Who else is thinks Twitter is meaningless? - Classroom 2.02024-03-29T04:49:54Zhttps://www.classroom20.com/forum/topics/649749:Topic:129278?commentId=649749%3AComment%3A130063&feed=yes&xn_auth=noFor those of you that haven't…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-10-06:649749:Comment:3889032009-10-06T05:35:52.974ZMike O'Harahttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/MikeOHara
For those of you that haven't given up on twitter (and I hope that is most of you), try reading this book.<br />
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The Twitter Book<br />
By Tim O'Reilly and Sarah Milstein<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Twitter-Book-Tim-OReilly/dp/0596802811">http://www.amazon.com/Twitter-Book-Tim-OReilly/dp/0596802811</a><br />
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It's laid out like a Far Side book. Very accessible for even the most non tech savvy of you out there. It starts at the very basic level and works its way to theoretical uses for Twitter..<br />
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The last…
For those of you that haven't given up on twitter (and I hope that is most of you), try reading this book.<br />
<br />
The Twitter Book<br />
By Tim O'Reilly and Sarah Milstein<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Twitter-Book-Tim-OReilly/dp/0596802811">http://www.amazon.com/Twitter-Book-Tim-OReilly/dp/0596802811</a><br />
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It's laid out like a Far Side book. Very accessible for even the most non tech savvy of you out there. It starts at the very basic level and works its way to theoretical uses for Twitter..<br />
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The last chapter is more for businesses and how they should use Twitter, but if you try to think of it in school terms, you might come up with some great ideas for your students.<br />
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Good luck I've had a Twitter account fo…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-10-06:649749:Comment:3888912009-10-06T04:57:45.565ZCheska Robinsonhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/CheskaLorena
I've had a Twitter account for almost a year. At first I too was suspicious. I didn't see the purpose of reading posts about the details of individual lives. It wasn't until learning that my mentor teacher had an account that I realized it could be used as a professional development tool. I decided to experiment and take Twitter more seriously.<br />
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Learning how to use Twitter and how to build PLNs is definitely time consuming. I followed 1 or 2 educators at first and lurked for a long time. Mostly…
I've had a Twitter account for almost a year. At first I too was suspicious. I didn't see the purpose of reading posts about the details of individual lives. It wasn't until learning that my mentor teacher had an account that I realized it could be used as a professional development tool. I decided to experiment and take Twitter more seriously.<br />
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Learning how to use Twitter and how to build PLNs is definitely time consuming. I followed 1 or 2 educators at first and lurked for a long time. Mostly read their posts and RT'd. Since then, I have come to follow more educators, admin, tech specialists, etc --people who share my interests or are knowledganle in areas I'd like to know more about-- and the resources I find and the continuous flow of new knowledge has been tremendous. I wouldn't have found these things on my own. I only used it with my preAP…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-10-05:649749:Comment:3886952009-10-05T15:24:33.690ZLaura Gonzalezhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/LauraGonzalez
I only used it with my preAP language arts class of 7th graders. I've discovered that they were the ones most likely to have cell phones available to them (the district blocked the twitter.com) for class use.<br />
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Some parents follow me on twitter just to see what's going on in class and to follow class discussions. I had one parent who read along with us and also contributed to class discussions.<br />
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We used twitter in literature circles. Instead of responding orally or through journals, students…
I only used it with my preAP language arts class of 7th graders. I've discovered that they were the ones most likely to have cell phones available to them (the district blocked the twitter.com) for class use.<br />
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Some parents follow me on twitter just to see what's going on in class and to follow class discussions. I had one parent who read along with us and also contributed to class discussions.<br />
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We used twitter in literature circles. Instead of responding orally or through journals, students responded to literature (Anne Frank) on twitter. I had a tweetdeck set up so students could view all responses in class.<br />
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Several students figured out that I would also respond before and after school and would leave me questions about the reading (some of them after midnight or before 5AM!) to respond to. Hi Laura,
What does that loo…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-10-05:649749:Comment:3886642009-10-05T14:02:50.600ZElise Muellerhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/elisem
Hi Laura,<br />
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What does that look like? Do you use it with all of your students? Or do you use it for communicating with parents? What subject area do you teach? I still struggle to see how to weave twitter into the daily learning lives of 90 students!
