Using twitter as a higher order thinking tool in the classroom (schoolnetsa11)
Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016
-
Upload
alex-spiers -
Category
Education
-
view
139 -
download
2
Transcript of Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016
![Page 1: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
#LIVUNITEL
An Introduction to Twitter in Higher Education
![Page 2: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Who are we?
Alex SpiersLearning Technologist
Phil WalkerLearning Technologist
![Page 3: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Overview
What is it?Terminology
How it is being used?Issues
ActivitiesQuestions
![Page 4: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
![Page 5: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
ON
![Page 6: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Happy 6th Birthday
![Page 7: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Communication
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dailypic/1459055735/
Communication
![Page 8: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
![Page 9: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
![Page 10: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/09/iran-twitter-revolution-protests?intcmp=239
![Page 11: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
https://clt.vtc.edu.hk/what-happens-online-in-60-seconds/
![Page 12: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
![Page 13: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
![Page 14: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
![Page 15: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
https://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/opinion/tell-us-about-your-paper-and-make-it-short-and-tweet
![Page 16: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
http://www.healthandcommunications.com/blog/2015/8/31/8utx8sait2y475x5wv11omlk6fsf9p
![Page 17: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
![Page 18: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
Professional
PracticeTechnol
ogy
Events/Conference
sHE
News
Breaking News
Research
![Page 19: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
Photo by kewl - Creative Commons Attribution License https://www.flickr.com/photos/58411470@N00 Created with Haiku Deck
![Page 20: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
![Page 21: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
Ten Days of Twitter was originally developed by created by Helen Webster. The materials are available under a Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-SA.
1. Set up a profile
2. Following people
3. Sending a tweet
4. @messages
5. Embedding and shortening URLs
6. Retweeting
7. Hashtags
8. Managing people (apps to create lists)
9. Managing information (apps to curate links)
9
![Page 22: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
Terminology & Tasks
![Page 23: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
Creating an account
![Page 24: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
Decisions you have to make• Public or Private• DM or Tagging from others• Notifications• Video autoplay (mobile)
Settings
![Page 25: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/25.jpg)
Activity
• Search for content
1
![Page 26: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/26.jpg)
#ff Follow Friday Following & Followers
![Page 27: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/27.jpg)
Following & FollowersFollowing is trial and error – filter your followers (or interests) regularly
![Page 28: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/28.jpg)
Activity
• Search for content
2
![Page 29: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/29.jpg)
Sending @ messagesSend a Tweet
![Page 30: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/30.jpg)
Tweet
![Page 31: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/31.jpg)
Activity
• Search for content
3
![Page 32: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/32.jpg)
The @ sign is used to call out usernames in Tweets, like this:
@
![Page 33: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/33.jpg)
Activity
• Search for content
4
![Page 34: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/34.jpg)
Tweeting Links
![Page 35: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/35.jpg)
Tweeting URLsA URL of any length will be altered to 23 characters, even if the link itself is less than 23 characters long. Your character count will reflect this.
• Tinyurl.com• Goo.gl Owned by Google this will also produce a QR code
for your link and if you have a Google+ account, you can track statistics on click-through. This is useful if you’re evaluating publicity strategies for a new web resource or event.
• events.• Bit.ly You can also track click-throughs with this site.
![Page 36: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/36.jpg)
Activity
• Search for content
5
![Page 37: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/37.jpg)
RetweetsRT (retweet)
![Page 38: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/38.jpg)
Re-sharing or giving credit to someone else’s tweet. See also MT (modified tweet)
RT (retweet)
![Page 39: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/39.jpg)
Activity
• Search for content
6
![Page 40: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/40.jpg)
#Hashtags# hash tag (search term)
![Page 41: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/41.jpg)
# hash tag (search term)
![Page 42: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/42.jpg)
Activity
• Search for content
7
![Page 43: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/43.jpg)
Managing people in TwitterManaging People
![Page 44: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/44.jpg)
BlockYou can Block anyone you don’t want to be following you. Blocking prevents a user from @ message, DM or adding you to a list. It
![Page 45: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/45.jpg)
ListsYou can create a public or private list of people and accounts you are interested in. This helps you filter information.
![Page 46: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/46.jpg)
Activity
• Search for content
8
![Page 47: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/47.jpg)
Managing information in Twitter
• Favourites• Search• Trending• Extras - flipboard
Managing information
![Page 48: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/48.jpg)
Favourites/LikesAdding a favourite tweet is similar to ‘like’ in Facebook and can be used to bookmark a tweet.
![Page 49: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/49.jpg)
Polls
![Page 50: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/50.jpg)
GIFS
![Page 51: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/51.jpg)
Apps
![Page 52: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/52.jpg)
Tweetdeck
![Page 53: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/53.jpg)
Nuzzle
![Page 54: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/54.jpg)
Activity
• Search for content
9
![Page 55: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/55.jpg)
VITAL (Blackboard)
![Page 56: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/56.jpg)
Issues• At work• At play• Disclaimer• Hacked
![Page 57: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/57.jpg)
![Page 58: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/58.jpg)
![Page 59: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/59.jpg)
![Page 60: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/60.jpg)
LJMU guidance
![Page 61: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/61.jpg)
• Understand how public and permanent your online footprint is (Search on Google or www.123people.com)
• Be aware that your current or future employers could choose to explore that online footprint!
• Do not say anything online that you would not say face to face• Avoid spamming and flaming• Be aware that it is easy to misinterpret irony, sarcasm etc…
without tone of voice or expressions to guide• Consider who you are talking to…
Source http://www.slideshare.net/vitaenwhub
Netiquette
![Page 62: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/62.jpg)
Top Tips
![Page 63: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/63.jpg)
Consider your audience
![Page 64: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/64.jpg)
• It used to be about telling people how good you are, social media allows you to show how good you are….
Be clear about what you are doing
![Page 65: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/65.jpg)
Be Choosy!
![Page 66: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/66.jpg)
• Reciprocity– Help folk– Reciprocity
Helping others, who will eventually help you.
Reciprocity
![Page 67: Introduction to Twitter in higher education June 2016](https://reader037.fdocuments.net/reader037/viewer/2022110217/58accde11a28ab36288b4a65/html5/thumbnails/67.jpg)
A to Z of Social Media http://bit.ly/ZBWlVUOxford University social Media Michelmas http://bit.ly/ZBWA2ZEdudemic introduction to Twitter http://bit.ly/X9GqzrUsing Twitter in university research, teaching and impact activities http://bit.ly/X9GT4GVITAE guide to using twitter http://bit.ly/X9HcfWHow to use Tweetdeck http://bit.ly/N8MYX7BBC Twitter guide to the law http://bbc.in/XyX5x
Resources