Twitter - A Powerful Collaboration Tool for Teachers

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a powerful
collaboration
tool for
teachers

twitter eric langhorst
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I use Twitter
often and find
it a very useful
tool

I use Twitter I have a Twitter
often and find account but
it a very useful don’t use it
tool ...

I use Twitter I have a Twitter
often and find account but
it a very useful don’t use it
tool ...

I use Twitter I have a Twitter
often and find account but
it a very useful don’t use it
tool ...

Twitter is about more than just what you ate for breakfast…
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American History Teacher
South Valley Jr. High School
Liberty, Missouri

Faculty – Park University
College of ...

www.ericlanghorst.com/mcss2012

www.ericlanghorst.com/mcss2012
www.ericlanghorst.com/mcss2012

you can send yourself an e-mail to be
delivered in ...

What is social media?
Forms of electronic communication (as web
sites for social networking and
microblogging) through whi...

power of social media is that it
is a two way street

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social media in the news

Netflix Backlash

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Twitter
social networking site which allows
users to share messages, limited to
140 characters at a time

Launched in July...

200 million registered users
350 million tweets a day
100 million active users each
month
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Great statistics but can this help me
as a classroom teacher?

YES
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tweet vocabulary
reply
hashtags tweet

chats retweet
follow follower
direct message

tweet
a posting which can be text, a link to
a website, a photo or combination –
140 character limit

follow
when you “follow” someone you can
view their tweets

followers
when someone “follows” you they
can see all of you...

reply
answering
someone’s
tweet,
including their
Twitter name,
everyone can
see

direct message
sending someone a message, only
that person can see, they must be
following you

a little like
sending an
e...

retweet
passing along someone else’s tweet
to your followers – passing along
good information

So, how do you keep up with all
these tweets?

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The river will flow, with or without
you watching it.

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Need a way to “trap” the information
that is important to you.
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hashtags
allows you to find specific themes
or topics, people include hashtags
within their tweets

#royals
#historyteache...

You can check out tweets from this
conference by checking hashtag:

#mosocialstudies2012

and follow MCSS:

@mo...

chats
a scheduled time at which Twitter
followers discuss a common theme
and use a common hashtag

can participate live or...

anyone can follow the chat
conversation if they do a search for
the same hashtag

#sschat
#sschat (social studi...

chats are archived
so one can
participate live
(synchronous
learning)
or view the archive
when they c...

archive of January 9, 2012 social studies chat
current events in social studies

once you have a Twitter account you
can use other applications to
customize the information and
organize it h...

many apps are available for tablets,
i-Pads, cell phones

examples
surprising what can happen when
you share your lesson for the day

different than e-mail because not
an ex...

finding people to follow

- lurk and see who is talking about
topics which interest you

- check out chats

- check follow...

cultivate your followers

next steps
be a lurker, don’t need an account

next steps
- set up an account, use with friends
and not just celebrities

a powerful
collaboration
tool for
teachers

twitter eric langhorst
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