Classroom Twitter and TPACK
Jan 21, 2015
Classroom Twitter and TPACK
Agenda What is Tpack?
What is Twitter?
How are Teachers Using it?
View Examples of Implementation
Look at Tools Used
View New Forms of Assessment
Just Do It
Resources http://bit.ly/carrolltech
TpackTechnology
Pedagogy
Curriculum
4 C’s Pencil holds a symbolism that
is ‘playful, and creative’ for this artist Hugh McLeod
What tools do you associate with creativity today?
For yourselves?
For your students?
What is Twitter? Microblogging
Professional Use of Social Media (Twitter, FB, Blogs, Wikis, Google+)
Social Media
Hashtags Follow Hashtags for Conferences
Events
Discussions
Chats
4 C’s of 21st Century Skills
Advice from educators globally
That’s what it’s all about
Getting Started
Profiles
Complete Info
Location
Goals
Position
Interests
Advice from Teachers
Secret Formula
Microblogging Tool -Twitter
“I not only use all of the brains I have, but all that I can borrow”
Woodrow Wilson
Twitter Chats
Twitter Tools - Tweetdeck
Twitter chat re: cpchat
THE Journal
Use technology for changing the way we communicate
Quote
‘We are trying to change that conversation by educating the community about the programs in our schools and the success they are having academically and in character development’
http://thejournal.com/Articles/2012/06/19/how-social-media-creates-connections-for-school-districts.aspx?m=2&Page=3
Buffer – Tweet Multiple
Channels
Credits Pew Resesarch – Reaching Audiences in the Digital Age
http://www.pewinternet.org/Presentations/2012/Sep/Reaching-Your-Audience-in-the-Digital-Age.aspx
Tpack www.tpack.org
4 C’s Image – www.p21.org
Janice Krum – via Twitter Images @willrich45
Pencil Image – Hugh McLeod
http://www.gapingvoidart.com/pencil-p-2192.html%
Twitter Icon1 Image Credit: ConserStations
Twitter icon2 Image Credit http://www.creativeguerrillamarketing.com /
Twitter Icon3 http://www.mediabistro.com/
Thank You! Nancy Caramanico
Instructional Technology Specialist
http://ncara.edublogs.org
www.caratechnology.net
Twitter: www.twitter.com/ncara
Email: [email protected]