents in the loop about Social Media use in the
classroom, we have posted the following Twitter Policy and
Rationale on the school’s 21st Century Learning blog. Twitter
Policy and Rationale Several classrooms at the Martin J.
Gottlieb Day School are tweeting! We wanted to be transparent in
our rationale for using Twitter as a platform with our students
for academic learning. What is Twitter? Twitter is a social
media platform, a micro-blogging service. Every tweet is limited
to 140 characters or less. Twitter is surfacing everywhere in
our daily lives, from your favorite restaurant chain to your
rabbi, politicians, celebrities, sports team and TV shows. What
is less known about Twitter is the academic value of learning
with and from other educators and students, experts, authors,
organizations, companies from around the world that support 21st
century learning. By tweeting with our students, we expose them
to social networking strategies, support their growth as global
digital citizens and model