12 Ways to Use Hashtags with Your Students | Educational Technology and Mobile Learning | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it

If you are using Twitter with your students then you definitely need to try some new ideas of how to integrate these powerful symbols called hashtags into your teaching. There are a variety of ways you can use them. For instance, you can create a hashtag around a certain topic and invite everybody to contribute with their ideas. Students can also use your class hashtag to ask questions, debate, and share resources and links related to what is being taught in class. In this way, students will be able to collaboratively learn from each other and be responsible for their learning. And if you want to extend the notion of class hashtag outside the four walls of your class you can involve parents and school community in discussions and conversations in your class using a pre-defined hashtag .