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1.Twitter: set up and overview1.Rationale for use2.Following/Followers3.Mentions and Messages 4.Hashtags
2.Voting1.Percentage2.Open Text
3.Lists4.Twitter in the classroom
twitter Set up and Overview
twitter Voting
Mobiles: m.twitter.com
Desktops: twitter.com
You need a twitter account to vote.
You can’t make the same tweet twice (so no duplicate voting on one account)
1. Yes
2. No
3. Maybe
Can Twitter really be useful in the classroom?
Format: @votebytweet 1 #scctwitter
twitter Format: #scctwit
Who could you use twitter with and for what purpose?
twitter Lists
How might you use Twitter Lists?Class Lists, Project Groups, Event Lists, Topic Lists
Using twitter on college screens
What are your views on Black History Week?
Contribute Now on Twitter
#bhw
twitter in the classroom
1. Take a poll. Ask student their opinions or get feedback on future projects or topics.2. Brainstorm. The ability to share ideas as the occur any time and any where creates an
excellent opportunity for brainstorming on class topics. 3. Make announcements. Teachers can send out reminders about upcoming tests, project
due dates, or any news that needs to be shared via Twitter. 4. Direct Tweet. Teachers and students can contact each other through direct Tweets
without having to share cell phone numbers. 5. Collaborate on projects. When working together on projects, set up a group using an
app like Tweetworks to facilitate communication between everyone working together. 6. Share interesting websites. Both professors and students can post interesting websites
that are relevant to their class. 7. Follow an idea, word, or event. Send "track ___" with whatever word, event, or idea
you want to follow in the blank, and you will receive Tweets that contain that keyword. 8. Follow news stories. From sources such as @Reuters to @CNNMoney to @
NatGeoSociety, students and professors can follow news that may pertain to their class. 9. Twitter search. The search tool on Twitter will immediately provide you with any Tweets
including your keyword. Give it a try to see what you may discover. 10. Share images. The Twitpic function lets you share photos on Twitter, which can be
useful for sharing visuals in class projects. 11. Shorten URLs with bit.ly. so that you use fewer characters when sharing web links with
this tool. 12. Give a student twitter assignment to help them get to grips with the tool and its uses.
(See example at: http://makingconnectionsfye1220.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/assignment-48-hours-of-twitter/)
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1.Blog1.Login, username/password2.Registration/invites3.Username
2.Content1.Audience/message2.Effective blogging
3.Publication1.Delaying publication2. Promoting on Twitter
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Blogging with a student group – what you need:
Register students as authors (in batches of 10 at a time) Teach students about what makes for an appropriate blog post
Images (with identified source, appropriate annotation/description) Images (less is more, small sequences and small file sizes) Quoted/copied text (with identified source and quote marks) Videos (with identified source, appropriate annotation/description)
What a blog should and shouldn’t be:Shouldn’t just be a repository or file folder; a storage systemThink of it as more of a magazine, newsletter or poster
Organising content Use of Post Titles as Menu Items Use of Categories (and category clouds) to frame key topics Use of Tags (and tagclouds) to frame key themes
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What’s your Salford story?
They’re tearing down whole parts of Salford and building them again. They’re tearing them down and they’re not putting the people back there. They’re sending them away. Far away, to places where there’s no city. To sterile places. Shelagh Delaney: BBC 1960
Do you have an interesting Salford story? Add a comment below and share it with us. We’d love to hear from you.
On 17th Oct 2011, Mr Gordon Burns hosted the first Salford Story Circle Event at SCC, with three generations of two SCC students’ families contributing their stories of Salford: past, present and future.
Posted in: Events Tags: Salford, storycircle event, Shelagh Delaney, Gordon Burns, 1960s, BBC
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXmMsOBrx9g
Video
News
InvitingParticipation
Labels or tags to support key word searches
PhotoHighlights
Post Archives
MemorableTitles
Categories to support searching
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9 Signs of an effective blog post:
1. The headline (title) draws the reader in.2. A concrete detail or visual illustrates the benefit promised in the headline.3. The lead in expands the theme of the heading.4. The layout is clear and skimmable.5. The post covers the topic in logical sequence.6. The post is persuasive.
• Knowledge of your audience• A logical structure.• Concrete detail.• Evidence.• Narrative.• Emotion.
7. The post is interesting to read.8. The post is believable.9. The post asks for some action.
• You want your reader to come back.• You want your reader to comment.• You want your reader to feel some kind of emotion (laugh, empathise, applaud, argue).
Source: http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/07/10/nine-signs-of-an-effective-blog-post
WordPress BlogWhat makes for an effective blog post?
• Effective content:• Makes an effort to engage the audience and inspire feedback.• Promotes dialogue, reflection, discussion and/or debate.• Is creative and reflects an original twist.• Builds bridges to related content/interest groups (via links).• Is short, succinct (short sentences, one or two images or a single video clip) and
easy to read.• Is purposeful and relevant.• Offers something for the reader.
• Blog posts: • Are regularly updated.• Have a clear and succinct title that draws the reader in.• Make good use of tags and categories to organise content.• Contain relevant attribution where necessary.
Source: http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/07/10/nine-signs-of-an-effective-blog-post
