The Social Media Pedagogy: Welcome to my Twitter-verse

1. @profBwilmu
Kristen L. Bender: Assistant Professor/Chair
2016 Northeast E-Learning Consortium
THE SOCIAL MEDIA PEDAGOGY:
WELCOME TO MY TWITTER-VERSE

2. What isTwitter?
■ A social network that provides real-time communication
– ITweet, you reply, the conversation begins…
■ A microblog that provides micro-bits of information
– Article links, hot topics, breaking news!, photos, videos

3. Twitter-facts
■ Katy Perry is the most followedTweeter with 84 million followers
■ YouTube is the most followed brand onTwitter
■ The official name of theTwitter bird  Larry
■ Three years, two months, one day  time between the very first tweet and the billionth
■ There are over 500 million tweets per day
■ More than 2 billion twitter users, 288 million monthly active users
■ Ellen DeGeneres’ viral tweet at the Oscars led to over 3 million ‘retweets’

5. Twitter Basics
@USERNAME
TWEET
RETWEET
FEED
#HASHTAG
MENTION
@profBwilmu
$CASHTAG

6. Why would an educator useTwitter?

7. “Tweach Me”
■ Create a running news feed in Blackboard
■ Tweet assignments (#yourclasssectionhere)
■ Hashtag tracking
■ Post sample questions
■ Post supplemental materials
■ Twitter polls
■ Network with other educators and build a learning community
■ Follow other educational leaders
■ ____ of the Day
■ Publicize your work

8. Educator
Resources
■ Follow onTwitter:
– @Blackboard
– @educationweek
– @chronicle
– @onlinecourse
– @creativelive
– @HuffPostEdu
■ Hashtag search:
– #Education (general education)
– #edtech (technology in education)
– #profdev (professional development)
– #highered (higher education)
– #passiondriven (passion driven educators)
■ Websites:
– Kathy Schrock’s Guide to Everything
– DavidTruss: Pair-a-dimes for your thoughts – reflection on education, technology and learning
– Popular Education Hashtags
– Twitter for Educators: A beginner’s guide

9. QUESTIONS?