for education

8 tips

Twitter ranks as the # 1 learning tool

Source
Jane Hart.
Top 100 tools for learning 2012. http://c4lpt.co.uk/top100tools/twitter/
2012 survey participants: 582 learning professionals worldwide.

Source
http://www.jasonrhode.com/twitter4tlpd minute 16.

Tip # 1
Follow people

Find people with great knowledge in

your area of interest and follow them.

Sources
http://sloan.ucr.edu/profiles/blogs/53-tips-and-ideas-for-a-better, # 41
https://twitter.com/i/#!/who_to_follow

36% of tweets are worth reading

Source
Survey with 1,443 users who rated the quality of 43,738 tweets.
http://hbr.org/2012/05/what-makes-a-great-tweet/ar/1

Source
http://mrslwalker.com/index.php/2009/03/29/nine-great-reasons-why-teachers-should-use-twitter/

Using Twitter is like sitting next to

the smart kids in class.
Amanda Dykes

Source
http://upsidedown.edublogs.org/2010/07/05/iste/

Great teachers acknowledge that

teaching is a learning experience
no matter how experienced they are.
Sir Michael Wilshaw

Source
What is a great teacher. http://youtu.be/is31rrXubQ0, minute 6.

Experience.
Sense. Feel.

Experiment.
Try things out.
Do things.

Think.
Reflect, absorb, understand.
Conclude/generalize/conceptualize.
Adapted from Kolb.

Watch.
Observe.
Listen.

Tip # 2
Retweet

Retweet someone else's tweet

that you find interesting.

Source
http://www.techlearning.com/article/20896

Example

Source
https://twitter.com/DavidGurteen/status/285387802374447104

Tip # 3
Post links

Post a link to, for example, an article /

blog posting / presentation.

Source
http://blog.alwaysprepped.com/50twitterideasforteachers/
http://www.ceekue.com/how-to-use-twitter-to-promote-your-blog/
http://issuu.com/amymollett/docs/twitter_guide_academics

Twitter is a way of growing

the community around blogs.

Source
http://www.scribd.com/doc/2286799/Can-we-use-Twitter-for-educational-activities

Example of grading for tweets

Source: http://www2.uwstout.edu/content/profdev/rubrics/twitter_rubric.html

Tip # 4
Ask questions

The use of Twitter encouraged cooperation

among students. Students used Twitter to
ask each other questions.

Source
Study by R. Junco, G. Heibergert & E. Loken.
http://blog.reyjunco.com/pdf/JuncoHeibergerLokenTwitterEngagementGrades.pdf

To connect with students,

ask open questions.

Sources
http://www.onlinecolleges.net/2009/09/14/101-ways-to-use-twitter-on-campus/
http://applicant.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/tweetcurrency1.jpg
http://www.techlearning.com/article/20896
http://edudemic.com/2012/04/100-ways-to-use-twitter-in-education-by-degree-of-difficulty/
http://www.twitip.com/why-asking-questions-are-a-powerful-twitter-technique/

Source
Steven Herder: What is a teacher?
International Teacher Development Institute webinar, December 17th, 2011.

Some students, who were engaged in

academic discussions via Twitter, also
forged interpersonal relationships.

Source
Study by R. Junco,G. Heibergert & E. Loken.
http://0-www.ferris.edu.libcat.ferris.edu/HTMLS/administration/president/strategic/minutes/docs/StudentEngagementArticle.pdf

Tip # 5
Reply to / comment
on tweets

Source: https://twitter.com/teisenmann/status/287647711468072960

Twitter broadens the conversation beyond

the confines of classroom, allowing for others
who also may have insights and resources to
share to be included in the conversation.
Jason Rhode

Source
http://www.jasonrhode.com/twittertips

Source
http://www.jarche.com/2010/11/corporate-learning%E2%80%99s-focus/

Deliberate
education

Unexpected
education

Formal
education

How
Informal
education
also can be used

Tip # 6
Follow a hashtag #

To follow information that people post

about, for example, an event or topic,
write the # for the event in the Twitter
search box.
Example: #flipclass
Sources
http://donaldclarkplanb.blogspot.ch/2012/10/twitter-in-learning-less-is-more.html
http://www.smartertechnology.com/c/a/Smarter-Strategies/The-Good-News-About-Tweet-Streams/
http://www.teachthought.com/technology/the-complete-guide-to-twitter-hashtags-in-education/
https://twitter.com/search/flipclass

Tip # 7
Try out new things

Source
Andrew Churches.
http://educationaltech-med.blogspot.com/2011/01/21st-century-skills-teachers-should.html

Creativity
Curiosity

Freedom

Experimentation
Daring

Variation

Ambition
Individualism
Competition
Dominance
Control
Power

Equality

Helpful

Honesty
Forgiving

Love

Friendship

Tradition
Family
Discipline
Conformity
Security
Clean

Source: http://twitpaint.com/

High accountability

Initiatives taken
by education
participants
Low
creativity

Source
Low accountability
David Wees.
http://www.joebower.org/2010/06/relationship-between-accountability-and.html

High
creativity

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