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Twitter for Teachers
Mark Frydenberg, Bentley University
Follow me on Twitter: @checkmark
Who Needs Twitter?
I Don’t Care What You Had for Lunch.
Mark Frydenberg, Bentley University
Follow me on Twitter: @checkmark
Twitter for Skeptics
Mark Frydenberg, Bentley University
Follow me on Twitter: @checkmark
socialnetworking
Published: June 2, 2009Source: Nielsen
top 10growth
@poll
twitterbasics
tweet
retweet
Shortened url
User gets a copy
feed
Who I follow
Who follows
me
Popular
hashtag
tweet
retweet
short url
User gets a copy
feed
Who I follow
news
uh oh
view
world live web
How is twitter different from IM?
culture
giving
client
Client App vs Web App
twhirltweetdeck
search
trends
#followfriday
topfollow friday
APIsData on the Web is forever
spinoffs
• http://twitter.com/onlinecourse• https://twitter.com/EduCounselor
tips
• People follow you when your tweets add value
• Tweet when people will read
• Use tweets to talk about other things you are doing (blog posts)
• retweet
twitter for teachers
Benefits• Integrated, Mobile Learning• Illustrates several tech
concepts• Connects people• Real world• Efficient microblogging• Backchannel• Effective for collaboration
with teachers and students
Concerns• Always available• Tweets Stored forever• Time consuming• Privacy• Distracting• Prmts bd grmmr bcz msgs
must be < 140 chr
Twitter for Teachers
Get Started• Create an Account• Complete Your Profile• Follow people • Get people to follow you!• Tweet• Twitter4Teachers Wiki
Get Going• Class Chatter• Community• Public Timeline• Follow a word or event• Ask for help• Follow professionals• Jot notes as they happen• Post images
follow me on twitter:@checkmark
