Twitter for Educators

by Sidneyeve Matrix on May 23, 2009

Introduces some educational uses of twitter.

Introduces some educational uses of twitter.

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Juan Ramon Lacalle , Teacher at University of Seville (Spain) 2 years ago
eric delcroix , Direction d’entreprise et maître de conf. associé at Ed Productions, Blog en Nord, Université Lille3 Tags ducation twitter 2 years ago
Susan McClements , college instructor at National College 2 years ago
Mary Zedeck , Instructional Designer at Seton Hall University Tags education twitter 2 years ago
philk 2 years ago
hueyzher 2 years ago
Jennifer Kim , Advertisng at Sigma Group Tags twitter 3 years ago
Graham Brown (mobileYouth) , Author & Director at mobileYouth - youth mobile culture 3 years ago
Sophie vd Walt , Search Librarian at University of South Africa (UNISA) Tags twitter 3 years ago
Maggie Verster , Educational consultant/maths teachers/web2.0 activist at WWWSolutions/ICT4Champions Tags school2.0 twitter 3 years ago

twitter social networking microblogging introduction & educational uses Dr. Sidney Eve Matrix Queen’s University Film & Media @sidneyeve on twitter
tweets 140 characters
9.3M more than doubled February-March 2009
top demographic: 45-54 year olds source: comScore April 2009
inside twitter user profile
search function follow trends & conversations
twitter uses considered in mainstream media
and in academic media
twitter can be used for trend analysis
find case studies for your class and monitor your own research topics http://www.trackingtwitter.com/brands
compare trends http://twist.flaptor.com
data visualization
tracking conversations with hashtags(#)
#nhl
newsfeeds
twitter can be used for studying branding
and for understanding crowdsourcing
as well as to create local & international networks
and to engage the backchannel in F2F meetings image credit Laughing Squid on flickr
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