Twitter - A Personal Learning Network for Professional Development
2 likes410 views
This document discusses using Twitter for professional development as part of a personal learning network for educators. It describes Twitter as a social networking and microblogging platform where users can post and read short 140-character messages. The document provides suggestions for how lecturers can use Twitter to gain just-in-time learning on teaching ideas and applications, access experts, and engage in discussions to clarify ideas. It recommends starting with following a few suggested Twitter users and participating in the network by posting at least once daily.
Twitter - A Personal Learning Network for Professional Development
- 1. Professional development – Twitter as the base for a Personal Learning Network for Professional Development.This session was facilitated via Elluminate
- 2. Today we explore Twitter.What is Twitter?
- 3. As a lecturer why would I want to use Twitter?
- 4. Set up a Twitter account
- 5. Getting started – strategies & jargon
- 6. Advantages of using a desktop clientWhat is Twitter for/about - YOUR ideas?
- 8. microbloggingExchange of short 140-character messages called Tweetshttp://twitter.com/about#about
- 9. “Why would I care what someone on the other side of the world had for lunch?”
- 10. My network: I follow the tweets of 1300+ people
- 11. 1600+ people follow my tweets Some of my network: Follow/are followed by thousandsHow is Twitter useful to Lecturers & other educators? Share Tweetdeck #CYOCPD column Share Tweetdeck Friends & Mentions columns
- 12. Some of the ways I find it useful: Just-in-time learning
- 13. Useful links
- 14. Ideas for teaching & learning
- 15. Applications for me & for students
- 16. Discussion & clarifying ideas/thoughts
- 17. New theories & practice in teaching & learning
- 18. Access to “experts”Getting started:
- 21. Start following a few peopleGlobal EducatorsVoc Edhttp://twitter.com/#!/JoHarthttp://www.twitter.com/#!/ShellTerrell http://twitter.com/#!/suewatershttp://www.twitter.com/#!/dougpetehttp://twitter.com/#!/englishravenhttp://twitter.com/#!/SarahStewart http://twitter.com/#!/burntsugarhttp://twitter.com/#!/bradbeachhttp://twitter.com/#!/ccox888http://twitter.com/#!/mikebetts725http://twitter.com/#!/the other66
- 22. This tab shows ReTweets (RT) someone to resend their message & share more widely Type message here then click Tweet to sendDirect message (DM) private eg “D JoHartaaa” will send only to meJoin #RSCON3 confMentions/Replies (@) anything with @JoHart in the tweet will appear hereMessages from your Twitter stream in chronological order
- 23. Others with similar interests more likely to follow you back if you have a relevant profile (bio) & a picture/avatar other than one of the defaults
- 25. Lists to track the tweets of similar interest groupsThe hashtag # used to “tag” related tweets
- 26. How can you “get into it”? Set yourself Twitter goals! follow a few people to start with
- 27. skim the Twitter stream either a couple of times a day or have Tweetdeck open
- 28. respond to someone or post something yourself at least once a dayMore on Twitter (and Yammer)http://johart1.edublogs.org/2011/04/23/edublogs-webinar-overview-twitter-201/http://johart1.edublogs.org/?s=Tweetdeckhttp://johart1.edublogs.org/2011/02/15/twitter-%E2%80%93-longer-longer-lon%E2%80%A6/http://johart1.edublogs.org/2009/11/09/twitter-–-a-clean-nest/http://johart1.edublogs.org/2009/05/30/twitter-what-makes-me-follow-someone/http://johart1.edublogs.org/2011/06/18/tweeting-the-word-to-the-world-from-ere2011/http://johart1.edublogs.org/?s=Yammer
- 29. Twitter did you find out?What is Twitter?
- 30. As a lecturer why would I want to use Twitter?
- 31. Set up a Twitter account
- 32. Getting started – strategies & jargon
- 33. Advantages of using a desktop clientFeedbackWas the pace of the session?A Too slowB Just rightC Too fast
- 34. FeedbackWas the session (content and activities)?A InterestingB OKC Boring
- 35. FeedbackHow was the session (format and structure)?A Just right – it worked wellB OKC Not very good
- 36. FeedbackComments / ideas / +ves / -ves