Thursday, April 25, 2013

Twitter & teaching

Twitter tips n tricks

How to set up a Twitter account
Twitter.com

Getting started with Twitter
Managing Twitter
Basics of using Twitter
How to use Hashtags
Unfollowing & blocking
Tools
Tweetdeck tutorial (you need your admin to install or get it on your iPhone)
Website for Tweetdeck
Why use Twitter?
  1. Back chat in conferences. Using hastags you can share comments on presentations, keep up with sessions you didn't go to or whole conferences you can't attend.
  2. Personal learning network (PLN). Keep up with professionals in your field. For an interesting blog on PLNs see here or a YouTube clip here.
  3. Pedagogy. Setting students assignments that require them to follow tweeters, hashtags etc and then sort through the information.
Further reading
A Teacher's guide to Twitter
Back to Tools and Techniques

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