The document provides a comprehensive guide on using Twitter as a tool for education, detailing its features and engaging activities for users to enhance their learning experience. It emphasizes creating personal accounts, participating in discussions, and utilizing Twitter for gathering feedback and building a personal learning network. Various suggested activities encourage users to explore Twitter's capabilities and integrate them into classroom settings effectively.

1. This is a modified, updated rendition in translation of the presentation of Caterina Polinco (http://www.slideshare.net/catepol/twitter-nella-didattica)

2. What is TWITTER? http://viralms.com/images/happy-birthday-twitter.png It ’ s free It ’ s a Social network/Microblogging service Users can create share, Launched in July 2006

3. What can TWITTERERs do? http://viralms.com/images/happy-birthday-twitter.png engage in synchronous & asynchronous CMC engage in individual & community language use belong to the classroom & beyond

4. Why use Twitter? http://viralms.com/images/happy-birthday-twitter.png What are your goals?

5. ACTIVITY 1 Create your account on www.twitter.com Send a tweet

7. Reply to the question “ What ’ s happening? ” Write your post (max 140 characters) Click Tweet & send

8. ACTIVITY 2 Personalize your profile http://www.twitter.com/settings/profile

9. Update using “ Settings ” (under your name) Your Bio must be brief – 160 characters here! Select your avatar (a pic would be ideal) Share without oversharing ;)

10. Select a them from Twitter OR Design your own using one of these sites FreeTwitterDesigner.com TwitBacks.com MyTweetSpace.com PrettyTweet.com Artweet.com

11. ACTIVITY 3 Use search at top of page to find me (iVenus) Follow me

13. ACTIVITY 4 On the home page or from http://search.twitter.com/ Search for topics/themes Keywords Hash tags: #hashtag Observe the trends

14. http://search.twitter.com

15. http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/connexions

16. ACTIVITY 5 If you read an interesting tweet, RT (retweet) it using: RT @username Mention (aka Reply): Reply to someone using @username

18. ACTIVITY 6 DM: send a direct messagge: D username + text (PS user MUST follow you to send DM) Mark a tweet as favorite (click on the star)

19. ACTIVITY 7 Create a list for a PLN (personal learning network)

21. pedagogical & pragmatic stance knowledge exchange, curating, wayfinding, crowdsourcing, collaboration, problem solving personal learning network/environment (PLN/PLE)

22. http://www.cybraryman.com/edhashtags.html

23. http://www.twibes.com/group/WorldLanguages More tools to create a pin By geographical location? By influential status? By common interest?

24. Ideas? http://www.flickr.com/photos/victoriapeckham/164175205 USING TWITTER WITH STUDENTS?

25. Class chatter Classroom community Get a sense of the World Track a Word Track a Conference Instant Feedback @academhack ’ s ideas

26. Have them brainstorm ideas and post them for feedback Use polls and hashtags to get instant feedback Have them ask questions and get feedback from a larger community of experts In class --- and beyond

27. WHAT are you going to do? WHEN are you going to do it? With WHICH class(es)? WHAT do you need to do to prepare? HOW will you assess/evaluate it? http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomswift/4837657/ ACTION PLAN in class