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Twitter for Teaching Professional
This document discusses using Twitter for teaching and learning. It provides examples of how teachers can use Twitter to prepare for lessons by getting feedback on ideas from other teachers, engage students during class by having students tweet questions and comments, and facilitate reflection after class through linking tweets to blogs. While some argue teachers don't have time for Twitter, the document counters that it doesn't require constant connection and can be used in ways that fit any schedule. By making resources and discussions accessible via Twitter, teaching and learning can continue beyond the classroom.
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- 1. Twitter for theTeaching Professional My Personal Experience
- 2. The averageTwitter user? My (old) personal opinions...
- 3. How can oneservice be useful to me and him? Rhett Moir - "Music Technology Lecturer" v Chris Crocker - "Britney Spears Superfan" Rhett Moir Chris Crocker 189 YouTube views 354 Facebook Friends 27 Followers on Twitter 31,626,870 YouTube Views 1,627,987 Facebook Friends 94,561 Followers on Twitter
- 4. " Ablogger is an average person who happens to have a need to count his friends every half hour " Robert Brault Blogger All Blogger's?
- 5. How canyou use Twitter?
- 6. However youwant...
- 7. Some Examples Promotion Networking Personal Branding Finding and advertising Services Reading News Notify Customers Provide live Coverage Teaching and Learning Taken From - http://www.doshdosh.com/ways-you-can-use-twitter/
- 8. How can youuse Twitter for teaching and learning?
- 9. However youwant...
- 10. In Preparationfor a session "As a teacher, I've realised Twitter has real potential" - Phil Beadle .The Guardian - 9th March 2010 "h aving access to a ready network of peers means you have the ability to run ideas by people, get them peer-reviewed, so to speak. And if producing, for instance, a scheme of work, or an observed lesson, you can ask for and get immediate feedback as to where the best research has been done on this subject" whilst I was presparing this presentation a Twitter user asked a question. 11 minutes later she had the amount of responses she needed
- 11. In thesession Dallas History Professor, Monica Rankin, has found an interesting way to use Twitter in the classroom. "Rankin uses a weekly hashtag to organize comments, questions and feedback posted by students to Twitter during class. Some of the students have downloaded Tweetdeck to their computers, others post by SMS or by writing questions on a piece of paper. Rankin then projects a giant image of live Tweets in the front of the class for discussion and suggests that students refer back to the messages later when studying. "
- 12. For Reflection Twittercan be linked to a personal or professional blog which allows you to reflect and assess the strengths and weaknesses of your session. It also allows you to follow other teachers or professionals in a certain filed and gain an insight into their professional life. You can be as open or as closed as you feel comfortable.
- 13. " What wehave to do is deliver to people the best and freshest most relevant information possible. We think of Twitter as it's not a social network, but it's an information network. It tells people what they care about as it is happening in the world " Evan Williams CEO and founder of Twitter Twitter is not Social Networking?
- 14. How I useit New Technique for the software I teach on daily Learn Connected Updates from Guradian, BBC, and the Times about educational news the second its uploaded Networking Online record company I work with Debate Really??
- 15. How do Ifind the time? - You don't need to be always connected Taken from - headrush.typepad.com Your Choice On your PC On your Phone Through your games console On your TV On your Laptop/Tablet On your alarm clock (really!) Whatever works for you personally
- 16. Reasons to findthe time - Not to be left behind Pupils to study Twitter and blogs in primary schools shake-up The proposals would require: • Children in England to leave primary school familiar with blogging, podcasts, Wikipedia and Twitter as sources of information and forms of communication. They must gain "fluency" in handwriting and keyboard skills, and learn how to use a spellchecker alongside how to spell Polly Curtis , education editor The Guardian , Wednesday 25 March 2009
- 17. Reasons to findthe time - To engage our students The Average Teenager, our customer A British research group (www.cybersentinel.co.uk)compiled the information based on 150,000 reples. It found that, on the whole, teens spend some 31 hours per week online , or, if we were to divide that evenly between the days of the week, that’s around 4.4 hours per day online. Teens spend 3.5 hours a week instant messaging their friends, two hours on YouTube, and three hours a week on homework help. The rest of the time is spent surfing, message boards and using the sites displayed above. Based on hits to www.twitter.com, most twitter users never go there. Actual number much higher
- 18. In Summary... "Why should teaching and learning finish when the session does? By sharing our resources, research material and ideas via a service like Twitter, it allows on demand access for students and staff to learn, share and be engaged in teaching and learning, at their own pace" Rhett Moir
Editor's Notes
- #2 Recently started using Twitter Not a big fan of facebook How much can you learn in 140 characters Fit this in to my day Not a big fan of celebs
- #3 One of the most follwed on Twitter, all users like this? How can one function be used by me and him? Compare
- #4 Chris Crocker represents internet blogger? The definition of a modern day blogger
- #5 Like most sterotypes, there is an element of truth But a small percentage of bloggers on the internet, are a lot of people What I learnt
- #6 Simple concept, unlimted ways to use it
- #8 Use personal examples There are many other ways to use it Concentrate on teaching and learning
- #11 Unlike searching on the interent , the advice given is personalised to you and from people in the same profession. mostly not behind a veil of secrecy Example right, Padmasree Warrior CTO of Cisco getting ideas for a leadership presentation
- #12 Theme weeks in college, group tutorials, induction process Any student with a phone, or PC can particpate during the week Should teaching be confined to the session times?
- #13 Incorpate Twitter and or bloggin into your reflection
- #14 Peronsalised stream of information on demand and immediate Extended Network of friends, associets, celebs, professional in your field. combination of all these.
- #15 Implement new techniques learnt into sessions when approriote no time to read a newspaper every day, parts that are relevent can be sent to me instantly Follow projects and companies I work with Hear all sides of the argument with little or no bias from the companies, not a press release Finding the time
- #16 crude chart becomes part of my daily online routine replaces some of the traditional old media formats, print. becomes very addictive, not wanting to be out of the "loop"
- #17 With new government in places plans could change, both party leaders are on twitter This is at primary school level If we a are a vocational college, we need to meet the needs of the modern learner or the modern employer Rarely use a pen and paper at all now. Same with friends in other businesses
- #18 question validity of data due to online nature of survey chart only includes the website, myself, paul and others never visit the site, instead use apps. So actual data much much higher. Spped of change, 2 years ago Myspace was by far the most used social network site Not on company of service can control the web summary
- #19 Takes time to see how it can benifit you in day to day life...ive made it this far etc Invaluable, for teaching helpful, but for improving my knowledge in my subject, insight into whats happenign in eeducation at a higher level Saves me time daily by having information come to me rather than searhcing for the information Feeling conected and more like a professional in a largte profession. Less isolated in a college