Twitter Networks

Focusing, Informing, Connecting and Expanding

Why You Dont Tweet

Youve tried it but you dont really see the point.

Why I Began to Tweet

I needed ample, continuous sources of information in real time about my market.

Who has time for daily, all day Google searches?

I took what I learned into what I teach.

To be a teacher you must be a prophet because you are trying to preapare people for a world 30 to fty years into the future.

Gordon Brown, MIT

A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary.

Thomas Carruthers

A Gift to Our Students

A global playground of focused information (course-based), meaningful connections, personal contributions, compelling and easy research, and a tool for students future professional life.

Prole
Follow
Follow the followers
Share what others are saying (RT)
Tweet articles, news or blogs
Compose original thoughts

What We Did

What We Did Not Do

In depth study of Twitter vernacular, protocol, or culture

Just By Following 50
100% of students have looked at and read the websites of the organizations they are following.

Just By Following 50
95% of students believe it is a useful tool for gathering and sharing information.

Just By Following 50
90% of students have read the articles they tweet.

Just By Following 50
100% of students have discovered news or information that they feel is valuable to their own learning.

At midterm, students wrote about what their experience of Twitter had been so far.

I have learned about more groups and organizations through twitter, some Im sure I wouldnt have without it.

I like being able to follow and see what other people are doing with my same interests. I wouldnt know of many of the things Ive learned through Twitter.

I have learned more about different organizations and current events by having a twitter account. By retweeting, it allows me to be more involved.

Demonstration

Resources
5 Cool Ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom http://socialmediatoday.com/leo-widrich/375480/5-cool-ways-using-twitter-classrooms


Buffer: A Twitter Tips Blog

http://blog.bufferapp.com/ 

Twitter Handbook for Teachers

http://blogs.shu.edu/zedeck/les/2009/09/twitter-handbook-for-teachers.pdf 

Twitter How To from the OIA

http://elearn.arizona.edu/stuartg/Twitter3_093011.pdf