Twitter: @TeacherSarah12 Having set out to better understand how twitter could be used for writing, I believe I have figured out a way to connect Internet-speak and English language learning. By having students answer prompts with limited characters (including emojis), students can learn to not only be more concise but to be more descriptive without being wordy. For ELLs, particularly those who don’t do much writing in English, this could be a huge, but rewarding, challenge. Below are examples of how I would use writing prompts to encourage my writers. Students would be allowed to use emojis but the emojis must make sense in context. This will allow ELLs to really think about what they want to convey and if it makes sense in English. They would also need to use a weekly hashtag and “@” my twitter handle so make sure I am notified of their work. I also connected the twitter handle to my Google classroom so that students would be able to move from one digital space to the other mo...