tweeting in higher ed

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Twitter NetworksFocusing, Informing, Connecting and Expanding

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Why We Dont Tweet

We dont see the point.

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Its just one more thing.

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Its not valid instructional.

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Social media or

emerging technologiesshould give you a brand

new something.

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Not an old somethingdressed up in a blue

bird costume.

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Source: http://sherrilynnestarkie.com/2012/04/20/infographic-twitter-facts/

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http://sherrilynnestarkie.com/2012/04/20/infographic-twitter-facts/http://sherrilynnestarkie.com/2012/04/20/infographic-twitter-facts/


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Why I Began to Tweet

I needed ample, continuous

sources of information in realtime about my market.

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What I ThoughtAmple, continuous sources of

information in real time

about theirmarket.

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What I Learned

amazing resource

opportunity tocontribute

real and growingnetwork

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The Gift of Twitter

A global playground of focusedinformation (course-based), meaningful

connections, personal contributions,compelling and easy research, and a toolfor students future professional life.

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Courses

55+ students, combined grad andundergrad

22 undergrad students

3 grad students

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Systematic ApproachCreate a Profile

Follow

Re-Tweet (RT)

Tweet from Sites (currentevents)

Original Tweets

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How It Works

following (voyeurism)

retweeting (plagiarism)

tweeting (journalism)

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How It Works

real time

only see the tweets of those you

follow

only people who follow you will readyour tweets

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Unless Youre Trending(but thats another workshop)

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Sources

Google Alerts

Personalized Magazines (Zite, Flipbook)

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Monitoring

a Twitter account for each class

only follow the students

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It is essential for studentsto explore the topics that

are the most meaningfuland of highest interest to

them within the course

content.

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Whats the point?

100% of students looked

at and read the websitesof the organizations theywere following.

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95% of students believed that it was auseful tool for gathering and sharing

information.

Its just one more thing?

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Its not instructional?

90% of students read the

articles they tweeted.

Athar, Sohaib (ReallyVirtual). Helicopter hovering above Abbottabad

at 1AM (is a rare event). 1 May 2011, 3:58 p.m. Tweet

And MLA recognizes it as a citation

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100% of students discovered

news or information that they felt

was valuable to their own learning.

Outcome

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What they said ...

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I have been learning about

more groups and organizationthrough twitter, some Im sure

I wouldnt have without it.

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I like being able to follow andsee what other people are

doing with my same interests.I wouldnt know of many of

the things Ive learned throughTwitter.

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I have learned more aboutdifferent organizations and

current events by having atwitter account. By retweeting,

it allows me to be moreinvolved.

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More

hashtags, trending, vernacular,protocol, culture

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

5 Dos and Donts for College Students Using Social Mediahttp://socialmediatoday.com/leo-widrich/375480/5-cool-ways-using-twitter-classrooms

Twitter in Educationhttp://www.livebinders.com/play/play/92308

TwitterHandbook for Teachers

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

Twitter Terminology 101http://sandesaimond.hubpages.com/hub/Twitter-Terminology-101

Twitter How To from the OIAhttp://elearn.arizona.edu/stuartg/Twitter3_093011.pdf

Resources
http://elearn.arizona.edu/stuartg/Twitter3_093011.pdfhttp://sandesaimond.hubpages.com/hub/Twitter-Terminology-101http://blogs.shu.edu/zedeck/files/2009/09/twitter-handbook-for-teachers.pdfhttp://www.livebinders.com/play/play/92308http://socialmediatoday.com/leo-widrich/375480/5-cool-ways-using-twitter-classroomshttp://socialmediatoday.com/leo-widrich/375480/5-cool-ways-using-twitter-classroomshttp://elearn.arizona.edu/stuartg/Twitter3_093011.pdfhttp://elearn.arizona.edu/stuartg/Twitter3_093011.pdfhttp://sandesaimond.hubpages.com/hub/Twitter-Terminology-101http://sandesaimond.hubpages.com/hub/Twitter-Terminology-101http://blogs.shu.edu/zedeck/files/2009/09/twitter-handbook-for-teachers.pdfhttp://blogs.shu.edu/zedeck/files/2009/09/twitter-handbook-for-teachers.pdfhttp://www.livebinders.com/play/play/92308http://www.livebinders.com/play/play/92308http://socialmediatoday.com/leo-widrich/375480/5-cool-ways-using-twitter-classroomshttp://socialmediatoday.com/leo-widrich/375480/5-cool-ways-using-twitter-classroomshttp://socialmediatoday.com/leo-widrich/375480/5-cool-ways-using-twitter-classroomshttp://socialmediatoday.com/leo-widrich/375480/5-cool-ways-using-twitter-classrooms

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