Twitter for education

Twitter for education

Question # 1 Who will you follow?

Find people with great knowledge in your area of interest and follow them.

http://sloan.ucr.edu/profiles/blogs/53-tips-and-ideas-for-a-better, # 41

Using Twitter is like sitting next to the smart kids in class.

http://upsidedown.edublogs.org/2010/07/05/iste/

Question # 2 What hashtags will you follow?

Use the search feature and hashtags to find out what others are saying about a topic.

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/top-teaching/2015/09/twitter-teachers-beginners-guide-getting-started

To follow a hashtag, write the # for the topic / event in the Twitter search box.

A hashtag is used to categorize tweets. This is useful at, for example, events.

Inserting the event hashtag in tweets, event participants can share comments, questions, and links while continuing to follow the formal presentation. http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/files/2011/11/Published-Twitter_Guide_Sept_2011.pdf http://donaldclarkplanb.blogspot.ch/2012/10/twitter-in-learning-less-is-more.html http://www.smartertechnology.com/c/a/Smarter-Strategies/The-Good-News-About-Tweet-Streams/ http://www.teachthought.com/technology/the-complete-guide-to-twitter-hashtags-in-education/

Using a hashtag opens up a tweet to a wider audience, for example to people who are not physically present at a certain event. https://medium.com/bright/three-easy-tips-for-teachers-on-twitter-ee2575cb835b#.o1g55ykdn

Ecology and evolutionary biology professor Meghan Duffy ttps://twitter.com/duffy_ma has used her account to not only follow along at conferences she can’t attend, but to actively participate in discussing them.

Twitter also helps her find emerging literature in her field, which ensures that she’s always plugged into the latest research. http://www.lsa.umich.edu/lsa/ci.formanyprofstwitteriswhereits_ci.detail

In Chelsey Weaver’s 4th grade class, students can jot down - in 140 characters or less - what they learned or thought was cool during the day. Chelsey Weaver then selects a few of these student comments to tweet out to parents who follow on Twitter.

The Twitter activity can be a conversation starter between parents and kids who often answer "What did you do in school today?" with "Nothing." http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2015/02/tweeting_teachers_how_one_nj_elementary_school_is.html

Question # 3 What will you retweet?

To share somebody else’s tweet, simply click the sign for retweet. The tweet is then forwarded to your followers.

Sources http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/files/2011/11/Published-Twitter_Guide_Sept_2011.pdf http://www.techlearning.com/article/20896

https://twitter.com/Leadershipfreak/status/672074012369879041

Question # 4 What links will you tweet?

Post a link to, for example, a blog posting or presentation.

Sources http://blog.alwaysprepped.com/50twitterideasforteachers/ http://www.ceekue.com/how-to-use-twitter-to-promote-your-blog/ http://issuu.com/amymollett/docs/twitter_guide_academics

Twitter is a way of growing the community around blogs. http://www.scribd.com/doc/2286799/Can-we-use-Twitter-for-educational-activities

Further inspiration http://www.slideshare.net/frankcalberg/11-advantages-of-using-a-blog-for-teaching

Question # 5 What questions will you ask?

To connect with students, ask open questions.

Sources http://www.onlinecolleges.net/2009/09/14/101-ways-to-use-twitter-on-campus/ http://applicant.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/tweetcurrency1.jpg http://www.techlearning.com/article/20896 http://edudemic.com/2012/04/100-ways-to-use-twitter-in-education-by-degree-of-difficulty/ http://www.twitip.com/why-asking-questions-are-a-powerful-twitter-technique/

The use of Twitter encouraged cooperation among students.

Students used Twitter to ask each other questions. http://blog.reyjunco.com/pdf/JuncoHeibergerLokenTwitterEngagementGrades.pdf

Using Twitter, students, who might be afraid to raise their hands in the lecture hall, can share their ideas without feeling intimidated. http://www.teachthought.com/social-media/10-ways-twitter-is-reinventing-the-college-lecture/

Question # 6 How will you reply to tweets?

https://twitter.com/teisenmann/status/287647711468072960

Twitter broadens the conversation beyond the confines of classroom.

It allows for others, who also may have insights and resources to share, to be included in the conversation. http://www.jasonrhode.com/twittertips

Question # 7 How can tweets be graded?

https://www2.uwstout.edu/content/profdev/rubrics/twitter_rubric.html