What is the potential use of twitter within the educational setting. Case study in a 11-18 high school in the UK

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Twitter and education
Presentation to SBHS Innovation group
3rd May 2012
James Wilson
@sbhshistory
@sbhsmrwilson

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What is Twitter?

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What is Twitter

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How I have used Twitter
@Sbhshistory
 Department Twitter account
 Primary purpose is to keep students
up to date with revision in the run
up to the exam period.
 Share documents.
 Information feed.
 Remind students of homework
 Remind parents of trip info.
 Discussion. (one-way)

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How I have used Twitter
In the classroom
 Replaced old plenary
 It is a great way to gauge
understanding.
 Can be used to fuel debate
 Discussion.
 Can show tweets on the screen
using http://visibletweets.com/
 Importance of the Hashtag!

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The ‘Hashtag’
 Has to be unique.
 Key identifier – gives programmes something to identify the tweet
with.
 Way of making sure focus, and no ‘random’ tweets.
 #’s I have used
1. #sbhshistory
2. #sbhsbelgium
3. #11a11-12WS
4. #prepare

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The potential
 Getting every student to Tweet!
 Getting every Teacher involved @sbhsmrgiles @sbhsRSdept
 Great CPD tool – free!
 @+sbhs – Santa Barbara High School
 If Twitter unlocked – potential is endless.
 Voting, instant feedback, automation….
 SAP tools

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Impact in my teaching
 Massive increase in numbers to revision school – 50+ on
first night!
 Students do seem to engage well with it!
 Fastest growing social media at present…
 Survey results show more students are tweeting than
aren’t.
 Students without twitter

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Survey results

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Survey results

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Survey results

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Survey results

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Useful links
 @sbhshistory
 @sbhsmrwilson
South Bromsgrove Twitter
 http://visibletweets.com Accounts
 http://tweetymail.com  @southbromshigh
 http://jkwilson84.wordpress.com
 @SouthBromsPE
 http://tweetdeck.com
 @Sbmus
 @dajbelshaw – Digital theorist, real
cutting edge stuff  @sbhshistory
 @RealGeoffBarton – Headteacher  @sbhspolitics
 @ukedchat - #ukedchat  @sbhshums
 @TESresources – great links to  @SBHSpsychology
resources, http://ow.ly/aD6dp
 @psjt62

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From the mouths of babes…
Any questions…