25 Important Twitter Guides and Apps For Teachers Diving into a rich and overwhelming social network like Twitter can be difficult. I know of many teachers and academic-minded people who are still unsure about the merits of the tool or are simply unsure where to start. The following 10 (+1 bonus!) beginner’s guides to Twitter each do a tremendous job at informing without confusing. If you’re not new to Twitter and just want to take a refresher course in why you actually joined the network in the first place, you may want to check out any one of these guides. Clear & Helpful Guides To Twitter There are video tutorials, etiquette discussions, and even an entire introduction to the rules for newbies on Twitter. The Beginner’s Guide to Twitter . Great Twitter Apps For Teachers Now that you know what Twitter is and what it can do for education, why not try it? GroupTweet . Help Expand This List!
36 of Our Favorite #Education Hashtags - Getting Smart by Getting Smart Staff - edchat, edreform, EdTech Terry Heick at TeachThought recently published “The 20 Top #Hashtags in Education.” We liked it so much that we decided to compile our own list of favorites. (*Includes overlap from Heick’s list.) Priority Hashtags #EdChat*#EdTech*#DigLN#SmartSeries#EdPolicy#BlendedLearning#OnlineLearning#EdLeaders#STEM*#EduVC#HigherEd#EdReform Others to Eye #OpenBlend#OER#JiJimath#mathchat*#scichat*#STEMwire#eInstruct#Cworks#CommonCore#CCCSS#FlippedClassroom#FlipClass#innovation#IOLchat#EdEquality#CharterSchools#ntchat*#mlearning*#elearning*#engchat*#LRNchat*#education*#teacher#edu What hashtags are you following in the education space? The 2012 A-Z List Of Educational Twitter Hashtags We got so many additions and updates to our 2011 list we thought it was time to bring you the most up-to-date list for 2012. So, without further ado, here’s the 2012 A-Z list of educational Twitter hashtags. We went through all the comments on the 2011 version , wrote down all the Twitter and Facebook updates, and compiled this list over the course of several months. What follows is our best effort to bring you the biggest and baddest list of hashtags. I’m sure we still missed some as new hashtags seemingly pop up every day. First, some background to get you up to speed on what the heck a hashtag is. First, What’s A Hashtag? Whether you’re a new or seasoned Twitter user, you likely come across confusing hashtags that probably look like a bunch of nonsense. The # symbol, called a hashtag, is used to mark keyword or topic in a Tweet. For example, the popular #edchat hashtag is used by thousands of users every Tuesday. How To Hide Your Hashtag Chat From Followers Sources Technology
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!" Tom Whitby shares some meaningful advice in his blog, My Island View, in which he defines What's A Connected Educator? I could not agree more with Nancy and her straightforward tweet about technology integration. Thank you David for sharing this outstanding quote. Wow! "It's about your kids' future, not yours! There is nothing like a tweet that speaks the indisputable truth.
Twitscoop - Stay on top of twitter! - Search twitter, twitter client, hot trends Ecrire en 140 caractères : la twittérature, gadget ou nouveau genre ? Twitter a vu le jour en 2006. A l'origine, la plateforme gratuite de microblogging, qui rassemble aujourd'hui environ un demi-milliard de personnes, est conçue pour l'écriture et la diffusion de messages de 140 caractères maximum. Mais, petit à petit, un usage alternatif, plus créatif se fait jour et les formules ciselées envahissent la twittosphère, un peu sur le modèle des keitai shosetsu (de roman"/shosetsu - et "mobile"/keitai), textes japonais rédigés par SMS. Bien que pleinement inscrits dans le numérique, les twittérateurs revendiquent leur place dans une histoire littéraire jalonnée des contraintes que s'imposent les auteurs, de l'Ouvroir de Littérature Potentielle (OuLiPo) aux cadavres exquis des surréalistes en passant par les haïkus japonais ou les Nouvelles en trois lignes de Félix Fénéon. Micronouvelles érotiques Micronouvelles érotiques, twiller (thriller sur Twitter, inventé par l'Américain Matt Ritchell), microcontes... ont ainsi vu le jour sur Twitter, explique M.
Tweepi :: manage your Twitter account How to Decode a Tweet When you first start using Twitter, one of the things you have to figure out is how to decode Tweets. What does each part represent? What does it mean when a word starts with a #? Below is a Tweet as it might be displayed on the Twitter website when viewed on a computer. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. It's good etiquette to mention the original Tweeter of a Tweet in an RT, as was done in the example above. 10. 11. 12. 13.