Teaching with Twitter - Presentation to educators on how to teach with Twitter.
Teaching with Twitter - Presentation to educators on how to teach with Twitter. Includes examples, case studies, links to resources, and teachers / social media experts to follow and learn with.
“Social Media is like teen sex.
Everyone wants to do it, nobody
knows how. When it’s finally
done, there is a
surprise it’s not better”
Avinash Kaushick,
Analytics Evangelist, Google
What is Twitter?
Like text messaging & instant messaging
140 characters at a time
Status updates, conversations, breaking news
(primarily first hand accounts)
Usernames:
@__________
Ex. @DR4WARD
Twitter Lingo
Verb: tweet DM: Direct
messages
Followers
RT: Re-tweet
@: Replies #: Hash tag
How to tweet
Twitter.com
Apps for your computer
TweetDeck, twirl
Apps for your BlackBerry/iPhone
TwitterBerry, TinyTwitter, TwitterFon,
Tweetie
Text messages on your cell
Companies small & large
Transforming/supplementing
customer service. See:
@jetblue
@comcastcares
@homedepot
@zappos
@amazondeals
Build a network
It’s only as good or as useful as
the network you build
start following people with similar
interests
converse with them
see who they follow
rinse & repeat
What should I tweet?
Not what you had for breakfast
Not about your latest stomach ailment
What should I tweet?
A book/article you’re reading
Research you’re doing
A conference you’re going to
Find others interesting in similar
topics/research areas
“It was the single thing that
changed the classroom
dynamics more than anything
I’ve ever done teaching.”
David Parry, assistant professor of Emerging Media
and Communications at the University
of Texas at Dallas
Supplement course material
Tweet links to additional readings on
the Web that relate to subject
matter – use course hashtag
(#BUS555)
http://twitter.com/VargasNWMktg/sta
tuses/1222721251
Increase Class Participation
Continue conversations inside and
outside of class
Reinforcement / connection
between the material and the real
“world.”
Create Lists / Groups
Newer on Twitter
Also some apps.
Classroom Community
More productive classroom
conversations
Class Feedback
Get instant feedback from the
class as it is occurring
Instant Feedback / Support
Ask live questions to Twitter
followers
Take Opinion Polls
With Twitter app tools like Polldaddy
http://twitter.polldaddy.com/
Search
Track a brand or word
http://search.twitter.com/
Ex: Starbucks VIA
Introduction
http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%22s
tarbucks+via%22
Monitor Current Events / News
Global - BBC
http://twitter.com/BBc
National - CNN Breaking News
http://twitter.com/cnnbrk
Local - Wood TV 8
http://twitter.com/woodtv
Track Industry Events / News
Industry - Advertising Age
http://twitter.com/ADAge
Business - Wall Street Journal
http://twitter.com/Wsj
Follow a Professional
Learn from the Pros
- Study how the pros do it.
@Armano
https://twitter.com/armano
@GuyKawasaki
http://twitter.com/guyKawasaki
@scottmonty
https://twitter.com/scottmonty
Assignments
Follow Live Interview / Blog
Twitter Interview with @DR4WARD
http://cindyking.biz/twitter-interview-
with-bill-ward/
#ckinterview
http://search.twitter.com/search?max_id
=4895776571&page=2&q=%23ckintervie
w&rpp=20
Study Geography
See who twitters where?
http://beta.twittervision.com/
http://twittermap.tv/
Some prof’s on Twitter
@digidemocracy @rdfrench
@greenhow @prprof_mv
@vargasl @hrheingold
@barbaranixon @academicdave
@BudGibson @sbjet
@DR4Ward @trezzaf58
Tips / Resources for Academics
50 Terrific Twitter Tutorials for Teachers
http://www.onlinecolleges.net/2009/09/22/
50-terrific-twitter-tutorials-for-teachers/
100 Serious Twitter Tips for
Academics
http://www.bestcollegesonline.com/blog/2009
/07/21/100-serious-twitter-tips-for-
academics/
Tips / Resources for Academics
How to Demo Twitter
http://holykaw.alltop.com/how-to-
demo-twitter
Laura M. Castro
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