Multiple Ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom Karen Bonanno Founder & Managing Director © EDUWEBINAR PTY LTD | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Oct 19, 2014
Multiple Ways to Use
Twitter in the
Classroom
Karen BonannoFounder & Managing Director
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Over 30 years’ experience
in F-12 school education
sector.
Active social networker &
regular contributor to
social media environment.
My background
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What is Twitter?
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables users to send and read "tweets", which are text messages limited to 140 characters. Registered users can read and post tweets, but unregistered users can only read them.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter
• Active registered users ~ 555,000,000
• Average no. of tweets per day - 58 million
• Percent of Twitters who don’t tweet but watch other people tweet - 40%
• No. of tweets every second - 9,100
http://www.statisticbrain.com/twitter-statistics/
Research Date: 5.7.2013
• Number 11 in the top sites on the web
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The End of Isolationhttp://jolt.merlot.org/vol7no3/alderton_0911.htm
• 61% of the time engaged in conversation via Twitter
• 82% of the time followed other educators or content experts
• Categories– Practice/philosophy,
– Questions &
– Sharing of resources
• Allowed them to build connections with educators beyond their immediate vicinity
• Give voice and confidence in educational discussions
• Build professional reputation
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Connect & Collaborate
• Most popular learning tool
• Twitter Chat
– Five questions around a theme
• Teacher-driven mode
– Share & exchange
– Help & advice
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Like-
minded
colleagues
Share &
exchange
Common
hashtag
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Idea / thought – This could be your classroom account
Key in your
search
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Teaching
strategies
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Teaching
ideas
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Real-world
events
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Resources to Support Programs
• Ask a question or seek a recommendation
• Follow a content expert
• Link sharing (tweet & retweet)
• Trend mapping (what, when & why)
• Current events
• Curate resources
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Other
experts
Links to
resources
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Check
the
profile
Check
the web
site
Retweet
Aside note:
https://hootsuite.com/
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What’s Trending
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What, When & Why
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Current Events
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Curate Resources
• Scoop.it!
http://www.scoop.it/
• Storify
http://storify.com/
• LiveBinders
http://www.livebinders.com/
• Pearltrees
http://www.pearltrees.com/
• Paper.li
http://paper.li/
• Feedly
http://feedly.com/index.html
And more at
http://www.teachthought.com
/learning/55-content-curation-
tools-to-discover-and-share-
digital-content/
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What to
do with
the odd
ones !!!
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http://www2.futurelab.org.uk/resources/documents/handbooks/digital_literacy.pdf
“Digital literacy is the skills, knowledge and understanding that enables critical, creative, discerning and safe practices when engaging with digital technologies in all areas of life”
Hague, C & Payton, S 2010,
Digital literacy across the curriculum, Futurelab, p. 19.
http://www.workliteracy.com/pages/the-crap-test/
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C.R.A.P. Test• Currency
– How recent is the information?
– Is it current enough for your topic?
• Reliability– What kind of information is
included?
– Is the content opinion or is it balanced?
– Does the creator provide references or sources for data or quotations?
• Authority– Who is the author or creator?
– What are the credentials?
– Who is the publisher or sponsor?
– Are they reputable?
– What is the publisher’s interest in this information?
• Purpose / Point of View– Is this fact or opinion?
– Is it biased?
– Is the author / creator trying to sell you something?
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#Hashtag
• Research topics and
content of interest
• Aggregate discussion on
content
• Class messaging system
• Online discussion
• Gather consensus on
issue
Tips
• Keep hashtag brief
• Create them early
• Keep them going
• Be strategic so as to
engage others
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