Supercharged Learning With Twitter

SuperchargedLearning with

Shelley KrauseRutgers Prep

(I’m @butwait on Twitter, Flickr, Diigo, Blogspot…)

Aren’t you glad we’re here NOW?

The smartest person in the room isn't the person at the front of the room. It's the room.

— David Weinberger

Slinging the Lingo

@ = address a tweet to a particular personDM = direct message; private tweet to someone who follows youRT = retweet someone else’s tweetMT = retweet a tweet with some editsHT = hat-tip… give someone credit # = hashtag, to follow a particular stream (#PDSs2s)

Okay, that’s a little bit of “how”...

Now, what about the “why”?

From within a dramatically new information landscape,

the best description of the 21st Century teacher

is Master Learner.

— David Warlick

“Lurking” = listening & learning

(HT @VincentDay)

Learning is about connections

Figuring Out Who To Follow

Other teachers

Subject-area experts

Professional organizations

Authors

(Who do they follow and who follows them?)

“The Internet is showing us what it thinks we want to see, but not necessarily what we need to see.”

― Eli Pariser

A possible “starter set”

@AngelaMaiers @bcurrie5 @chrislehmann@cybraryman1@feedtheteacher@EFSpangler@EvanScherr@GrantLichtman@iamkidpresident@irasocol

@jonathanwylie @JosieHolford@JoyceValenza@KleinErin @kristenswanson@meenoorami@nikhilgoya_l@NMHS_Principal@pammoran@pernilleripp

@plnaugle @RafranzDavis@RickWormeli@s_bearden@snbeach@ScottRRocco @TeacherCast @teachingwthsoul @TheJLV@ToddWhitaker

http://bit.ly/tweetingtchrs

Find your tribe...

Find more educators…

Think outside your “bubble”...

“The best learning is participatory, open,

and shared…by default.”

Shelley Krause (aka @butwait)

Is your profile aligned with your goals?

hashtags

DM’s

chats

apps!

Taking Twitter to the next level

Photo: Quinn Dombrowski

What are your goals?

Where are the chats at?

http://tiny.cc/edchats

(Thank you, @cybraryman1,

@thomascmurray, & @cevans5095!)

Twitter + your imagination… where could it take you?

Twitter could be great if...

Thank you!This and other slidedecks of mine are are publicly available on Slideshare, where my username is “butwait.”

On email I’m shelley.krause (at) gmail.com.

And you can always find me on Twitter (@butwait).