140 characters in search of a story: microblogging in language arts
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140 Characters in Search of a Story
140 Characters in Search of a Story
Using Microblogging in Language Arts
TIES Language Arts SeminarAugust 18, 2009
Using Microblogging in Language Arts
TIES Language Arts SeminarAugust 18, 2009
“Brevity is the soul of wit.”“Brevity is the soul of wit.”
PoloniusHamlet II.ii
PoloniusHamlet II.ii
“Brevity is the soul of Twitter.”
“Brevity is the soul of Twitter.”
(what he really meant)(what he really meant)
Participate via TwitterParticipate via Twitter
Tag your tweets: #tiesla Take notes Post questions Participate in activities
Tag your tweets: #tiesla Take notes Post questions Participate in activities
Session OverviewSession Overview
Twitter basics Microblogging concepts Twitter (or just the idea of Twitter) Edmodo: “Twitter for educators” Lessons, activities, and resources
Twitter basics Microblogging concepts Twitter (or just the idea of Twitter) Edmodo: “Twitter for educators” Lessons, activities, and resources
Before We StartBefore We Start
What brings you here today?
What do you hope to learn? What questions do you
have?
What brings you here today?
What do you hope to learn? What questions do you
have?
What is microblogging?What is microblogging?
Microblogging is a form of multimedia blogging that allows users to send brief text updates (say, 140 characters or fewer). . . .
Wikipedia
Microblogging is a form of multimedia blogging that allows users to send brief text updates (say, 140 characters or fewer). . . .
Wikipedia
And why should we care? And why should we care?
“Why would you subject your friends to your daily minutiae? And conversely, how much of their trivia can you absorb? The growth of ambient intimacy can seem like modern narcissism taken to a new, supermetabolic extreme….”
Clive Thompson
“Why would you subject your friends to your daily minutiae? And conversely, how much of their trivia can you absorb? The growth of ambient intimacy can seem like modern narcissism taken to a new, supermetabolic extreme….”
Clive Thompson
Twitter BasicsTwitter Basics
@replies - Public reply RT - Re-Tweet DM - Direct message Tinyurl - Shorter is better Hashtag - Label your tweet
@replies - Public reply RT - Re-Tweet DM - Direct message Tinyurl - Shorter is better Hashtag - Label your tweet
Twitter Talk Twitter Talk
What I’m doing What I’m thinking Sharing resources & links Conversation via @replies
What I’m doing What I’m thinking Sharing resources & links Conversation via @replies
Getting startedGetting started
Sign up for free account at Twitter
Twitter in Plain English The Big Juicy Twitter Guide Blogging Sueblimely
: Twitter for Beginners
Sign up for free account at Twitter
Twitter in Plain English The Big Juicy Twitter Guide Blogging Sueblimely
: Twitter for Beginners
Strengths of microbloggingStrengths of
microblogging Concise Metacognitive Social & collaborative Ephemeral
Concise Metacognitive Social & collaborative Ephemeral
ConciseConcise
“Twitter’s 140-character limit provides a great framework for creating compact messages. Not that there’s anything wrong with being verbose; yet having taught writing, there’s much to be said for getting straight to the point.”
Chris Sessums“I like Twitter for its asynchronous, forced concision….”
Barbara Ganley
“Twitter’s 140-character limit provides a great framework for creating compact messages. Not that there’s anything wrong with being verbose; yet having taught writing, there’s much to be said for getting straight to the point.”
Chris Sessums“I like Twitter for its asynchronous, forced concision….”
Barbara Ganley
MetacognitiveMetacognitive
“I also want to explore students using tweets to send out questions and observations to the group while engaged in the "solo work" of the course--the reading and ruminating and writing that so often happens alone. How might sending links and notes this way deepen and broaden our learning experience together?”
Barbara Ganley
“I also want to explore students using tweets to send out questions and observations to the group while engaged in the "solo work" of the course--the reading and ruminating and writing that so often happens alone. How might sending links and notes this way deepen and broaden our learning experience together?”
