twitter presentation salt09
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I presented an introductory session on Twitter and its uses in education and training at the SALT Interactive Technologies Conference in Washington, DC.TRANSCRIPT
Twitter for Trainers
Mark Frydenberg, Bentley University
Follow me on Twitter: @checkmark
Twitter for Skeptics
Mark Frydenberg, Bentley University
Follow me on Twitter: @checkmark
Who Needs Twitter?
I Don’t Care What You Had for Lunch.
Mark Frydenberg, Bentley University
Follow me on Twitter: @checkmark
“kids back then didn’t expect to be engaged by everything they did”
Published: June 2, 2009Source: Nielsen
top 10growth
Wiffiti twitterfall
twitterbasics
tweet
retweet
Shortened url
User gets a copy
feed
Who I follow
Who follows
me
Popular
hashtag
tweet
retweet
short url
User gets a copy
feed
Who I follow
#hashtags
TaggingMetadataNon-hierarchical, collaborative organization
• http://twitter.com/onlinecourse• https://twitter.com/EduCounselor
twitter for trainers
Benefits• Integrated, Mobile Learning• Illustrates several tech
concepts• Connects people• Real world• Efficient microblogging• Backchannel• Effective for collaboration
with teachers and students
Concerns• Always available• Tweets Stored forever• Time consuming• Privacy• Distracting• Prmts bd grmmr bcz msgs
must be < 140 chr
Twitter for Trainers
Get Started• Create an Account• Complete Your Profile• Follow people • Get people to follow you!• Tweet
Get Going• Class Chatter• Community• Public Timeline• Follow a word or event• Ask for help• Follow professionals• Jot notes as they happen
Other Microblogging Tools
• http://www.edmodo.com• http://yammer.com
