Slides from a workshop (Nov 2009) with faculty at University of Auckland Centre for Academic Development.

1. Teaching with http://vote4power.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/twitterbird.jpg

2. What we’ll cover The what, how, why, when and where of Twitter Twitter background Twitter jargon How to create an account How to make your Twitter profile more interesting How to RT and DM What’s the ‘@’ mean? What are friends and followers? How to search for other edu-tweeps to follow How to follow particular topics Back channels at conferences Mobile tweeting Ideas and examples for using with students Come away with an action plan to incorporate into YOUR teaching http://www.flickr.com/photos/ilse/3389565299/

4. Social network

5. Users send and read each other’s messages

6. Relatively new - Created in 2006 by Jack Dorseyhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/ilse/3389565299/

7. http://twitter.com/Jack

8. Watch Video on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddO9idmax0o

9. Activity 1 Create an account Make your first tweet

10. Go to http://twitter.com Sign up Login

11. Answer the question “What are you doing?”Could be “what’s catching your attention?” Type in the box Click update First tweet done!

12. Activity 2 Edit your profile

13. Update your profile via “Settings” Add your real name so people can find you Username could be, and is increasingly people’s real name Bio has to be brief – 160 characters More likely to be followed if you upload a picture – can be cartoon/avatar Show your interest - change the default design

14. Choose design available on Twitter or (when you have time) Design your own wallpaper/background with these free services FreeTwitterDesigner.com TwitBacks.com MyTweetSpace.com PrettyTweet.com Artweet.com

15. Watch Video on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGbLWQYJ6iM

16. Activity 3 Search for other participants & Carol (kiwicarol) Follow them

20. Hash tagsLook at trends

22. http://search.twitter.com

23. http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/connexions

24. http://www.twazzup.com/

25. Activity 5 Find a great tweet & RT it Reply to someone’s tweet DM to someone’s tweet Mark a tweet as a favourite

27. @name - will be picked up as a reply or mention

28. d name – direct message, seen only by the person (note space, and no @)

31. Once set up send tweets to 8987 (twtr)

33. http://echofon.com

34. http://seesmic.com/

35. Using Twitter with students? Ideas? http://www.flickr.com/photos/victoriapeckham/164175205

36. As an experiment, Parry made Twitter a class assignment and got his students to engage in microblogging as homework. He observed how Twitter became the link that connected conversations inside and out of class. ... He also discovered that it changed classroom dynamics in a positive way, encouraging more respectful and productive interaction between students by turning the class into a community. http://arstechnica.com/old/content/2008/03/twitter-breaks-down-barriers-in-the-classroom.ars http://www.flickr.com/photos/victoriapeckham/164175205

37. ...the Stanford Study of Writing, a five-year study of nearly 14,000 pieces of student writing, done for class and beyond it. Though final data analysis has not been done, early results indicated that in their Internet writings, students took pains to cultivate tone and voice, and to address a particular audience. "The out-of-class writing actually made them more conscious of the things writing teachers want them to think about," said Paul M. Rogers, an assistant professor of English at George Mason University who is involved in the study. http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Can-Twitter-Turn-Students-Into/7874/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/victoriapeckham/164175205

38. Using Twitter with students? Class chatter Class community Get a sense of the world Track a word / conference Instant feedback Follow a professional / famous person Public Notepad Writing assignment http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/2008/twitter-for-academia/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/victoriapeckham/164175205

39. Action Plan WHAT are you going to do? WHEN are you going to do it? With WHICH class(es)? WHAT do you need to do to prepare? HOW will you evaluate it? http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomswift/4837657/

40. Questions? Carol Cooper Taylor Cooper-Taylor Training W: www.cooper-taylor.com E: carol@cooper-taylor.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/victoriapeckham/164175205