All I need to know about Twitter I learned at kindergarten

All I need to know about

Twitter in education I

learned in Kindergarten

(Twettiquette)

Wolfgang Reinhardt, University of Paderborn, Germany

Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, UK

Martin Ebner, Technical University of Graz, Austria

What is this Twitter thing

anyway?

Microblogging with max. 140 characters

from mobile, web or desktop client

followers & following

replies (@) and direct messages (DM)

Retweets (RT)

geolocation

lists

open API

Reinhardt, Wheeler, Ebner (2010): All I need to know about Twitter in Education I learned in Kindergarten

Twitter in education

Language learning with Twitter

University of Shanghai

Motivation for in-class discussions

U.T. Dallas

Facilitate process-oriented learning

University of Applied Sciences Graz

Teaching with Twitter http://steve-wheeler.blogspot.com

Share everything

Play fair

Don’t hit people

Put things back where you found them

Clean up your own mess

Don’t take things too seriously

Say you’re sorry when you hurt somebody

Wash your hands of skepticism before you start

Flush

Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you

Life a balanced life – learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and

dance and play and work every day some

Take a nap every afternoon

When you go out into the world, watch out for traffic, hold hands and stick together

Be aware of wonder

The rules

Share everything

http://www.old-picture.com/united-states-history-1900s---1930s/pictures/Sharing.jpg

Let others know about news,

blogs, useful links, places to go...

Play fair

http://p4.focus.de/img/gen/y/E/HByEXf3F_Pxgen_r_1100xA.jpg

Use of RT and/or ‘via’ @ to

acknowledge your sources

Don’t hit people

http://www.tawonga.org/blog/uploaded_images/Tawonga_Trash-Bag-Pagaent-047-704859.JPG

Keep DMs private. ‘Tweckling’ and

‘harshtagging’ can be a problem.

Remember, your words carry weight.

You are what you tweet...

Put things back where you found them

http://www.popularwealth.com/funny-pictures/messy-bedroom-03.jpg

Keep it tidy using #hashtags,

use URL shorteners (e.g. bit.ly)

http://allfunny.net/pics/crazykids/crazy-kids-8.jpg

Clean up your

own mess

Consistent use of #hashtags allows

various aggregation and filtering.

Using lists and other third party

apps can also keep things tidy.

http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4c53108e7f8b9a41307b0000/kids-laughing-soap.jpg

Don’t take things too seriouslyCaution: Not all tweets are from

friends. Some may be spam or

misdirection to rogue sites.

Don’t RT hyperlinks unless you

know where they lead and trust the

source.

http://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/teddy-usb.png

Say sorry when you hurt someone

Try to reduce misunderstandings

through the use of emoticons, etc.

Be quick to apologise if you offend.

Respond with good humour

Wash your hands

(of scepticism)

http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/sb10062550a-001/Stone

Give Twitter time to prove its value

to you. It’s not instantaneous.

Twitter is more about the

conversation than the content.

Flush!

Made a mistake? Just

repost with a correction.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3359/3436727439_ff00dbdb52_z.jpg

Delete it if you want to, so that

new followers won’t see it.

Warm cookies and cold milk are good for

you

http://www.corbisimages.com/images/

Create new friend connections and

links. Go build your PLN!

Sing, dance and play

http://www.chrisrawlinson.com/

Have some fun – it’s not all about

the serious stuff

Take a nap every afternoon

http://www.websophist.com/Sleep_Baby&CatFacetoFaceM.jpg

Twitter can be quite distracting and

even addictive – spend time doing

other things too.

Hold hands, stick together

http://media.photobucket.com

Building a personal learning

network and make friends means

you can grow and learn together

Be aware of wonderhttp://lifeslittletreasures.files.wordpress.com

Stumbling upon unexpected but

extremely useful content.

Serendipitous learning.

University of Paderborn, Germany

@wollepb

Wolfgang Reinhardt

University of Plymouth, UK

@timbuckteeth

Steve Wheeler

Technical University Graz, Austria

@mebner

Martin Ebner