Twitter in Education

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by Simon Crook0 views·Updated Jul 17, 2011
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What is Twitter?

  • Micro-blog?
  • Instant Messaging?
  • Social Network?
  • 140 characters
  • @ and #
  • lists
  • RT - retweeting

Lifelong Learning

collaborate

let's try

conferences

#iwbnet10

Back Channel

(remember your digital footprint!)

In the Classroom

"I conducted the experiment with 4 classes. Results ranged from 15 responses to well over 3000; from 2 to 23 different countries"

TwHistory

Language of Probability

GeoTweets

Digital Storytelling

Controversially...

  • Don't follow students
  • Don't DM students
  • Possible 'Grooming'

Where to from here?

Yammer?

https://www.yammer.com/

#DETNSW

@benpaddlejones

in Education

7:31PM Mar 30th via Twitter for iPhone

It's really interesting to see how people outside of education use Twitter. It just feels really, really contrived to me.

betchaboy

http://tinyurl.com/y8h83lw

http://twitter.com/

Use a Twitter App e.g.Tweetdeck or Seesmic

PLN - Personal Learning Network

http://twhistory.org/

http://edupln.com/

http://tinyurl.com/yh4y5hn

I think the use of Twitter is best summed up by one of the children who had negative views of the writing process before using Twitter:

@indigodragonfly

#HaliburtonSchooloftheArts

Twitter in the

Primary Classroom

http://tinyurl.com/395t3sd

http://tinyurl.com/yaqkb27

http://tinyurl.com/28owbp6

Air Chief: Total civilian and service casualties during 24 hours ending at 0600 this morning 63 killed and 155 injured http://ow.ly/2mUE7

ukwarcabinet

http://delicious.com/EvertonPom/twitter

@simoncrook