Interactive Design Week 4 – 2. Design concept for an improved classroom/learning experience

My suggestion for improving the classroom learning experience would be integrating the microblogging service Twitter as a tool to encourage questions and stimulate conversation inside and outside the classroom. I created the following diagram, using a hypothetical character “Student X”, represented here as a cartoon, who is perhaps a little shy and having difficulty getting her question answered.

Diagram of how Twitter can be used in the classroom

Diagram of how Twitter can be used in the classroom

This is how it could look in practice:

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