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Professor of Italian at Montclair State• iVenus – Apr 2007
• profeac – Jan 2008
• profenza – Jan 2009
Students have used Twitter in• ITAL103 (Intermediate)
• Grammar & Composition (Advanced)
• Cultural Studies (in English)
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Text-based posts only
140 character message size constraint
Community members include “friends” (people you choose to follow) and “followers” (people who follow you)
Public or private participation allowed
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The Town Square = the
Timeline
The last thing youmicro-blogged:a.k.a. a tweet
Where you update/ tweet
Town water cooler = Populartopics
Town water cooler = Populartopics
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What benefits will students and/or teachers perceive with this type of social network?
What disadvantages?
• Raise your hand• Or chat
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Tweets are a source of information; people in certain places, at certain events, sharing at a global level
How is this applicable to the foreign language classroom?• What would you communicate to your
students in 140 characters or less?• Use the hashtag - #larc09
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Create groupings by adding context and metadata
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The @Replies feature was introduced because we noticed lots of folks putting the @ symbol in front of Twitter usernames as a way of addressing one another. • For example: @biz what are you drinking in
your avatar? (It's a soy latte.)
@username also now in the middle of tweets as a way to simply reference another account
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Sharing and crediting sources
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They can:be engaged in either synchronous or asynchronous modes of communication (always on, always connected)interact with individuals or community members in the L2 participate in the virtual classroom and in the L2 culture
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Twitterers can:micro-blog about what they are doing (learner written output)read what others are doing (learner’s comprehensible input)communicate directly with someone they are following (negotiation of meaning)
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Create a Twitter handle for academic use only
Use class time to have students create their handle, follow classmates and tweet for the first time
Prompt them initially to have them feel comfortable with tweeting
Develop your best practices for course objectives
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Follow a ProfessionalFollow a Famous PersonGrammarRule Based WritingMaximizing the Teaching MomentPublic Note PadWriting Assignment
Class chatter Classroom communityGet a Sense of the WorldTrack a WordTrack a ConferenceInstant Feedback
Source: AcademHackwww.outsidethetext.com/home/2008/twitter-for-academia/
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Twitter is self-perpetuating and generative
School 22.3 %Entertainment 13.6 %Feelings 13.6 %Food 12.1 %Hobby 8.0 %Family 4.9 %Home 4.4 %Friends 4.1 %American life3.9 %Events 3.6 %
Unexpected uses of Twitter:bulletin board, requesting information and help• in an academic context (e.g.,
looking for misplaced textbooks and handouts, asking about deadlines for assignments)
• technology-related matters, (e.g., how do I tweet from my cell? how do I personalize my Twitter homepage like you did?)
Students tweeted rather than e-mailed the instructor with questions
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Twitter can transform social networking to educational networking.
Twitter helped reduce affective filters.
Learners stated that twittering had them asking for more information and allowed them to clarify using the L2.
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What would you communicate to your students in 140 characters or less?
What prompts would you use?• Use the hashtag - #larc09
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There are many different applications that can enhance your visit to Twitter Town
http://twitter.pbworks.com/Apps
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