Twitter For Educators A Communication and Information Gathering Tool Chelsea Ah Nee University of Hawai’i at Manoa [email protected] twitterforeducators . weebly .com
Oct 12, 2020
Twitter For EducatorsA Communication and
Information Gathering Tool
Chelsea Ah NeeUniversity of Hawai’i at Manoa
Poll Question #1
How familiar are you with Twitter?
A. Very FamiliarB. Somewhat FamiliarC. Not Familiar
Poll Question #2
Do you have a Twitter Account?
A. Yes & I use it activelyB. Yes but I don’t use it activelyC. No
Why This Topic?
• Interest in Social Media
• Promotes ActiveLearning/Participation(Steiger & Burger, 2010)
• Positive Effects in Higher Ed(Miners, 2009)
• Non Traditional
• How many teachers inHawai’i would useTwitter?
Purpose of Project
“To develop aninstructional designmodule to teacheducators how to useTwitter as acommunication andinformationgathering tool.”
Target Audience
• K-12 Educators inHawai’i
• Private School
• Basic computer andinternet skills
Method of Delivery• Asynchronous - “Different Time, Different Place”• Web-based ID Module• “Weebly”• Simple & Straightforward• 6 Sections
Module- Section 1
Assessment/Surveys• Pre/Post Assessment
o 7 Multiple choicequestions
• Demographics Surveyo 22 Multiple choice/open-
ended questions
• Post-Module Surveyo 23 Multiple choice/open-
ended questions
Module- Section 2
Module- Section 3
Module- Section 4
Module- Section 5
Module- Section 6
Participants
• 11 Private School teachers in Hawai’i• 10 female 1 male• Various grade levels/subjects
Pre/Post Assessment Comparison
Assessment Results
Communicating with Colleagues Results
Communicating with Students Results
Participant Quotes• “Not safe or closed”
• “Although there are educators that use social media tocommunicate with students, I don't feel like all students areready for that movement. Technology has done a lot foreducation but I'm afraid there will be students that wouldabuse this.”
Gathering Info Results
Usefulness of Module
Level of Difficulty
Personal Reflection- StrengthsStrengths
• Module Design• Content• Interactive Activities• Usefulness• Level of Difficulty
Participant Quotes“Clear directions, clean and
simple designs, greatexamples of how to useTwitter.”
“I loved the layout.”
“I never used twitter or knew whatit was so to learn about twitterthrough this module was veryfun and educational. It was soeasy to navigate through andparticipate with.”
Personal Reflection- Challenges
• Recruitment!!!• Submitting
Surveys• Videos
Future Considerations“I think it would be great to shorten the how to get a twitter account
part and expand the last part about gathering info”
“I would create my own videos”
“Perhaps go through the module and create the Twitter account andtweet assignments all at the end”
Future Considerations
• Survey questions• Assessment questions• Placement of activities• More detail on “Gathering Info”• Creating Videos
Conclusion
• Varying Reasons for not using Twitter• Likeliness of using Twitter increased• Participants are more open to using Twitter as
info gathering tool than communication tool• More research needs to be done on:
o Integrating Twitter into K-12 effectivelyo Current use of Twitter in K-12
Questions????
Thank you…Dr. Peter LeongDr. Bert KimuraETEC FacultyCritical Friends GroupETEC CohortMy Family