25 Ways To Get The Most Out Of Twitter Twitter may very well be the single most important tool for teachers right now. Considering many are not even using the service, that says a lot about how effective the platform is for learning, engaging, development, and more. In an effort to make sure you are getting the most out of Twitter, we’ve compiled a very lengthy list of tips and tricks. That long list is coming out tomorrow morning but we thought you’d enjoy our hand-picked choices. See Also: 45 Simple Twitter Tips Everyone Should Know About Katie and I went through our list and narrowed it down to the top 25. Follow folks who are interesting to you. Just tweet!
5 redenen waarom Twitter in het onderwijs werkt! Bij de combinatie tussen onderwijs en Twitter krimpen de meeste mensen ineen. Wat maak het nu uit dat kinderen weten wat Kanye West eet, hoelaat Lil Wayne het toilet bezoekt en hoeveel paar pumps Beyonce in de kast heeft staan? Twitter, andere sociale media en internet in het algemeen leiden kinderen alleen maar af van de kern van onderwijs. Namelijk het onderwijs ontvangen op scholen. Nee, dat e-learning zien we niet allemaal als gat in de markt, en al helemaal niet in combinatie met Twitter of andere sociale media. Uit onderzoek blijkt dat Twitter in het onderwijs werkt! 1. Verder zijn er de vele derden die het mogelijk maken om door afbeeldingen, video’s, petities, etc de teksten te versterken. Zelf ben ik absoluut nog niet overtuigd van het onderwijs via Twitter.
Twitter - A Necessity for Educators in 2012 - Texas Principal Twitter A Necessity for Educators in 2012 “Twitter won’t change your life, but it might make your job more fun and a little easier” - NEA What is Twitter? Twitter is an online social networking site which allows users to send and receive messages of up to 140 characters. Why should I join Twitter? Have your students and parents follow you on Twitter where you can post reminders about quizzes/tests, upcoming field trips, websites to check out, reminders about homework, etc.Hold “Twitter Chats” with your students. Key Lingo: Tweet - a tweet is just the way to say you posted something on Twitter. Some great hashtags to follow are #edchat #edtech #ntchat Educators really can’t afford to NOT be on Twitter. Follow us on Twitter! @The3TechNinjas @TechNinjaTodd @TechNinjaStacey
20 Innovative Ways High Schools Are Using Twitter – Technology in Education 17 Ways to Visualize the Twitter Universe I just created a new Twitter account, and it got me to thinking about all the data visualization I've seen for Twitter tweets. I felt like I'd seen a lot, and it turns out there are quite a few. Here they are grouped into four categories - network diagrams, maps, analytics, and abstract. Network Diagrams Twitter is a social network with friends (and strangers) linking up with each other and sharing tweets aplenty. Twitter Browser Twitter Social Network Analysis The ebiquity group did some cluster analysis and managed to group tweets by topic. Twitter Vrienden Twitter in Red I'm not completely sure how to read this one. Twitter Network Maps When you create a Twitter account, you can enter where you are located, so in my case, I put New York. TwiterVision Yeah, it's a Google Maps mashup, but a bit better than what you're used to seeing. TwitterVision3d It's TwitterVision taken to the next dimension. Analytics TweetStat TweetVolume TwitStat TwitterMeter Abstract 24 o'clocks TweetPad
Twitter as a Metacognitive Support Device by Alan Reid “If student satisfaction, engagement, and metacognitive awareness are all part of your definition of a successful course, then Twitter may be an option for you.” Integrating social media into academia is not a novel idea. And since you are reading this, chances are you probably have been utilizing some feature of social media in the classroom for years. What is more interesting is asking why academia should exploit social media and, more specifically, Twitter. Some learners are effective at self-regulation; that is, they guide their learning through metacognition – thinking about their own learning – and through strategic action and evaluation of their own progress. Increasing metacognitive awareness (knowing what you know, and what you don’t know) is critical for better self-regulation. What is a metacognitive support device? In a paper written in 2000, Ward Cates delineates two types of metacognitive support: static/directive support and dynamic/interactive support. Four types of tweets
Twitterize Yourself Into an Infographic The new website called Visual.ly announced it went live yesterday. It is billing itself as the place to create beautiful visualizations in minutes and instantly apply the graphics of top designers to create an infographic of your information -- or as they call it, a push-button approach to a visualization creation. Unfortunately, this part is coming soon. However, its Twitterize Yourself visualization lab is open, ready to use, and oh, what fun. Essentially, you plug in your twitter handle, select a few customization options, decide if you want a “solographic” or a “faceoff” with another tweeter, and click to create.
GroupTweet | Helping groups communicate privately via Twitter - Twitter Groups are here! 15 handy Twitter tips and tricks | TechRadar Twitter's immediacy and ability to put people in direct contact make it a powerful tool, but there's much more to it than simple status updates, retweets and replies. Here are 15 Twitter tips to help you to get more from your account. 1. Run a Twitter search Browse to and enter your keywords in the search bar. The results are sorted by time of posting, with the most recent first. 2. A simple search may be enough for most occasions, but sometimes you need to dig a bit deeper to get high quality results that are relevant to you. Follow the link marked 'Advanced search' and you can specify the location of the tweets returned and a date range. 3. If you've been using Twitter for some time, you may be surprised by the number of tweets you've accumulated. Backing up your tweets is a sensible precaution to take so you have a local copy in case anything goes wrong. 4. If you'd rather entrust your tweets to a cloud based service, try Tweet Backup. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
Professionaliseer jezelf als docent via Twitter « Maatschappijleer, ict en meer Twitter? Is dat niet dat gedoe waar mijn leerlingen steeds mee bezig zijn? Ja, misschien wel. Maar dan mis je wel het grote geheel: Twitter is een uitstekend middel om jezelf als docent te professionaliseren. Heel flauw misschien: begin met het maken van een account op Twitter. Volg je leerlingen Een goede docent weet wat er bij zijn leerlingen speelt. Volg collegae Het zal je verbazen hoeveel van je collega’s op Twitter zitten. #dtv Weet je het antwoord niet op een prangend vraagstuk? Externen Er zijn een heleboel mensen bezig op onderwijsgebied die niet meer direct voor de klas staan, maar wel een schat aan ervaring hebben. Organisaties e.d. Het loont de moeite om allerlei organisaties te volgen die je interesse hebben of op jouw vakgebied actief zijn. Inspiratie John Moravec (@moravec), Ken Robinson (@SirKenRobinson), TED, do I need to say more? Kortom: mis de boot niet en stap in.