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  • + edunile Edu Nile 8 months ago
    some good ideas with valuable details, thanks for sharing.
  • + guest41c4e guest41c4e 9 months ago
    Brilliant - some great ideas here. Thanks a lot for sharing!
  • + ggrosseck Gabriela Grosseck 11 months ago
    A lot of good ideas to practice.Thanks for sharing its.
  • + etalbert NSW Department of Education 11 months ago
    Valuable show, clever blend of graphics and useful info. Thanks.
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  1. 140 Characters in Search of a Story Using Twitter in Language Arts
  2. “ Brevity is the soul of wit.” Polonius Hamlet II.ii
  3. “ Brevity is the soul of T wit ter .” (what he really meant)
  4. Participate via Twitter
    • http://twitter.com/sschwister
    • Tweet to @sschwister
    • Take notes
    • Post questions
    • Participate in activities
  5. What is microblogging?
    • Micro-blogging is a form of multimedia blogging that allows users to send brief text updates (say, 140 characters or fewer). . . .
    • Wikipedia
  6.  
  7. And why should we care?
    • “ Why would you subject your friends to your daily minutiae? And conversely, how much of their trivia can you absorb? The growth of ambient intimacy can seem like modern narcissism taken to a new, supermetabolic extreme….”
    • Clive Thompson
  8.  
  9. Strengths of microblogging
    • Concise
    • Metacognitive
    • Social & collaborative
    • Ephemeral
  10. Concise
    • “ Twitter’s 140-character limit provides a great framework for creating compact messages. Not that there’s anything wrong with being verbose; yet having taught writing, there’s much to be said for getting straight to the point .”
    • Chris Sessums
    • “ I like Twitter for its asynchronous, forced concision ….”
    • Barbara Ganley
  11. Metacognitive
    • “ I also want to explore students using tweets to send out questions and observations to the group while engaged in the "solo work" of the course--the reading and ruminating and writing that so often happens alone. How might sending links and notes this way deepen and broaden our learning experience together?”
    • Barbara Ganley
  12. Social and collaborative
    • “ Twitter and other constant-contact media create social proprioception. They give a group of people a sense of itself , making possible weird, fascinating feats of coordination .”
    • Clive Thompson
  13. Ephemeral
    • “ The power of twitter in the classroom lies in harnessing the instantaneous and ephemeral nature of the tool.”
    • Darren Kuropatwa
  14. Wait a second.
    • Q: What if Twitter is not an option at my school?
    • A: No problem. These ideas can work offline, too.
  15.  
  16. Twitter Basics
    • @replies - Public reply
    • RT - Re-Tweet
    • DM - Direct message
    • Tinyurl - Shorter is better
  17. Twitter Talk
    • What I’m doing
    • What I’m thinking
    • Sharing resources & links
    • Conversation via @replies
  18. Getting started
    • Sign up for free account at Twitter
    • Twitter in Plain English
    • The Big Juicy Twitter Guide
    • Blogging Sueblimely : Twitter for Beginners
  19. Use Twitter to bring literature into your classroom
  20. Intrigued by first lines?
  21. Classic literature, a line at a time
  22. New literature, a line at a time
  23. Use Twitter to prompt writing
  24. Daily writing ideas
  25. Use Twitter to collaborate
  26. Twittories, or Twitter stories
  27. Use Twitter to find an audience
  28. YouthVoices
  29. Flash fiction & tiny poetry
  30. Flash fiction
    • Wikipedia : “Fiction of extreme brevity”
    • Contains (or implies) traditional elements of fiction: character, plot, etc.
    • FlashFictionOnline
  31. For sale: baby shoes, never worn. Ernest Hemingway
  32. Novel in 12 Words or Less
    • Twelve-word novel win changes life. Fame, drugs, adultery, sorrow, tears, blood.
    • Obituary. First five words free, she thought. Charles dead. Yacht for sale.
    • Louise's love of poodles was overshadowed only by her love of barbecue.
    • On The Media’s 2007 Novel Challenge
  33. Tiny poetry: Twaiku
    • Twaiku: Haiku in 140 characters or less
    • Copyblogger Twaiku contest
    • A wandering ghost / My dead father cries “Uncle!” / I must have revenge.
    • “ I’m following you” / A compliment on Twitter / Not so in real life
  34. Tiny poetry: Twitku
    • Twitku: micro-haiku
    • 17 characters in 5/7/5 format
    • Tiny Poetry Society wiki
    • hello/twitter/verse
  35. Tiny poems by Diane Cordell
  36. It’s your turn.
    • Try your hand at a 12-word novel, twaiku, or twitku.
    • Tweet your composition to @sschwister
  37. Edmodo
    • Twitter for education
    • Private micro-blogging
    • No student email address needed
    • Teacher controls group settings
  38. Log in to Edmodo
    • Go to http://www. edmodo .com
    • Click “Student” link
    • Enter group code: ncu652
  39. Sample microblogging activity
    • “ Reading for the Gist.” Harvey & Goudvis, Strategies That Work (2000).
    • Use a variety of strategies to construct meaning
    • Ask questions, make connections, visualize, make predictions, synthesize
    • Notes used for reader response
  40. Lord of the Flies reader response
    • Read-aloud from Golding’s Lord of the Flies
    • During reading, note responses in Edmodo
    • Main ideas, questions, connections, predictions, inferences
  41. Standards-based lesson ideas
    • IRA/NCTE Standards for English Language Arts
    • K-12 MN Standards in Language Arts
      • Reading and Literature
      • Writing
      • Speaking, Listening, and Viewing
  42. Reading and Literature
    • Reading comprehension: QAR (Question-Answer Relationship) strategy: Twitter sticky notes
    • Understanding dialogue in dramatic works: Reimagine Shakespeare dialogue as Twitter exchange
    • Biographical study: Synthesize insights into subject through a-day-in-the-lifeTwitter postings
  43. Writing
    • Persuasive essay: A concise thesis statement in 140 characters
    • Research: Use microblogging to provide progress updates, organize ideas, evaluate resources
    • Audience and point of view: Use Twitter “scenarios” to develop understanding
  44. Speaking, Listening, & Viewing
    • Evaluate media sources: Twitter as citizen journalism
    • Social notetaking: Use microblogging to provide feedback for oral presentations
  45. What ideas do you have?
    • Post them at the 140 Characters in Search of a Story page .
    • Send them to me:
      • [email_address]
      • http://twitter. com/sschwister
  46. Additional reading & resources
    • NCTE Inbox: Twitter: 140-Character Professional Development and Writing Tool
    • Chris Sessums : Twitter Me This: Brainstorming Potential Educational Uses for Twitter
    • Darren Kuropatwa : Twitter: Ephemeral Learning Tool
    • Terry Freedman: Twittering in the classroom: some issues
    • Clive Thompson in Wired: How Twitter Creates a Sixth Social Sense
    • Clive Thompson in NYTimes .com: Brave New World of Digital Intimacy
    • Brian Stelten & Noam Cohem in NYTimes .com: Citizen Journalists Provided Glimpses of Mumbai Attacks
    • NPR’s On The Media: The Twitter Wire Service
  47. Contact Scott Schwister [email_address]

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