Participatory Tweeting as a Vehicle for Course Engagement

This paper advocates for engaging uses of Twitter (or similar clients or services) in the classroom.We cover how to use it efficaciously, and why the very notion of class participation needs to be redefined.Nominally, "class participation" is at minimum equivocated with simple attendance in some way, either by showingup in a physical classroom or by logging into a virtual one at regular intervals.Participation may also entail being present in a group for show-of-hands responses when prompted, partaking verbally in classroom discussions, or demonstrating the ability to answer questions pertaining to course content when called upon individually by the instructor.