Twitter: Viral Professional Development and Networking

Martin Pluss

Tara Anglican School

twitter.com/plu

Pathways

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Twitter

• What is Twitter? – microblogging– #ais08– @plu

• How does Twitter work?– Follow or be followed

Expanding your horizon

• Filling the gaps – Email– Instant Messaging

• Third Party Applications– Twirl, twitterfox, twitterverse, twitterstats,

snitter

• For the classroom or for you?

Viral Professional Development

• Formal• Digital Education Revolution 2008 #der08• AIS Integrators Meeting 2008 #ais• NECC Oregon 2008 #necc08• This Conference #ais08

• Nonformal• Personal networking

Try new things and…

…sometimes things go a cropper…

…then you live to tell the story

HANDOUTS

• I have 100 printed copies of a paper on Twitter: Viral Professional Development and Networking.

– Just ask for one if you cannot make the presentation

Or

– Email ( martinpluss@gmail) or Twitter (plu) me for a copy or more information