25 Ways to Get the Most Out of Twitter. Imagine being able to connect with one hundred million people anytime you want.
With that many people on Twitter each day (and that’s not counting the additional 184 million users who are on Twitter at least once each month), a great deal of knowledge, perspective, and news is accessible to you, just by clicking a few buttons. It’s no wonder educators are harnessing the power of Twitter to bring cutting edge ideas, trends, research, and best practices to use in their schools and classrooms. 15 Twitter Hacks to Turn You Into a Tweeting Ninja.
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Sometimes, your Twitter life is messy. You follow hundreds of people — maybe thousands. Staring at your timeline is about as intelligible as reading a stock ticker. How do you bring organization to your Twitter life? How do you rise above the confusion, cut through the complexity, and become a superstar on Twitter? Hashtags. A Dr. Seuss-Inspired Guide to Twitter. Dr.
Seuss, the writer and illustrator behind children’s classics The Cat in the Hat, How the Grinch Stole Christmas! And The Lorax, would have turned 110 on March 2nd. Australian Educational Twitter Hashtag chats. Twitter is a Teacher Superpower! “We all know that education budgets are getting cut more and more, and that meaningful professional development opportunities have unfortunately become a bit of an oxymoron in education.
Not only can being a “connected educator” help change that, but it can also provide you with ongoing inspiration and support. I’d even go as far to argue that being connected will be the most impactful thing you can do in your career.” Elana Leoni, blogger for Edutopia. How Twitter in the Classroom is Boosting Student Engagement. Professors who wish to engage students during large lectures face an uphill battle.
Not only is it a logistical impossibility for 200+ students to actively participate in a 90 minute lecture, but the downward sloping cone-shape of a lecture hall induces a one-to-many conversation. This problem is compounded by the recent budget cuts that have squeezed ever more students into each room. Fortunately, educators (including myself) have found that Twitter is an effective way to broaden participation in lecture. Additionally, the ubiquity of laptops and smartphones have made the integration of Twitter a virtually bureaucracy-free endeavor. This post describes the two main benefits professors find when using Twitter in lecture. Increased Participation Classroom shyness is like a blackhole: Once silence takes over, it never lets go.
That's why, Dr. During lecture, students tweet comments or questions via laptop or cell phone, while the TA and Dr. Creative-Education-Twitter-for-Teachers-Final.pdf. Creative-Education-Twitter-for-Teachers-Final.pdf. Twitter in K-8 Classroom- Globally Connected Learning. The Complete Guide To Twitter Hashtags In Education. What is a hashtag?
A word or phrase preceded by a “#.” How do hashtags work? Twitter can be a busy place with lots of tweets–and thus lots of “noise.” Educational Web Sites Twitter. Cybrary Man is a Twitterbrarian!
My Twitter Friends My RebelMouse Wording by @sjunkins Sign by Maureen Devlin @lookforsun Sign by @sjunkins. The A-Z Dictionary of Educational Twitter Hashtags. Whether you’re a new or seasoned Twitter user, you likely come across confusing hashtags that probably look like a bunch of nonsense.
First, What’s A Hashtag? The # symbol, called a hashtag, is used to mark keyword or topic in a Tweet. My 5 Biggest Twitter Tips. 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. That means it could be very difficult to manage for most full-time teachers, administrators, and really anyone who has responsibilities.
Like any social network, you should dip your toe in, spend some time absorbing, and then figure out if it can fit into your life. Make the Most of Your 140 Twitter Characters. Twitter, the ever faster growing social network, is famous for its “What are you doing?”
Question. You just type in what you’re currently doing, click update, and your message gets sent off to all your followers and friends. There is one catch, though, and that is that you have to describe what you’re doing in less than 140 characters. This can be extremely hard to do, especially if you have a lot of things to say, and a lot of people don’t even bother to sign up because of it. Creative Twitter Tools. Educational Web Sites Twitter. Twitter in the Classroom. As educators, we are preparing students to succeed in the real world.
That’s why it’s imperative for students to be taught not only the ‘fun’ parts of social media, but how to be responsible. Prior to integrating social media in the classroom, it’s crucial to understand both its power and limitations. In two previous blogs we discussed the advantages for using Twitter to create a strong network and how to leverage your PLN with hashtags. Once educators understand the power of Twitter for their own professional needs, the next step is to think about how it could be best utilized in the classroom. The following video (created by the University of Minnesota) showcases students from Roosevelt High School who are being engaged via social media. 10 Steps to Kick Start Your Twitter Network. Why Educators Should Join Twitter - Finding Common Ground. @Ideas_Factory The blog of Julian S. Wood-Mozilla Firefox. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
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Are you a tweetin’ teacher? Do you rely on tweets for your extended PLN ? Whether you use the service or not, there’s a whole world of information being shared and you should start taking part. T is for teaching. Tweet about me ... Aitken Creek Primary School student Campbell Walsh raised the above question about his NAPLAN results with the Prime Minister via Twitter. Photo: Jason South CAMPBELL Walsh was sick of waiting for his NAPLAN test results. ''I wanted to know how I'd done. It had already been about four months and I still hadn't got the results,'' says the year 5 student from Aitken Creek Primary in the outer Melbourne suburb of Craigieburn. In another era, Campbell might have been told to sit down and be quiet.
Twitter, which has been described as the ''SMS of the internet'', enables users to send messages of 140 characters or less. Spink then sent it on her iPad using the class Twitter account @acps456. Advertisement Welcome to the social media revolution. According to the American author and international speaker on digital media, Erik Qualman, social media has become the number one activity on the web. Despite this, Spink's use of social media in the classroom is still unusual.