Twitter Presentation York

Twitter for Teachers
Mark Frydenberg, Bentley University
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Who Needs Twitter?
I Don’t Care What You Had for Lunch.

Twitter for Skeptics

socialnetworking

top 10
growth
Published: June 2, 2009
Source: Nielsen

@poll

twitterfall

twitterbasics
Who follows me
tweet
tweet
hashtag
retweet
retweet
Popular
short url
Shortened url
User gets a copy
User gets a copy
Who I follow
Who I follow
feed
feed

news

twitpic

uh oh

http://blog.mrtweet.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/the-story-of-twitter.jpg

view

world live web
How is twitter different from IM?

culture

giving

client
twhirl
tweetdeck
Client App vs Web App

search

#hashtags
Tagging
Metadata
Non-hierarchical,
collaborative organization

trends

#followfriday

topfollow friday
APIs
Data on the Web is forever

spinoffs

backchannel

follow

followlearning professionals

http://twitter.com/onlinecourse
https://twitter.com/EduCounselor

twitterholic

tips
People follow you when your tweets add value
Tweet when people will read
Use tweets to talk about other things you are doing (blog posts)
retweet

twitter for teachers
Benefits
Integrated, Mobile Learning
Illustrates several tech concepts
Connects people
Real world
Efficient microblogging
Backchannel
Effective for collaboration with teachers and students
Concerns
Always available
Tweets Stored forever
Time consuming
Privacy
Distracting
Prmtsbdgrmmrbczmsgs must be < 140 chr

Twitter for Teachers
Get Started
Create an Account
Complete Your Profile
Follow people
Get people to follow you!
Tweet
Twitter4Teachers Wiki
Get Going
Class Chatter
Community
Public Timeline
Follow a word or event
Ask for help
Follow professionals
Jot notes as they happen
Post images

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