Twitter Mania

My students are CONSTANTLY on their phones. It is honestly nerve racking. Because of this, I am excited to design a lesson plan that includes the usage of phones. My hope is that they will respect that I am trying to include their interests in the classroom. Currently my students are learning about school and class vocabulary. Although I find this topic interesting I hope to design a lesson that will assist them in learning not only school vocabulary but will immerse them into a culture other than their own. I want to design a Twitter lesson that incorporates Twitter en Español; a variety of Tweets from Latin American countries. This way, students will see how Latin American countries function much like America. Right now, I feel my students have a disconnect to this world and they only see Spanish as a classroom language. There is so much more to Spanish and Spanish speaking countries. Unfortunately not everyone has the luxury of traveling, but I hope to bring the traveling to the classroom my using social media. I have not decided what part of my unit plan I want to teach this lesson for. My expectations are that I will find a topic that has room for lots of cultural inclusion. Over the next few weeks I will be drafting and discussing my lesson with my mentor teacher to make sure me lesson is both appropriate and interesting.