Twitter for educators

Banal twi)erings? Or powerful tool for educators.

What is it? Image source: h)p://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/keiya/3255575238/ (keiyac on Flickr) •  What are you doing? •  140 Characters •  Links •  Photos

Image source h)p://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/moN/183678981/ (R. MoN on Flickr)

The Banal

The useful

My Twi)er page

My proﬁle

Tweets that menUon me

The ‘language’ of Twi)er # “ R T @

ConversaUons and talking @name

R T •  •  •  •  RetweeUng ‘Liking’ Sharing Esteeming Amplifying “ Image source: h)p://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/youngdoo/512019190/ (youngdoo on Flickr)

Retweets

Topics/hashtags # Image source h)p://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/mikecogh/5941302441/ (mikecogh on Flickr) •  ApprenUce #apprenUce •  QuesUon Time #bbcqt •  UKEdchat #ukedchat •  Conferences and events #ngﬂconf •  #byey6

Hashtagged topics

EmoUcons (No oﬀense!) I’m smiling I’m winking :-‐) I’m shocked ;-‐) :-‐O :^) ;) I’m Homer Simpson :) (_8(|)

Keeping it brief How do you ﬁt this: h)p://www.google.co.uk/search? q=homer+simpson+emoUcon&rls=com.microson:en-‐gb:IE-‐SearchBox&ie=UTF-‐8&oe=UTF-‐8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7GZAZ_en&redir_esc=&e i=6BonTsCHBpK5hAfs3aSKCg …into a tweet? h)p://bit.ly.com

Schools that tweet

Classes that tweet

Image source: h)p://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/92919222@N00/45331822/ (atenon Flickr)

Managing things Image source: h)p://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/verbeeldingskr8/3638834128/ (verbeeldingskr8 on Flickr)

Follower management Image source: h)p://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/kingstongal/426298818/ (napaneegirl on Flickr) •  Check each new follower •  Look who people are talking to •  Look at lists •  Look who follows who

Twi)er in your pocket

Some golden rules Image source: h)p://www.flickr.com/photos/gordonflood/1922343481/ (gordonflood.com on Flickr)

Image source: h)p://www.flickr.com/photos/botafogo/5754582892 ( botafogo on Flickr) Image source h)p://www.flickr.com/photos/billward/3060318308/ (Bill Ward’s Brickpile on Flickr) Not possible BT (Before Twi)er) Image source h)p://www.flickr.com/photos/harrypo)s/4758224265/ ( Harry Po)s on Flickr)

Further reading h)p://ianaddison.net/?p=80 h)p://bit.ly/jycFKi h)p://bit.ly/lUnLuy My recommended ﬁrst 50 or so people to follow h)p://bit.ly/ghUzuQ

Twitter for educators

by dughall on Jul 25, 2011

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