Why should i care about twitter?

prior to:
printout twitter101 sheet for all participants
send an email re create a twitter account and
names and the form

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Why should I care about twitter?

Presentation for SDML administrators
Dec 19th, 2012

Rob Fisher,
Principal
École Riverside School
Thompson, Mb.


What is twitter like?



like a river analogy
information is ﬂowing like the water.
drink when your at the bank. if it goes by don’t worry about it

how fast is the river ﬂowing?


to give you an idea..... 1 shower...


in my fairly well developed Personal PLN - >1 shower = 40 tweets.....
there is not time to look at it all!

As a principal.......

What do
I do with twitter?


tell story of Brady and “it’s 100 day!”

It’s not just what am I doing........


although the original idea of twitter was to replicate the status update bar of facebook,
look what happens when you give a tool to a bunch of
creative teachers
who want to constantly reﬁne their craft
and get better at what they do....

It’s............
What’s happening in Education?



explain what people are looking at here
who sent the tweet, the text the link


whats a RT by rodd and the #unplugd12 hashtag

It’s............
People asking for help.


It’s............
Sharing previous professional learning


It’s............
Research


It’s............
Sharing what’s happening in your school


It’s............
Building community


It’s............
Sharing what’s happening right now



live on cbc radio

or about to happen very soon.....


It’s............
Sharing


It’s............
tweets leading to deeper thought
ie. Blogposts



talor malls presentation of a poem “what teachers make”
ideas for staff meetings

It’s............
upcoming PD opportunities


It’s............
Project ideas for my students



24 hour skype

Our world project


creating video, and remixing from around the world
Clarence Fisher - Snow Lake, MB. Canada, grade 7/8
Heather Durnin - Wingham Ontario Canada, grade 8
Jabiz Raisdana - Singapore, middle years English
Chrissy Hellyer - Bangkok Thailand, grade 3
Jody Hayes - Auckland New Zealand, 5/6 year olds
Marcello Mongardi - Muscat Oman
Rebekah Madrid, Yokohama Japan, grade 7
Rob Fisher, Thompson Manitoba Canada, grade 7
Jordy Whitmer, Birmingham Michigan, USA, grade 6 - 8
Jennifer Orr, Washington DC, grade 1

Let’s look @ my twitter feed... live right now


look @ via twitter.com

hands on portion
look at twitter.com
show how to send a tweet (shoutout request)
how to share a link (and shrink) (recent blogpost)
(include our shared hashtag #sdml2355)
a rt
what a list is (show our list)
show how to follow someone directly
searching twitter ie. daily5 story
what a hastag is ie. #cpchat
show how to search for a hashtag
show them my hootsuite stream
create an account


look @ via hootsuite

Suggestions to try during our hands on portion of
today’s session
Create a twitter account (if not already done so)

during the next 35 minutes, tweet any ?'s using the #sdml2355 hashtag

subscribe to the following lists
https://twitter.com/mbteachers/manitoba-educators
https://twitter.com/amckiel/manitoba-educators
https://twitter.com/RobCFisher/sdmlschoolleaderswhotweet

search twitter for a topic of your own interest

share a link to an interesting piece of information ie website, blogpost,youtube video etc
remember include the #sdml2355 hashtag

check out these hashtags for principals
#cpchat
#principals
#edleadership


questions

“learning is a
conversation”

What’s next?


http://mashable.com/guidebook/twitter/


Five-Minute Film Festival: Twitter
in Education

Twitter Search in Plain English

Twitter for Teachers -- What Do I Post?

Twitter Hashtag Basics for Education

Using Twitter to Build a PLN

etc


thanks
you can ﬁnd this presentation on
robcﬁsher.wikispaces.com


“twitter logo map 09” By flickr user The Next Web

“Fast river” By flickr user elleneka102

“Shower Head Water Drops 7-26-09 3” By flickr user stevendepolo

“PICT2547” (phone) By flickr user tuija

“40” By flickr user smet_dk

“Question mark” By flickr user Marco Bellucci

Credits Jen Ashby @jjash for orchestrating the 24 hour skype idea with her grade 5/6 class in
Austrailia

Clarence Fisher @glassbeed for building upon the “our day youtube project” and
organizing another version of the “our day project” for École Riverside grade 7 students
and others to participate and create with.

and thanks to our professional learning networks for providing many
examples to share.....


thanks also to Raman Job,
Manitoba Teachers Society
who did a similar presentation with me for
the Council Of School Leaders (COSL)


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