Handout given during a presentation given at Faculty Technology Day at Fordham 5/16/2011. Please visit my protopage for PDF version and additional resources: http://www.protopage.com/ktreglia#Untitled/Social_Media_in_Education

1. TWITTER
Share resources and links to events, news, and blog posts
Engage through dialog
Post real-time updates
examples Privacy and safety Basic Vocabulary
Looking for specific examples of twitter Just like any online tool, there are Twitterer/Tweeple: Twitter users
being used in higher-ed classrooms and as safety measures and precautions you Follower: Twitterer who tracks your tweets
a professional development tool? should take when tweeting: RT (ReTweet): resending another’s tweet
Here are a few ideas on how teachers are - enable/disable “tweet location” DM (Direct Message): tweet that is only
using Twitter: - use a secure password visible by the recipient
- track a conference - beware of spam @reply: sent to a specific user but visible
- classroom backchannel to all
- collaborative research bibliographies For guides and tips on using twitter #: hashtag designates a topic or event that
- open discussion safely: http://bit.ly/ld7btV can be followed
- follow academic/literary/political figures
- tweet questions for instant feedback
- invite experts to talk with hashtags
- promote causes and raise awareness Personal Learning Network
- collaborate with other classrooms Additional resources: Twitter is an excellent tool to use to create
- send announcements and reminders a Personal Learning Network (PLN). A PLN
is a group of friends, colleagues, or experts
Links to spreadsheets, lists, article and www.protopage.com/ktreglia with whom you exchange information and
posts with specific examples: www.twitter.com/kris10_ resources. For links to articles and blog
http://bit.ly/iH6eoA posts with advice to building and utilizing
your own PLN with Twitter:
http://bit.ly/kWkGJ9
articles and papers
A listing of scholarly papers and studies on
Twitter: http://bit.ly/jOSUpo tweeple and hashtags Twitter etiquette
A listing of directories and tools for Some simple do’s and don’ts of tweeting:
Articles about using Twitter in the classroom finding tweeple to follow:
or as a PLN tool: http://bit.ly/jgyZfe - Show, don’t tell and provide links
http://bit.ly/m8nv2u - Help and retweet others
Useful hashtags: - Humor and snark in moderation
- #edchat - Listen and engage in conversation
Tools - #highered - Don’t spam or over promote
- #smcedu - Pause between tweets
Most tweeple find it useful to use Twitter tools - Use hashtags
- #educause
such as Tweetdeck or TwitPic. Don’t forget to - Avoid automated tweets
- #edtech
start using a backup/archiving as well as a - Don’t blast others
notification system.
More about hashtags including a helpful
spreadsheet: For more advice and tips on how to tweet:
For links to lists of Twitter tools check out: http://bit.ly/lXDiPl
http://bit.ly/mBilhf
http://bit.ly/jQ8TKI
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We have technology, finally, that for the first time in human history allows people
to really maintain rich connections with much larger numbers of people.
~Pierre Omidyar
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