It is time for the annual student-teacher #aplangchat. We invite your students to join the chat and ask questions about the exam. This is a opportunity for students to ask questions of AP Language teachers from around the country. Several of these teachers read the exam.
We invite you to join the chat and contribute by answering student questions. The power of this chat comes from many AP Lang teachers sharing their approaches to the test and answering student questions.
I love this chat. It gives my students the chance to interact with other teachers who reinforce what I have taught. Sometimes another teacher can phrase an idea that resonates with my students in a way I haven't expressed. Other times, teachers say exactly what I have taught all year, but this time the many teacher voices drive the point home with my students. Finally, I use it as a way to judge what students are thinking about the exam. I often cull ideas that I need to reinforce with my classes. Not all my students can chat that night and I bring the conversation back to my classroom.
Before the chat please review some twitter etiquette with your students:
1) Have students label their answers to the questions as A1, A2, A3, A4, etc.
2) Remind students to be courteous to others.
3) Have students include #aplangchat on all tweets so everyone can see them in the chat.
If you use a personal twitter handle that you do not want your students to access, you may consider creating a handle for this chat.
We look forward to having you and your students join the conversation at 8 p.m. EST Wednesday, April 26th. If you miss the chat, you can always search the #aplangchat hashtag to see what you missed.
