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What is this Twitter thing, and why should I care? | Tips by Tony
Have you heard of Twitter, but don’t “get” what it’s all about (or how you can use it for education?) I’ll try my best to explain Twitter, and hopefully convince you to give it a try. The techno-babble answer is that Twitter is a social networking and microblogging site that lets you send short messages (140 characters max) to your friends and anyone else who has decided to follow you (more on following later.)In late July I decided to join Twitter . To be perfectly honest with you I had no idea what I was supposed to do when I got on there but I heard so much about it I thought it would be a worthwhile experience. The only concern was that we have so many distractions already in life that I wasn't sure that I needed to add one more the list. I consider myself fairly technological, and given the amount of time I spend checking e-mail I know that I am "connected."
Why Educators Should Join Twitter - Finding Common Ground - Education Week
Many of ReadWriteWeb’s readers are old hands at Twitter, but the service gets thousands of new users every day. That includes a lot of folks who suddenly need to use Twitter as part of their job. If you’re just being introduced to the joys of Twitter (or introducing it to another user), here’s a short and friendly primer on what you need to know about using the site.
A Beginner's Guide to Twitter
In the top right hand side of your Twitter account you can view your followers, following, tweets and Lists. Lists are effectively just what they say they are. Used effectively, they’re a great way to organise who you are following (and even who you are not following) into groups categorised by you. For example if you were researching ‘cat groomers’ on Twitter and wanted to follow a selection of people that are tweeting and talking about cat grooming – you could find all the cat groomers on Twitter and then group them into a list (note: you don’t have to follow them to put them in your list). However, having them in one list – allows you to look at that feed which then only features tweets about cat grooming, allowing you to focus your attention on just ‘cat grooming’. In a separate list you might like to group all your old college or university friends – that way you can simply click on their group and view all of their streamed tweets together.
Twitter Lists – What they are and How to Use Them Effectively | Business 2 Community
My 5 Biggest Twitter Tips | Edudemic
Before you read the rest of this, let me say a few words. I am by no means an expert in Twitter ( @edudemic ) and do not claim to be. Twitter, like every other social media tool, is just another piece to connecting you with online resources. Whether you’re a new user of Twitter or a seasoned expert, the following tips are meant to act as a refresher for anyone feeling like Twitter hasn’t been doing as much for them as they’d hoped. Twitter can be a rewarding yet cumbersome tool that requires constant supervision.
Joe Mazza ( @Joe_Mazza on Twitter) is principal of Knapp Elementary in Lansdale, PA, a school where 20 languages are spoken at home. His blog eFACE Today offers ideas on connecting families using technology. Join #ptchat (parent-teacher chat), which Joe co-hosts on Wednesday nights at 9pm Eastern.
A Parents’ Guide to Twitter and Education | Edutopia
Twitter_At_A_Glance - IMPROVED! | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Hey, wait a minute! We noticed that you may be using an unsupported browser. All the basics will still work, but to get the most out of Flickr please upgrade to the latest version of Chrome , Safari , Firefox , or Internet Explorer .A roundup of guides on how to use blogs, Facebook, Twitter & more H ere are tutorials our team has created to help show nonprofits, cause organizations, businesses and individuals how to effectively use social media, divided by subject area. Tutorial: The video in this tutorial will show you how to measure traffic from supporters using social media. You’ll be able to set up Advanced Segments to determine in-bound traffic from multiple sources and combine them into buckets that make sense. You can then see how traffic from Facebook and traffic from Twitter compare.
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Favorite Tweets of 2011
I would like to take a moment to thank all of the outstanding educators who are part of my PLN and invest in making me better each and every day. The 10 people who influence me the most and on a daily basis...... I have never met! As this year comes to a close, I wanted to take a moment to share my 5 favorite tweets of 2011 and a brief explanation as to why. Mary Beth Hertz offers some important advice when she tweeted, "Be patient but relentless in helping colleagues build connections!"
Top Ten Twitter Hashtags for Educators – SimpleK12
One of the best ways to stay up-to-date on the latest in education (other than a free subscription to the SimpleK12 blog ) is to follow hashtags on Twitter. Before we get into which hashtags to watch, let's look at what they are. Hashtags (#) are basically keywords for a tweet. Depending on the content of your tweet, you can use different hashtags so other teachers looking for similar content can find your tweet. For example, if I just found a new online resource for teachers, I might tweet about it and add the #edtech hashtag on the end so other teachers looking for educational technology can see it. So now that you know what hashtags are, which ones should you watch?
Internet Catalogue
#edbkchat is staring on January 4th 2012 from 9pm to 10pm UK time and the first book that we will be discussing is Carl Rogers’ Freedom to Learn: A View of What Education Might Become. I look forward to many people joining and following the chat. Most of all I look forward to learning more about education and theories relating to learning and pedagogy.23 Twitter Tools To Help You Tweet Like A Pro
Ever feel like your tweets dissipate into the ether, never to be seen or heard from again? There are a slew of tools available to help you track who's reading your tweets (and if anyone actually is), as well as which of your tweets gain traction in the Twittersphere. True Twitter buffs know Bit.ly isn't to be missed. The URL-shortening service will not only slim unwieldy links, but it also offers up stats (see picture above) on how many times a link you tweeted was clicked, during what time period it was clicked and much, much more. To see the stats, just add a "+" to the end of a Bit.ly shortened link in your address bar, hit enter and watch the magic happen.Want to know what’s being talked about on Twitter right now? Or how about what people are saying about your or your brand? Monitoring hashtags is a great way to get in on a conversation on Twitter, whether it’s a trending topic or a few tweets per day. We’ve compiled 5 useful tools that will help you monitor hashtags on Twitter, so you can keep up with the conversation. Monitter lets you monitor hashtags in real-time from their website. You can monitor up to 3 hashtags at once, which appear in three columns with the newest tweets in each column popping up at the top.
5 Useful Tools to Monitor Twitter Hashtags - AllTwitter
The Top 100 Twitter Tools of 2012 (Categorized) | DailyTekk
Twitter is my social network of choice (follow @DailyTekk to see what I mean). Personally, I’m not a big Facebook user (but I do appreciate the traffic it sends to DailyTekk). Twitter is one of my favorite methods for finding and sharing new information (either via the official Twitter iPhone app or Flipboard on my iPad). As awesome as the default Twitter experience is all by itself, there are some great tools available that add some extra functionality (some of the best are sometimes acquired by Twitter).Many think of Twitter as a place where people post insignificant updates about themselves. You know, "I'm getting a coffee." There was a time when I thought the whole concept was silly. Then, Twitter transformed...actually Twitter users developed new ways to use this communication tool.