Workshop on Twitter at Scientix Conference Brussels May 2011

1. TwitterWhat, Why and How ScientixConference BrusselsMay 7th, 2011 @tarukekkonen

2. 5-year oldmicrobloggingservice Interactionbetweenpeople and organisations Featuresfromblogs, chats, discussionforums and e-mails Based on messagesnotmorethan 140 characters long Status updates (whatareyoudoing / what’s happening / what’s on yourmind) Moreaboutlisteningthanshouting What

3. March 21st 2006 firsttweetby @jack 3 years, 2 months and 1 day– the timefromfirst to billionthtweet 1 week – the timeitnowtakes for users to send a billiontweets 140 million - the averagenumber of tweetspeoplesend a daynow (March 2011) 460 000 - average number of new accounts per day http://blog.twitter.com/2011/03/numbers.html Twitter in Numbers

7. Connectwithpeoplewithsharedinterests Follow news + events Discussworkwithcolleagues Find help from outside yourworkingcommunity Tellotherswhatgetsyourattentionrightnow Buildyour PLN (personallearningnetwork) Integrate in teaching What for?

8. Beinteresting and interested Sharelinks Ask for help Reply Retweet Mention and use #hashtags Promoteothers (includingyourstudents’ work) Informaboutyourupcomingevents ”Youarewhatyoutweet”

9. Tweet – an individualpost / to send an individualpost @username – an openmessage for one of yourfollowers’ attention DR = DirectMessage – a privatemessagedirectly and only to one of yourfollowers RT = Retweet – to forwardsomeoneelse’stweet to yourfollowers #Hashtag – a tagthathelpstrackthemes and discussions TwitterTerminology

10. @tarukekkonen included in a tweetmeansthatsomeonewants to tell me somethingorwants me to noticesomething @mention

11. Reply to someone’stweetbyclicking the reply-buttonbelow the message (includes the @) reply

12. Retweet (RT) interestingtweetsfromotherusers to yourfollowers retweet

14. Producingcontent

15. ConstructingknowledgeLearningcommunicationskills Collaborationwithothers Connectingstudentswithpeers, teachers and professionals Building personallearningnetwork (PLN) What’s in there for students?

16. Engages the learners in moreactiveways (fromreceivers to producers) Easy to trackeachstudent’sparticipation The processbecomesvisible and is easy to evaluateifneeded Connects the students to a world of knowledge, experts and resources Opens the schooldoors / expands the communicationbeyondclassroom For Teachers

17. Lettingparentsknowwhatyou, yourschool and yourstudentsareup to Opening a window to the school life Once the studentsarehooked, theydon’tevennoticetheystartsharingtheirschool life withtheirparents For Parents

19. Informationliteracy

20. ICT literacyThinking and problemsolvingskills Interpersonal and self-directionalskills 21st CenturySkills

21. Making content relevant to students’ lives Bringing the world into the classroom Taking the students out into the world Creating opportunities for students to interact with each other, with teachers and with other knowledgeable adults in authentic learning experiences Source: http://www.thesmartbean.com/magazine/21st-century-skills-magazine/what-are-21st-century-skills/ How to supporttheseskills at school

22. Easy to use All about interaction Promotes networking Available on multiple devices Free At its best when mobile ButwhyTwitter?

23. Shareyourexperiences at thisconference via Twitter? Hashtag is #scientix Report on whatyoufindinteresting (in order to rememberitlater, too) Report on whatyouthinkothersmightfindinteresting Sharetips and links Give feedback to the organizers and speakers Reply to others Retweetinterestingtweets Beconcise = stick to 140 characters Whynottweethere and now?

24. More on http://moodle.scientix.eu Taru Kekkonen Twitter @tarukekkonen Emailtaru.kekkonen@otavanopisto.fi Skypetaruottawasta Thanks, tweetyousoon!