Twitter users may have to be at least 13 to use the service, but one school in France is bucking that rule and allowing its class of preschoolers to Tweet. Students at the L'École Albert Camus near Bordeaux have been using the site as a way to learn the alphabet. Each day the children propose topics to Tweet about and then vote for their favorite. Then, two students enter it using a computer with their teacher's supervision on the @camusmat04 handle with adorable results. One tweet, as AFP reports, reads: "We gathered snow to see how it turns into water."
Is Twitter a good learning tool for preschoolers?
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Feb 22, 2012 7:54AM
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Feb 21, 2012 10:01PM
Feb 21, 2012 8:59PM
as long as they vote on what to post...and the teacher is monitoring...i think it might be a good idea. I'm not saying I think Twitter is a good tool for pre-k, I'm just observing that we live in an age centered around technology, computers, the internet, etc. and that teaching kids to know their way around might be a good idea.
however, there are pros and there are cons. the kids might get obsessed with twitter/facebook and spend all their time there when they get older. or lie about their age and spend all their time there anyway. I sure wouldnt let a pre-k kid on there...but it's the teacher's choice.
however, there are pros and there are cons. the kids might get obsessed with twitter/facebook and spend all their time there when they get older. or lie about their age and spend all their time there anyway. I sure wouldnt let a pre-k kid on there...but it's the teacher's choice.
Feb 21, 2012 4:25PM
Feb 21, 2012 4:20PM
Has anyone who has so far posted a comment on this article read the AFP reports link? I think it sounds like a great idea. It's a cl****ject, requiring discussion and decision-making, and the teacher makes the final decision on anything posted. The project is controlled, available only to approved followers, and it has increased parental involvement in the class. Also, you have to remember that these kids are growing up in a time when they really should be taught to use the internet and social networking responsibly, not like some of the twit celebrities who are setting examples for them. They are being taught to use their brains.
Feb 21, 2012 1:25PM
yes and no. It is good that they get comfortable with the technology, but they also need to learn that tweeting is not the only way to interact with classmates. I see so many kids sitting right next to each other and instead of talking they are tweeting to each other. We are losing the spoken language we have been gifted with, which in some cases is good since the constant expletives do get so BORING, the shock value has diminished considerably. But to hold an intelligent conversation is getting more and more difficult since the spoken word is diminishing in use.
Feb 21, 2012 12:13PM
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