multiple ways to use twitter in the classroom

Multiple Ways to Use

Twitter in the

Classroom

Karen BonannoFounder & Managing Director

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Over 30 years’ experience

in F-12 school education

sector.

Active social networker &

regular contributor to

social media environment.

My background


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What is Twitter?

Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables users to send and read "tweets", which are text messages limited to 140 characters. Registered users can read and post tweets, but unregistered users can only read them.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter

• Active registered users ~ 555,000,000

• Average no. of tweets per day - 58 million

• Percent of Twitters who don’t tweet but watch other people tweet - 40%

• No. of tweets every second - 9,100

http://www.statisticbrain.com/twitter-statistics/

Research Date: 5.7.2013

• Number 11 in the top sites on the web


The End of Isolationhttp://jolt.merlot.org/vol7no3/alderton_0911.htm

• 61% of the time engaged in conversation via Twitter

• 82% of the time followed other educators or content experts

• Categories– Practice/philosophy,

– Questions &

– Sharing of resources

• Allowed them to build connections with educators beyond their immediate vicinity

• Give voice and confidence in educational discussions

• Build professional reputation


Connect & Collaborate

• Most popular learning tool

• Twitter Chat

– Five questions around a theme

• Teacher-driven mode

– Share & exchange

– Help & advice


Like-

minded

colleagues

Share &

exchange

Common

hashtag


Idea / thought – This could be your classroom account

Key in your

search


Teaching

strategies


Teaching

ideas

http://www.aitsl.edu.au/learning-frontiers.html

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Real-world

events


Resources to Support Programs

• Ask a question or seek a recommendation

• Follow a content expert

• Link sharing (tweet & retweet)

• Trend mapping (what, when & why)

• Current events

• Curate resources


Other

experts

Links to

resources


Check

the

profile

Check

the web

site

Retweet

Aside note:

https://hootsuite.com/


What’s Trending


What, When & Why


Current Events


Curate Resources

• Scoop.it!

http://www.scoop.it/

• Storify

http://storify.com/

• LiveBinders

http://www.livebinders.com/

• Pearltrees

http://www.pearltrees.com/

• Paper.li

http://paper.li/

• Feedly

http://feedly.com/index.html

And more at

http://www.teachthought.com

/learning/55-content-curation-

tools-to-discover-and-share-

digital-content/


What to

do with

the odd

ones !!!


http://www2.futurelab.org.uk/resources/documents/handbooks/digital_literacy.pdf

“Digital literacy is the skills, knowledge and understanding that enables critical, creative, discerning and safe practices when engaging with digital technologies in all areas of life”

Hague, C & Payton, S 2010,

Digital literacy across the curriculum, Futurelab, p. 19.

http://www.workliteracy.com/pages/the-crap-test/


C.R.A.P. Test• Currency

– How recent is the information?

– Is it current enough for your topic?

• Reliability– What kind of information is

included?

– Is the content opinion or is it balanced?

– Does the creator provide references or sources for data or quotations?

• Authority– Who is the author or creator?

– What are the credentials?

– Who is the publisher or sponsor?

– Are they reputable?

– What is the publisher’s interest in this information?

• Purpose / Point of View– Is this fact or opinion?

– Is it biased?

– Is the author / creator trying to sell you something?


#Hashtag

• Research topics and

content of interest

• Aggregate discussion on

content

• Class messaging system

• Online discussion

• Gather consensus on

issue

Tips

• Keep hashtag brief

• Create them early

• Keep them going

• Be strategic so as to

engage others


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