Twitter enhances teacher education - La Trobe University, Australia

La Trobe University pre-service teachers are taking to Twitter to learn skills that will make them better teachers once they enter the classroom. Dr Narelle Lemon, Senior Lecturer in Teacher Education has researched ways for her Graduate Diploma of Education (Primary) students to explore and extend their knowledge of arts education through their use of social media. Over a three year period 550 La Trobe pre-service teachers logged into Twitter and created online galleries to share artwork and reflect on their learning. 'As the group created the online galleries each individual was encouraged, through the maximum 140 character construction of a tweet, to carefully think about the content they could share associated to their learning experiences.' This is a highly desirable skill in the environments they will work in when they enter the workforce. http://www.latrobe.edu.au/news/articles/2014/release/twitter-enhances-teacher-education2