Apps that support and enhance the value of twitter
1. Apps that Support and
Enhance the Value of
Twitter as a PD Tool
Rita Zeinstejer
GCT 2008
Rosario, Argentina
2. • exponent of “snack culture”
• privileges text brevity, users´mobility and virtual
networks as social environments
• answers one question: What´s happening…?
What’s Microblogging…?
3. • imposes necessity to abbreviate fitting in ideas
• develops skills for word selection
• fulfils a need of …being fast and getting instant feedback
• …getting more connections
• encourages autonomous learning
• uses tags to build up a network
• helps share real time data
• shapes your own community
microblogging pluses
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6. •“a free social networking and micro-blogging service that
allows users to send updates…” Wikipedia
•“the most popular of the genre of 'microblogging' tools that
emulate SMS messaging but fall short of blogging…” V.
Stevens
•“one of the largest platforms in the world for sharing real-
time data” Douglas A. McIntyre, in TIME
Twitter
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9. •combines features of SMS text messages and
blogs
•up to 140 characters long text-based posts
•updates instantly delivered
•updates via instant messaging, SMS, RSS, email
Features
http://twitter.com/home
11. Everyday
use…?
•dissemination of publications and materials
•product recommendations
•serendipitous improvement
•serendipitous discovery
•locating original sources of ideas, quotes, etc.
•following celebrities
•getting updated on latest news
12. Use Hashtags as a search
engine
Twitter Search:
the most powerful search engine
connects with REAL time information
13. General teaching and learning
#Edtech – anything to do with technology in the classroom
#education – anything to do with education
#elearning – mostly about computer based learning, although also covers anything to do
with the ‘e’ role in learning
#teachers – focuses on the teacher
#edchat – a weekly and lively discussion about all things education
#ntchat – resources for new teachers
#teachmeet – connecting teachers
#ukedchat – UK teacher chat
most popular teaching
hashtags:
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16. for educators…?
it’s a virtual staff room, a learning network & community
join any conference
share discussion during/ after
follow the stream
connect with likeminded people
share resources easily and quickly
perfect tool for mobile devices
17. a personal learning tool:
it´s a powerful learning tool
a great information filter
lets me interact with experts I’ll never meet f2f
it’s an instant give-and-take
forces me to be a reflective learner
my Twitter network is the smartest and fastest
18. create a strong profile page
keep your profile professional
proper use of etiquette
know who to follow
use hashtags
use Twitter for research
share what you read : build an online reputation, spark
academic discussions
use Twitter for teaching and learning
use Twitter tools and apps
as a PD tool….
22. finds Twitter people interested in similar topics
enables people to meet and participate in conversations
gathers likeminded members around key words
organizes tweets
encourages community formation
anybody can find and join any group
28. online platform: lets you publish and discover documents on the Web
works like YouTube, but you browse and upload texts instead of videos
post documents of various formats, and embed them into a web page
find and share documents
unlimited storage
it’s a user-generated library for documents, not a personal online
journal you update periodically
claims that you'll find more information than on Wikipedia !!
34. read Twitter as a daily newspaper
organize links shared on Twitter into an easy-to-read
newspaper-style format.
newspapers can be created for any Twitter user, list or
#tag
explore newspapers by topic, tags and types
http://tweetedtimes.com
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36. helps groups communicate privately via Twitter
send a private message to another user + send it to multiple users
enables 2 to 100,000+ contributors to tweet from the same account
contributors' names can be hidden or displayed at the beginning or end
of each Tweet
multiple contributors add content to your Twitter account, but keep full
control of content/timing: GroupTweet's Message Moderation feature
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http://www.grouptweet.com
37. promotes use of Twitter
http://screenr.com/
instant screencasts for Twitter
web-based recorder: nothing to download
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40. search engine: takes a topic of interest and turns
search results into a flipboard with videos, tweets,
flickr images
http://spezify.com/
visual
search
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42. http://twitcam.livestream.com/
posts your video description and link to Twitter for
all your followers to see
chat with your viewers via Twitter right from your
broadcast page
archive your video and display it on the same page
free + no sign-up/no software required
stream
LIVE on
Twitter!!
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44. Maximize the Impact of your
Tweets
include a link: provide content to your audience
leave some extra space: encourage engagement
be brief and succint Dnt 4get 2check out R evnt tnite@our office-its gna b gr8 NO
open up a conversation
use a hashtag: expand your reach
give credit where credit is due: people are notified
http://leancontent.it/post/43087807643/6-tricks-to-maximize-the-impact-of-
your-tweets
45. let’s recap
Which tool helps you…
• find people with similar interests?
• create a newspaper?
• share your documents?
• tweet from a group account safely?
• streams your tweets live on Twitter?
• discover what a hashtag means?
• search images around a topic?
• screencast your message?
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/10/twitter-for-professional-development.html HASHTAG: a way to categorize messages; Clicking on a hashtagged word in any message shows you all other Tweets marked with that keyword. If you Tweet with a hashtag on a public account, anyone who does a search for that hashtag may find your Tweet