Hi Laura,<br />
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What does that look like? Do you use it with all of your students? Or do you use it for communicating with parents? What subject area do you teach? I still struggle to see how to weave twitter into the daily learning lives of 90 students! I dont think it is meaningles…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-10-05:649749:Comment:3886542009-10-05T13:15:37.516ZJonathan Wyliehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/JonathanWylie
I dont think it is meaningless, but at the same time I dont Twitter, and have no intention of doing so in the future. I just dont think I would have the time to do it. I <a href="http://www.educationtechnologyblog.com" target="_blank">write a blog</a>, and I know many other bloggers promote their posts via twitter, but for me, it is not worth the effort. Classroom 2.0 is fine for me too!
I dont think it is meaningless, but at the same time I dont Twitter, and have no intention of doing so in the future. I just dont think I would have the time to do it. I <a href="http://www.educationtechnologyblog.com" target="_blank">write a blog</a>, and I know many other bloggers promote their posts via twitter, but for me, it is not worth the effort. Classroom 2.0 is fine for me too! I'm in a public middle school…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-10-05:649749:Comment:3886422009-10-05T12:33:54.078ZLaura Gonzalezhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/LauraGonzalez
I'm in a public middle school and I've used twitter in the classroom with success.
I'm in a public middle school and I've used twitter in the classroom with success. Tech Crunch reviewed a site t…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-04-29:649749:Comment:1358872008-04-29T00:31:07.661ZElise Muellerhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/elisem
Tech Crunch <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/28/twitturly-cracks-the-twittermeme-nut/">reviewed a site</a> that might work for those of us interested in resources but without time to spend sifting through twitter messages. According to Tech Crunch it is "...a service that holds some promise. It aggregates URLs linked in Twitter messages and puts them on the home page based on overall popularity, calculated simply by determining the number of times the URL was in a Twitter message.…
Tech Crunch <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/28/twitturly-cracks-the-twittermeme-nut/">reviewed a site</a> that might work for those of us interested in resources but without time to spend sifting through twitter messages. According to Tech Crunch it is "...a service that holds some promise. It aggregates URLs linked in Twitter messages and puts them on the home page based on overall popularity, calculated simply by determining the number of times the URL was in a Twitter message. Like TechMeme, the more people who link to an item the higher it appears. As time goes on, the story deteriorates and drops in the rankings." Haven't tried it yet but it is on my "to do" list. In the vast blogosphere it ca…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-04-24:649749:Comment:1342472008-04-24T05:11:30.027ZColette Cassinellihttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/ccassinelli
In the vast blogosphere it can be difficult to choose whom to include in your blogroll. I will often subscribe to a new blogger if I see their tweet or if someone mentions it @yourname. I also RSS my twitter feed and briefly scan it when I’ve been away for a long time.<br />
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How did I use twitter today? I discovered a new blog, I posted responses on two other blogs, I asked a question and receive 5 responses and I decided to follow someone new. It was a good twitter day.<br />
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Follow me:…
In the vast blogosphere it can be difficult to choose whom to include in your blogroll. I will often subscribe to a new blogger if I see their tweet or if someone mentions it @yourname. I also RSS my twitter feed and briefly scan it when I’ve been away for a long time.<br />
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How did I use twitter today? I discovered a new blog, I posted responses on two other blogs, I asked a question and receive 5 responses and I decided to follow someone new. It was a good twitter day.<br />
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Follow me: <a href="http://twitter.com/ccassinelli">http://twitter.com/ccassinelli</a> Thoughts from a classroom...…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-04-24:649749:Comment:1341242008-04-24T02:14:56.360ZElise Muellerhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/elisem
Thoughts from a classroom...<br />
(inspired by Jessica Hagy and indexed.blogspot.com)<br />
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Thoughts from a classroom...<br />
(inspired by Jessica Hagy and indexed.blogspot.com)<br />
<p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1922792689?profile=original" alt="" width="1218" height="644"/></p> http://publishing2.com/2007/1…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-04-23:649749:Comment:1340392008-04-23T21:56:44.733ZStuhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/Stu
<a href="http://publishing2.com/2007/12/11/why-i-stopped-using-twitter/">http://publishing2.com/2007/12/11/why-i-stopped-using-twitter/</a><br />
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Kinda sums up my thoughts...
<a href="http://publishing2.com/2007/12/11/why-i-stopped-using-twitter/">http://publishing2.com/2007/12/11/why-i-stopped-using-twitter/</a><br />
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Kinda sums up my thoughts...