English Class Includes Tweeting

By Associated Press

Tweets and other social media posts are part of modern communication and are modern forms of expression. Some schools and colleges are embracing them. On students’ desks are hand-written notes and copies of “Rebecca,” a psychological thriller by Daphne du Maurier. But instead, the focus of Valerie Williams’ ninth-grade English class were often on a different tool: their smartphones. In recent years, Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy has incorporated social media and other technologies into the classroom, encouraging teachers to allow smartphones as part of their lessons.

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