Twitter

Expanding Your Professional Learning Network

Contact & Websites

Email: mary.peters@sendit.nodak.edu

Website: http://marypeters.utma.com

Bookmarking Website:

http://guest.portaportal.com/northstar

Twitter is…….

• Social network and micro-blogging service that enables users to send and read other users updates known as “Tweets”. ~Wikipedia~

• 140 Characters

• Asynchronous

Twitter Sidebar

Twitter “What are you doing?”…

Tweets

• Avatar and User Name appear to the left of the Tweet.

@User Names

• In Tweets, user names preceded by @ indicate “replies” or “mentions”.

“Favorites” or “Reply”

Add Tweet to “Favorites”

“Reply” to Tweet

Find People Using Twitter

Search Topics on Twitter

#Hashtags

• A hashtag is any word in twitter which is immediately preceded by the '#' symbol (a.k.a the hash).  By using a hashtag, you're signalling that you want people to be able to find your tweet and associate it with other tweets that contain the same hashtag.

~http://votereport.pbwiki.com/Hashtags~

#Hashtags

Example:

Twitter Advanced Search

Twitter Advanced Search

HELP!!! My posting has too many

characters.

• TinyURL– http://tinyurl.com/

• Bitley– http://bit.ly/

TwitterA Tool for Schools

Twitter in the Classroom

http://www.twine.com/item/126lkv3lb-1n2/youtube-twitter-in-the-classroom

Web 2.0• Web 2.0: Cool Tools for Schools

Huge list of web sites - – http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Organiser

+Tools

• Quizlet Make flashcards or find flashcard sets to use online– http://quizlet.com/

• Go 2 Web 20– http://www.go2web20.net/

Web 2.0 for Fun….

• Wordle– http://www.wordle.net/

• Your Fonts– http://www.yourfonts.com/

• PictureTrail– http://www.picturetrail.com/

Twitterin your

Professional Learning Network

Liz B. Davis - on Twitter

lizbdavis -- Twitter

Liz B. Davis - on Blogspot

http://edtechpower.blogspot.com/

• Go to settings and fill out your Bio! This is essential to getting followers.

• Tweet a few things - share a link, an idea, a resource, a blog post, anything.

Basic Suggestions for Teachers New to Twitter

~Liz B Davis~http://edtechpower.blogspot.com/2009/02/advice-for-teachers-new-

to-twitter.html

• Don't protect your updates. People often hesitate to follow back if they can't see your tweets.

• Use your real name and your real picture. You will eventually have to say "Hi I'm "xx" on Twitter."

• Look for people who will follow you back - that is what makes a conversation.

• Check out this spreadsheet of educators on Twitter add yourself: http://bit.ly/xfUn

• If you Tweet a question and no one answers, Tweet it again later. It is OK to ask more than once.

~Liz B. Davis~The Power of Educational

Technologyhttp://edtechpower.blogspot.com/2009/02/advice-for-teachers-

new-to-twitter.html

Center for Learning and Performance Technologieshttp://www.c4lpt.co.uk/

• Wordle– http://www.wordle.net/

Before Twitter…..

• Wordle– http://www.wordle.net/

After Twitter…..

Where will Technology be in Five Years??