twitter a powerful collaboration tool for teachers

Eric Langhorst Liberty, Missouri @elanghorst

8th Grade American History Teacher

South Valley Junior High

Liberty, Missouri

Adjunct Graduate Faculty

Baker University & Park University

Currently writing dissertation

Doctor of Education

Walden University

Topic – Social Studies Teachers

Using Twitter to Collaborate

@elanghorst on Twitter

www.ericlanghorst.com/neta2012

Have never used Twitter

Have Twitter account

but rarely use it

Use Twitter often

Where are you?

Did you know Twitter has roots in

NEBRASKA

http://www.flickr.com/photos/aaronescobar/2569091622/sizes/l/in/photostream/

Evan Williams Twitter co-founder

native of Clarks, Nebraska

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Evan-Williams.jpg

my journey my Twitter Birthday is December 17, 2007

Who cares what I ate for breakfast?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesjordan/2417210981

Twitter is currently my first choice for

news, ideas and asking questions and

my most important tool for collaboration.

http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/09/08/twitter-has-100-million-users/

100 million

active users

http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/09/08/twitter-has-100-million-users/

350 million

tweets a day

Great statistics but can this help

me as a classroom teacher?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/76994867@N00/4267034867

YES http://www.flickr.com/photos/76994867@N00/4267034867

and here are 3 big reasons…..

Teachers tend to teach

on isolated islands.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikebehnken/5885152699/sizes/l/in/photostream/

Teachers tend to teach

on isolated islands.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikebehnken/5885152699/sizes/l/in/photostream/

Teachers want

information as needed.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwarby/3297205226/

Teachers want

information as needed.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwarby/3297205226/

Teachers love

free.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/scotthudson/2986260634/

Teachers love

free.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/scotthudson/2986260634/

Twitter vocabulary

http://www.flickr.com/photos/greeblie/3338710223/

tweet a posting which can be text, a link to

a website, a photo or combination –

140 character limit

The value of

many tweets is

what happens as

a result of that

initial spark.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mdrx/6030455556/in/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/imuttoo/2858743646/

“Would you like to go get

some ice cream?”

40 characters

Ten years after ice cream……

follow when you “follow” someone you can

view their tweets

followers when someone “follows” you they

can see all of your tweets

Facebook is for people

you know from your

past,

Facebook is for people

you know from your

past,

Twitter is about people

you want to know

NOW.

reply answering

someone’s

tweet,

including their

Twitter name,

everyone can

see

direct message sending someone a message, only

that person can see, they must be

following you

a little like

sending an

e-mail to

someone

share what is happening

in your classroom

Why not just send

an e-mail?

Why not just send

an e-mail?

Expectation of a

response.

retweet passing along someone else’s tweet

to your followers – passing along

good information

http://www.flickr.com/photos/eflon/5079163335/

So, how do you keep up with all

these tweets?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sbh/4809673039/

The river will flow,

with or without you watching it.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/31246066@N04/4377035185/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/archer10/6019820676/

Must “trap” the information

that is important to you.

hashtags

allows you to find specific themes

or topics, people include hashtags

within their tweets

#royals

#historyteacher

#election2012

You can check out tweets from this

conference by checking hashtag:

#neta12

chats

a scheduled time at which Twitter

followers discuss a common theme

and use a common hashtag

can participate live or check in later

with the archive

anyone can follow the chat

conversation if they do a search

for the same hashtag

#sschat

#sschat (social studies chat)

takes place each Monday between

6:00 PM and 7:00 PM Central Time

chats are archived

so one can

participate live

(synchronous

learning)

or view the archive

when they can

(asynchronous

learning)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/carbonnyc/64581364/in/faves-speakingofhistory/

archive of January 9, 2012 social studies chat

current events in social studies

Use Twitter tools.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/zzpza/3269784239/lightbox/

TweetDeck

HootSuite

TweetCaster

Fast Follow Text Feature

Xefer.com

TweetStats.com

TweetStats.com

TweetStats.com

Getting started & finding

people to follow

Don’t just follow celebrities.

http://www.celebs101.com/wallpaper-276392--5251--Lady+Gaga+Wallpaper.html

Be a lurker.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotos_medem/3399096196/

Complete your profile

Complete your profile

Complete your profile

Complete your profile

Be a topic lurker.

Be a topic lurker.

Be a topic lurker.

Check other people’s list.

Who do they follow?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/matt_molina/2815688603/

Cultivate your followers, grow your network.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/harshlight/2983762346/

You can still tweet what you ate for breakfast,

but throw in a little collaboration too.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesjordan/2417210981

www.ericlanghorst.com/neta2012

Eric Langhorst

8th Grade American History Teacher

South Valley Junior High

Liberty, Missouri

@elanghorst on Twitter

speakingofhistory@gmail.com

www.ericlanghorst.com

twitter a powerful collaboration tool for teachers

Eric Langhorst Liberty, Missouri @elanghorst