Barbara Ganley
Social and collaborativeSocial and collaborative
“Twitter and other constant-contact media create social proprioception. They give a group of people a sense of itself, making possible weird, fascinating feats of coordination.”
Clive Thompson
“Twitter and other constant-contact media create social proprioception. They give a group of people a sense of itself, making possible weird, fascinating feats of coordination.”
Clive Thompson
EphemeralEphemeral
“The power of twitter in the classroom lies in harnessing the instantaneous and ephemeral nature of the tool.”
Darren Kuropatwa
“The power of twitter in the classroom lies in harnessing the instantaneous and ephemeral nature of the tool.”
Darren Kuropatwa
Think-Pair-ShareThink-Pair-Share
How might these concepts support your instructional
goals?
How might these concepts support your instructional
goals?
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Use Twitter to bring literature into your
classroom
Use Twitter to bring literature into your
classroom
Intrigued by first lines?Intrigued by first lines?
Follow an authorFollow an author
Use Twitter to prompt writing
Use Twitter to prompt writing
Use Twitter to collaborateUse Twitter to collaborate
Use Twitter to find an audience
Use Twitter to find an audience
Flash fiction & tiny poetryFlash fiction & tiny poetry
Flash fictionFlash fiction
Wikipedia: “Fiction of extreme brevity”
Contains (or implies) traditional elements of fiction: character, plot, etc.
FlashFictionOnline
Wikipedia: “Fiction of extreme brevity”
Contains (or implies) traditional elements of fiction: character, plot, etc.
FlashFictionOnline
For sale: baby shoes, never worn.
For sale: baby shoes, never worn.
Ernest HemingwayErnest Hemingway
Novel in 12 Words or LessNovel in 12 Words or Less
Twelve-word novel win changes life. Fame, drugs, adultery, sorrow, tears, blood.
Obituary. First five words free, she thought. Charles dead. Yacht for sale.
Louise's love of poodles was overshadowed only by her love of barbecue.
On The Media’s 2007 Novel Challenge
Twelve-word novel win changes life. Fame, drugs, adultery, sorrow, tears, blood.
Obituary. First five words free, she thought. Charles dead. Yacht for sale.
Louise's love of poodles was overshadowed only by her love of barbecue.
On The Media’s 2007 Novel Challenge
Tiny poetry: TwaikuTiny poetry: Twaiku
Twaiku: Haiku in 140 characters or less
Copyblogger Twaiku contest A wandering ghost / My dead father
cries “Uncle!” / I must have revenge. “I’m following you” / A compliment on
Twitter / Not so in real life Realtime search results for #haiku
Twaiku: Haiku in 140 characters or less
Copyblogger Twaiku contest A wandering ghost / My dead father
cries “Uncle!” / I must have revenge. “I’m following you” / A compliment on
Twitter / Not so in real life Realtime search results for #haiku
Tiny poetry: TwitkuTiny poetry: Twitku
Twitku: micro-haiku 17 characters in 5/7/5 format Tiny Poetry Society wiki hello/twitter/verse
Twitku: micro-haiku 17 characters in 5/7/5 format Tiny Poetry Society wiki hello/twitter/verse
Tiny poems by Diane Cordell
Tiny poems by Diane Cordell
It’s your turn.It’s your turn.
Try your hand at a 12-word novel, twaiku, or twitku.
Tweet your composition.
Try your hand at a 12-word novel, twaiku, or twitku.
Tweet your composition.
EdmodoEdmodo
Twitter for education Private micro-blogging No student email address needed Teacher controls group settings
Twitter for education Private micro-blogging No student email address needed Teacher controls group settings
Log in to Edmodo Log in to Edmodo
Go to http://www.edmodo.com
Click “Student” link Enter group code: blj382
Go to http://www.edmodo.com
Click “Student” link Enter group code: blj382
Sample microblogging activity
Sample microblogging activity
“Reading for the Gist.” Harvey & Goudvis, Strategies That Work (2000).
