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Enhancing Education Through Twitter: Strategies and Insights for Teachers

Discover how to leverage Twitter as a powerful teaching tool in this engaging presentation by Dr. Deborah Van Duinen from Hope College. Learn the essentials of Twitter literacy, including setting up an account, tweeting effectively, and participating in discussions. Explore the benefits of incorporating Twitter into your teaching strategy, such as fostering student-centered learning and building a sense of community beyond classroom walls. This session also provides suggestions, resources, and encourages participants to reflect on their own Twitter experiences in education.

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Enhancing Education Through Twitter: Strategies and Insights for Teachers

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  1. e-Cornocopia.2013: Teaching with Twitter Dr. Deborah Van DuinenHope College@ecornucopia

  2. Overview • Introductions • Time to play! (Twitter literacy) • Why teach with Twitter? • Teaching with Twitter suggestions • Resources • Questions

  3. Introductions In six words, introduce yourself and what you know/think about Twitter • Deb • Jencen • Brady • You!

  4. What is Twitter? • Emergent social media tool • Blogging platform; microblogging • Tweets have a 140 characters limit, can include links

  5. Twitter literacy • Play! • Set up your account • write a bio, • post a picture • choose a layout • Follow us @ecornucopia • Hashtag: #ecorn13 • Learn the lingo

  6. Twitter literacy • Tweet a question you have about teaching with Twitter • Reply to a tweet • Post a link • Retweet something

  7. Twitter literacy • Practice, practice, practice • Participate in Tweet chats • Find your favorite hashtags • Find and follow “your people” • in your field • academic journals • professional organizations • conferences

  8. Why teach with Twitter? • Digital learning and literacy • Student-centered learning • Back channel in class • Sense of community • Takes learning outside of classroom walls • Professional resource

  9. My Twitter Experiment • Required Teacher Education class • Content Area Literacy • Secondary education majors • Juniors, 26 students in total • Learning alongside of my students • 2 tweets/week for the semester

  10. Teaching with Twitter • Organization • Access • Frequency • Substance • Assessment (with thanks to Mark Sample, Chronicle of Higher Educ, Prof Hacker)

  11. Reflections on using Twitter • Clear expectations / purpose • Scaffold students’ learning/literacy with Twitter (posting content) • Incorporate tweets into class discussions • Encourage integration of devices • Encourage connections with “outsiders”

  12. Questions? • How are you thinking of using Twitter? • What are you worried about? • What excites you? • What questions do you have for us?

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