Why Primary Kids Tweet

by Kathy Cassidy | Mar 7, 2013 | Creating Global Classrooms, The How of 21st Century Teaching, Voices, Web Tools That Deepen Learning

When Brisbane, Australia experienced floods in 2011, Kathy Cassidy’s connected grade-one students wondered if their seven year old skyping friends were safe. They tweeted them from Canada to find out. Result: meaningful and authentic writing and reading.