Use a variety of strategies to construct meaning
Ask questions, make connections, visualize, make predictions, synthesize
Notes used for reader response
“Reading for the Gist.” Harvey & Goudvis, Strategies That Work (2000).
Use a variety of strategies to construct meaning
Ask questions, make connections, visualize, make predictions, synthesize
Notes used for reader response
Lord of the Flies reader response
Lord of the Flies reader response
Read-aloud from Golding’s Lord of the Flies
During reading, note responses in Edmodo
Main ideas, questions, connections, predictions, inferences
Read-aloud from Golding’s Lord of the Flies
During reading, note responses in Edmodo
Main ideas, questions, connections, predictions, inferences
Standards-based lesson ideas
Standards-based lesson ideas
IRA/NCTE Standards for English Language Arts
K-12 MN Standards in Language Arts Reading and Literature Writing Speaking, Listening, and Viewing
IRA/NCTE Standards for English Language Arts
K-12 MN Standards in Language Arts Reading and Literature Writing Speaking, Listening, and Viewing
Reading and LiteratureReading and Literature
Reading comprehension: QAR (Question-Answer Relationship) strategy: Twitter sticky notes
Understanding dialogue in dramatic works: Reimagine Shakespeare dialogue as Twitter exchange
Biographical or character study: Synthesize insights into subject through a-day-in-the-lifeTwitter postings
Reading comprehension: QAR (Question-Answer Relationship) strategy: Twitter sticky notes
Understanding dialogue in dramatic works: Reimagine Shakespeare dialogue as Twitter exchange
Biographical or character study: Synthesize insights into subject through a-day-in-the-lifeTwitter postings
WritingWriting
Persuasive essay: A concise thesis statement in 140 characters
Research: Use microblogging to provide progress updates, organize ideas, evaluate resources
Audience and point of view: Use Twitter “scenarios” to develop understanding
Persuasive essay: A concise thesis statement in 140 characters
Research: Use microblogging to provide progress updates, organize ideas, evaluate resources
Audience and point of view: Use Twitter “scenarios” to develop understanding
Speaking, Listening, & Viewing
Speaking, Listening, & Viewing
Evaluate media sources: Twitter as citizen journalism
Social notetaking: Use microblogging to provide feedback for oral presentations
Evaluate media sources: Twitter as citizen journalism
Social notetaking: Use microblogging to provide feedback for oral presentations
What ideas do you have?What ideas do you have?
Help write the e-book: Twitter for Teachers
Send them to Scott: sschwister@gmail.com http://twitter.com/sschwister
Help write the e-book: Twitter for Teachers
Send them to Scott: sschwister@gmail.com http://twitter.com/sschwister
Additional reading & resources
Additional reading & resources
NCTE Inbox: Twitter: 140-Character Professional Development and Writing Tool
Chris Sessums: Twitter Me This: Brainstorming Potential Educational Uses for Twitter
Darren Kuropatwa: Twitter: Ephemeral Learning Tool Terry Freedman: Twittering in the classroom: some
issues Clive Thompson in Wired: How Twitter Creates a Sixth
Social Sense Clive Thompson in NYTimes.com: Brave New World of
Digital Intimacy Brian Stelten & Noam Cohem in NYTimes.com: Citizen
Journalists Provided Glimpses of Mumbai Attacks NPR’s On The Media: The Twitter Wire Service
NCTE Inbox: Twitter: 140-Character Professional Development and Writing Tool
Chris Sessums: Twitter Me This: Brainstorming Potential Educational Uses for Twitter
Darren Kuropatwa: Twitter: Ephemeral Learning Tool Terry Freedman: Twittering in the classroom: some
issues Clive Thompson in Wired: How Twitter Creates a Sixth
Social Sense Clive Thompson in NYTimes.com: Brave New World of
Digital Intimacy Brian Stelten & Noam Cohem in NYTimes.com: Citizen
Journalists Provided Glimpses of Mumbai Attacks NPR’s On The Media: The Twitter Wire Service
ContactContact
Scott Schwistersschwister@gmail.com
Scott Schwistersschwister@gmail.com
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