Using Twitter in the academic setting is a new idea that has much controversy. Many teachers struggle with just allowing their students to get onto Microsoft Word, and now integrating a social media into class just might push them over the edge. I think that students would become more engaged if twitter was used in the class not only because it is interactive and fun, but they would feel successful because they already know how to navigate this site. I see this being used in higher education such as high school, maybe junior high. It could be very beneficial in classes such as History, Science, Government, Economics. Students could use #s to find out about a certain topic. For example if students were trying to get current event topics they could type in #news, #currentevent, #(their city), #(current topic).
How would this be useful in elementary?
I can see it in older grades, but elementary is still a little fuzzy. I could possibly use it also for research purposes, because you can follow pages such as, "FunFacts", "Space", etc. I would probably just make it a whole group activity rather than individual profiles, as that could be against parent's rules.
How could they monitor inappropriate posts?
I am not familiar with twitter to the point of being able to filter posts. I would think that the districts wifi would stop some inappropriate posts.
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