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Let your students journey into the foreign language and its culture 140 characters at a time! Twitter provides the platform for authentic language and, when applied in and/or outside of the classroom, target language use becomes self-perpetuating and generative. Introduce Twitter to your classroom so students can interpret input, produce output and engage in conversations. Microblogging on Twitter helps motivate language learners to communicate more frequently in the language because this social networking tool is always on, always connected—accessible via web, text, mobile applications, and more. Join the microblogging expedition (create your own account on http://twitter.com) and explore the creation of a language learning community with your students and native speakers.
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Twitter Town
Est. March 2006
Population 7,038,000
Age Group 35-49
Twitterati 10% of population=90% of tweets
A nice place to visit 60% leave within 1st month
Getting to Twitter Town
Twitter Town’s Sheriff
Professor of Italian at Montclair State• iVenus – Apr 2007• profeac – Jan 2008• profenza – Jan 2009
Students have used Twitter in• ITAL103 (Intermediate)• Grammar & Composition
(Advanced)• Cultural Studies (in English)
The Laws of the Land
Text-based posts only
140 character message size constraint
Community members include “friends” (people you choose to follow) and “followers” (people who follow you)
Public or private participation allowed
The Lay of the Land
The Town Square = the
Timeline
The last thing youmicro-blogged:a.k.a. a tweet
Where you update/ tweet
Town water cooler = Populartopics
Twitter Town Passports
Digital Natives in Twitter TownWhat benefits will students and/or teachers perceive with this type of social network?
What disadvantages?
• Raise your hand• Or chat
Twitter Town & YouTweets are a source of information; people in certain places, at certain events, sharing at a global level
How is this applicable to the foreign language classroom?• What would you communicate to your
students in 140 characters or less?• Use the hashtag - #larc09
#HashtagCreate groupings by adding context and metadata
@Replies a.k.a. Mentions
The @Replies feature was introduced because we noticed lots of folks putting the @ symbol in front of Twitter usernames as a way of addressing one another. • For example: @biz what are you drinking in
your avatar? (It's a soy latte.)
@username also now in the middle of tweets as a way to simply reference another account
The Retweet (RT / via …)
Sharing and crediting sources
The Power of the Retweet
Benefits to Twitterers
They can:be engaged in either synchronous or asynchronous modes of communication (always on, always connected)interact with individuals or community members in the L2 participate in the virtual classroom and in the L2 culture
Not just a place to visit
Twitterers can:micro-blog about what they are doing (learner written output)read what others are doing (learner’s comprehensible input)communicate directly with someone they are following (negotiation of meaning)
Twitter Town TipsCreate a Twitter handle for academic use only
Use class time to have students create their handle, follow classmates and tweet for the first time
Prompt them initially to have them feel comfortable with tweeting
Develop your best practices for course objectives
Educational Things To Do
Follow a ProfessionalFollow a Famous PersonGrammarRule Based WritingMaximizing the Teaching MomentPublic Note PadWriting Assignment
Class chatter Classroom communityGet a Sense of the WorldTrack a WordTrack a ConferenceInstant Feedback
Source: AcademHackwww.outsidethetext.com/home/2008/twitter-for-academia/
Tweeting in ItalianTwitter is self-perpetuating and generative
School 22.3 %
Entertainment 13.6 %
Feelings 13.6 %
Food 12.1 %
Hobby 8.0 %
Family 4.9 %
Home 4.4 %
Friends 4.1 %
American life 3.9 %
Events 3.6 %
Unexpected uses of Twitter:
bulletin board, requesting information and help• in an academic context (e.g.,
looking for misplaced textbooks and handouts, asking about deadlines for assignments)
• technology-related matters, (e.g., how do I tweet from my cell? how do I personalize my Twitter homepage like you did?)
Students tweeted rather than e-mailed the instructor with questions
Students’ Refl ections
Twitter can transform social networking to educational networking.
Twitter helped reduce affective filters.
Learners stated that twittering had them asking for more information and allowed them to clarify using the L2.
Twitter Town & YouWhat would you communicate to your students in 140 characters or less?
What prompts would you use?• Use the hashtag - #larc09
Tourist AttractionsThere are many different applications that can enhance your visit to Twitter Town
http://twitter.pbworks.com/Apps
THANKS FOR VISITING.
Y’ALL COME BACK NOW
SOON
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