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title: "#WhyTeach: High Schoolers Who Want to Teach (A Twitter experiment in #dpsk12) via @jdarnelldps"
date: 2014-03-07
url: https://learningischange.com/2014/03/07/whyteach-high-schoolers-who-want-to-teach-a-twitter-experiment-in-dpsk12-via-jdarnelldps/
author: Ben Wilkoff
categories: ["Blog"]
tags: []
---

# #WhyTeach: High Schoolers Who Want to Teach (A Twitter experiment in #dpsk12) via @jdarnelldps

This is possibly the best uses of twitter with a group of students I have seen in a very long time. Special kudos to Justin Darnell. What an amazing example of engaging students where they live (their mobile devices and on social media).

[#WhyTeach – High Schoolers Who Want to Teach (with images, tweets) · jdarnelldps · Storify](http://storify.com/jdarnelldps/whyteach-high-schoolers-who-want-to-teach?utm_medium=sfy.co-twitter&utm_campaign=&awesm=sfy.co_jdJt&utm_content=storify-pingback&utm_source=t.co)

> #WhyTeach – High Schoolers Who Want to Teach Over 100 High School students gathered at the Future Teacher Expo hosted @CUDenver. We tried to capture our thinking, and begin uncovering our “why.” An early attempt for presenter @jdarnelldps Next time will better represent the full conversation. Thanks to all who shared below!

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