Communication Tool #1 - Twitter

	3- Awesome!	2-Meh	1-Not worth my time.
Efficiency(teacher)	Teacher can use it consistently throughout the year.	Teacher can use it somewhat consistently throughout the year.	A burden to use.
User Friendly (teacher)	Walks you through the setup or tutorials and quick and easy.	No tutorials but I can figure it out.	I’m registered.  Now what do I do?
Cost	Free	Some options are free or price is minimal	Not free or limited free functions.
Validity	Blogs: Updated weekly Apps: High educational value	Blogs: Updated monthly Apps: Some educational value	Blogs: Updated annually Apps: No educational value
Safety	Privacy options	Limited privacy options	No options for privacy
DOK (Depth of Knowledge)	Effectively utilizes targeted DOK	Somewhat utilizes the targeted DOK	Doesn’t utilize targeted DOK
Monitoring Capability	Teacher can monitor and edit all student activity.	Teacher can monitor student content but may not edit.	Teacher can’t monitor all student content.
Permission (school)	Permitted	Needs IT permission	Not permitted
Student Use	Students would be lost without it!	Somewhat enhances student learning.	Does not enhance student learning.
User Friendly (student)	Students can quickly access content or desired tasks from home screen or search bar.	Requires a number of steps to get started and students sometimes need direction along the way.	Students can’t use independently or need constant direction when using.
Student Engagement	Kids love it!	Students use when prompted.	Students complain about using it.

Twitter

Twitter is an online social media network that uses brief (140 character limit) “tweets” to convey whatever the user would like.

Efficiency (teacher) - 3 Although Twitter is blocked for students, I could use it for professional purposes.

User Friendly (teacher) - 2 Twitter isn’t too complicated to use, but I do not remember there being any tutorials.

Cost - 3 No cost to utilize.

Validity - 3 Once you are following a few people/organizations the twitterfeed is almost difficult to keep up with!

Safety - 2 There are options within settings so that one may not show their location or allow others to “find them”. However, I do not see anything that would prevent someone from following you once they have found you- other than blocking after the fact.

DOK - 3 Twitter could serve many intended purposes.

Monitoring Capability - 2 Students can write almost anything in twitter, which could be problematic.

Permission - 1 Not permitted.

Student Use - 2 Has the potential to enhance student learning.

User Friendly (student) - 3 Twitter is very easy to get to.

Student Engagement - 2 I based this rating on how students seem to feel about twitter use in their personal lives.