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Twitter for Education Using Twitter to Improve Teaching and Learning

Note: This is a wiki. Therefore, your thoughts, comments, and additions can and should be added to this resource. Thanks in advance!

If you are new to Twitter, most resources are located on the "Defining Twitter " page!

Twitter Infographics: If You Printed Twitter, . ..

[|5 Ways Twitter Changed the World in 2009]

"What Does Twitter Mean to You?" Eric Sheninger (@NMHS_Principal) VoiceThread

Kathy Schrock's Twitter Website http://sites.google.com/a/kathyschrock.net/twittercure/

Twitter in the Classroom (Google Presentation) by Deb White at FOSSed 2010 http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=df7h5cxp_16ff25zff7

30 Ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom (Google Presentation) @http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dhn2vcv5_118cfb8msf8

**Twitter Cheat Sheet** by Matthew Tommasi of Social Media

The Ultimate Twitter Guidebook for Teachers (Updated) http://ht.ly/24Sru Twitter Facts and Figures (added May 2010) Something to Think About: [|Google to Make GMail Social with Status Update Features]

** __Wiki Creator:__ ** **Shawn Kimball** **Technology Integration Specialist** Hampden Academy Hampden, Maine USA shawnkball@gmail.com

__Twitter Workshop Opportunities:__ Twitter for Beginners: Setting Up Your PLN (3-hour BYOL Workshop) Twitter: Expand Your PLN, Increase Student Learning (50 minute session) Setting up a Twitter Account Click on "Defining Twitter" to learn more about Twitter, creating a Twitter account, and using Twitter.

 from [|Wordle] using my Twitter research notes in Google Docs (prepared for Setting Sail: MLTI 2009 Summer Institute) [|Painters Brisbane] Students + Twitter = Interactive Storytelling

How Twitter Can Improve Teaching and Learning (please add your thoughts)

 * Follow fellow educators with similar interests/subject areas to see what they "tweet".
 * Students using #hashtags to share all posts.
 * Students using #hashtags to participate in small and full group conversations.
 * Teachers breaking down content and placing students in small groups to become experts and share via #hashtag with the full class.
 * Follow breaking news via News Tweets and #hashtags (ie. #iranelection)
 * Twitter can serve as back channel during lecture, speaker, movie, student performance.
 * Students can do research and share URL's via Twitter.
 * Teachers sharing and receiving ideas and resources at their convenience using #hashtags
 * Twitter can facilitate communication (general microblogging instead of or in addition to Ning, Facebook, MySpace)



Testament to Twitter: Twitter for Teachers: Why You Should Start Tweeting []

Is Twitter an Effective Online Collaborative Environment? []

The Irony of Twitter -- Brief & Worth Reading []

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===You are welcome to use my format to present a "Twitter for Professional Development" workshop session. Click on "Castine Planning" to access the workshop overview.===

This wiki was created in July 2009 by Shawn Kimball with a two-fold purpose. First and foremost, this wiki is intended to be a resource for teachers interested in using [|microblogging tools] to increase/extend/enhance teaching and learning in and out of the classroom. Secondly, this free [|Wikispaces] wiki is being used to organize "Twitter for [|Professional] Development" presentations at [|Setting Sail: 2009 MLTI Summer Institute], [|ACTEM]'s [|MAINEducation Technology 2009 Conference], 2010 Midwest Educational Technology Conference, Maine "2010 Summer Tech Institutue" mini-workshops, etc.

Shawn Kimball (Contact Information): email: shawnkball@gmail.com Twitter: [|@21stcentskills], Diigo social bookmarking: [|kimballs]; Delicious social bookmarking: [|kimballs]; Skype: [|shawnkball] Blogs: [|http://mlti.wordpress.com] and [|http://osined.wordpress.com] (unfortunately so little time to blog)

**The content that we create on http://twitterforeducation.wikispaces.com is licensed under the [|Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 3.0 License]. Please only submit content that you write yourself or that is in the [|public domain].**