Tweetchers and Lesson Tweets: The Instructional Use of Twitter

Twitter through an Educator’s Lens

Alvie Jean C. Gayda

The following infographic examines the underlying principles of the SECTIONS model by Tony Gates as applied to Twitter that guide effective instruction in a time when everyone, particularly our modern-day learners, uses technology.

While taking into consideration the individual nature of teaching, the SECTIONS model offers clear guidance of how Twitter can be beneficial to teachers and learners, and how it maintains quality teaching, learning, and resources in a rapidly changing learning environment. To further understand Twitter as an instructional tool, specifically how it can be narratively, interactively, and communicatively utilized, please proceed to the next pages.