Comments For Kids
"Comments for Kids" aka #comments4kids?
- A way for teachers to share links to students' blog posts, soliciting readers who will write replies.
- Because these posts occur on Twitter a global audience is reached.
- The ability for a teacher to moderate replies becomes critical in the K-12 setting.
- You don't need a Twitter account to find the information, but if you want to tweet links to your students' blog posts, you need a Twitter account.
Helping teachers learn about the hashtag; see this tweet stream:
Examples of tweets with the hashtag: All grade levels PreK-college.
Example of a teacher showing appreciation for those who replied to students' posts:
More Information on the concept of Comments4Kids
Check William Chamberlain's blog: Comments for Kids
Spreading out further using the hashtag: #icommented
- A way you left a reply to a post.
- Further spreads the reach to a global audience.