Wicked Good Resource Youre Probably Not Using

THE BEST WICKED GOOD RESOURCE YOU’RE

PROBABLY AVOIDING USING

What the Heck?

Most people don’t get it the first time they try it

Why would anyone want to tell others what they are doing at any particular time and why would anyone care? (other than their mom!)

What you see, is not what you get

Twitter is an incredibly powerful tool for your personal learning, connecting with others, and engaging classroom activities

Think of Google’s simplistic interface

Twitter

Very easy to sign-up for and to use

Effective communication tool for concise messages and news items, or links to longer messages and articles

Powerful networking capacity

Fun to use and may, therefore, be effective in engaging students in discussions

It may become the only tool you use to network and find great resources (it has become mine!!)

What Can You Do

Tweet about the latest activity, or interesting fact

you found

Inform – news items

Promote – a class

Invite feedback

Provide links/resources

Ask for help

Chat with colleagues

Share files, pics, videos, music, presentations,

etc.Access stream of links, ideas, opinions & resources from hand-picked selection of

global professionals from anywhere (mobile)

Many different ways to use Twitter in the classroom

Post updates for students

Encourage students to collaborate in and out of classroom

Writing teachers have begun using Twitter as a platform for collaborative stories

The teacher starts and then asks each student to continue the story through 140 character tweets

Educational games

Create your own online classtwoom (I made that up)

Today,  almost like we’d planned it, Twitter brought us this article

announcing a new assessment tool from Certiport and

Educational Testing Service (ETS) for measuring students’  ” …ability

to think critically within technology-enabled academic and

workplace environments.”

What is Twitter

Use Twitter to Find Your Network

Read Write Web http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/from_smcedu_5_ways_to_bring_the_web_to_higher_ed.php

Following

Twitter is all about facilitating conversations

Until you’re following some people, - just a blank page

Once you find people to follow and talk to, however, Twitter becomes exceptionally useful

You can share thoughts, ask questions, get updates about news, music, brands, and businesses, and discover helpful links and information

Finding good people to follow, especially for new users staring at a blank page the first time they log in, can be a bit daunting, though.

Follow SuggestionsWeFollow - offers a user powered Twitter directory - categories such as : celebrity, music, socialmedia, entrepreneur, news, tech, tv, politics, comedy, sport and many many more

Twits Like Me - Find other users in education through Twits Like Me

Twellow –Find like-minded Nearly 6 million profiles are indexed in Twellow and placed into a huge number of categories

twibes group adulted

TweepML

Find someone you like, check out their followers (@poochiesan24)

Twitter Tips

Include a quick description of yourself and ‘avatar’

Tweets can be seen by the ‘whole world’ unless you specify otherwise –public, searchable, forever

To reply or mention someone use the @

Send a direct message by starting tweet with D and the persons name

Use Retweet RT – it’s like paying someone a compliment

You can unfollow or block someone

If you miss a tweet, don’t worry, it’s not email

Give it some time and build followers

TwitTips

Twitter Secrets

Everything Revolves Around

Following – be selective (avoid

marketers?)

Use Hashtags ##- way to group tweets associated with a specific topic – • this

workshop hashtag is: #nesabestech

• http://hashtags.org/

• #edchat, #adultliteracy, esl, redsox

Twitter Search

Use Search –

•http://search.twitter.com•http://search.twitter.com/advanced•http://search.twitter.com/operators•Save your searches

Twitter Search

Twitter Tools/Apps/Clients

TweetDeck - create Twitter groups -keep your work and personal contacts somewhat separate

Twhirl – Twitter client - desktop

HootSuite - manage multiple Twitter profiles & more

Twitxr - send photos from

mobile phone - great for

teachers and students alikeTwitPic - You can share photos on Twitter, or find photos from all

around the world using this service

Twitterfall

TwitTools

Twtpoll – create polls and survey

TweetChat - easy to see only tweets with a corresponding

hashtag

GroupTweet – turns into a group communication

hub where members can post updates to everyone

in the group using direct messages. When

the group account receives a direct

message from a group member, GroupTweet

converts it into a tweet that all followers can see.

Patty’s Twitter Parade

Let’s Parade

PowerPoint Twitter Feedback SlideUse Presentation Mode to view, Click this header to give mouse control back to PowerPoint, change slide, etc.

© SAP 2009 / Page 26

Twiducate

About Twiducate (nesabes tech) (sabes2010)

HootCourse

Daily on Twitter – Create a Newspaper

http://paper.li/

TweetDocs

A tweetdoc is a document that brings together all the

tweets from a particular event or search term

A tweetdoc allows you to keep a record of an event

through twitter

Twitter Blocked? No Problem

Real Life Scenarios

Finding a job• http://tweet

myjobs.com/

• Twitjobsearch

• Twitterjobs.org

• Contribute to causes• @soci

albrite

After the Sept. 11 terror attacks in 2001, Jeff Pulver says, New York City first responders spent millions to synchronize their communications systems.• “During

Haiti's disaster, everyone was tuned to the same channel, and it was called Twitter," he says.

Get help

Lemonade Trailer

http://lemonademovie.com/

Twitter Resources

Ultimate Twitter guide

Ultimate List of Twitter Tools

Mashable's Twitter Guide Book

Twitter4Teachers wiki

Just Tweet It

russell standard demo of TweetDeck

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Twitter, Social Networking, and Communities of Practice

Consider that the true power of

Twitter and other social networking tools lies in their

potential to extend learning beyond

the boundaries of the classroom community

http://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress/past-issues/volume13/ej50/ej50int/

Twitter's mission: providing access

to information and highlighting

the power of open

communication to bring about

positive change.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10375774-2.html

“Learning is a social process facilitated by

interaction with others who are mutually

engaged in the socially and culturally defined

practices of the community.”

Kristi Newgarden is an ESL teacher and director of the University of Connecticut American English Language Institute (UCAELI) From Introduction: Twitter, Social Networking, and

Communities of Practicehttp://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress/issues/volume13/ej50/ej50int/

Social networking technologies can allow second language learners to negotiate meaning and shape their identity as

English speakers as they connect with and participate in the real world

communities that are important to their lives.

Kristi Newgarden is an ESL teacher and director of the University of Connecticut American English Language Institute (UCAELI) From Introduction: Twitter, Social

Networking, and Communities of Practice

http://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress/issues/volume13/ej50/ej50int/

10 Activities to Get You Twitfaced!

• Create a twitter account • Notify the group of your new twitter name

(In Ning)• Send a tweet to a person in the workshop

• Send a tweet using a DM to a person in the group

• Find people to follow – follow at least 10 people (proof)

• Use a hash tag and report back on an interesting tweet you found

• Use Search and share with the group something you learned

• Pick a trending topic and tweet back to the group about it

• Send a workshop follow-up tweet to this workshops hashtag

• *Find a twitter activity to use in your classroom

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complete the

following activities:

Thanks for Participating!

“Once derided as a peddler of infantile missives ("My latte is cold!"), the service has revealed itself to be an accurate barometer of mass culture. Today, if something isn't tweeted, did it happen?” USA Today Marco R. della Cava 5/26/10