Class Four: Twitter, PLNs and Social Bookmarking


Class Four:  Twitter, PLNs and Social
Bookmarking
  Supplementary Information
Myths and Opportunities: Technology in the
Classroom by Alan November
 

What are we missing in our classes?  Why?

 

Collaboration

 

 

Prezi - Twitter: A Global Faculty Lounge

 

View:  

  1. Twitter in 60 Seconds
  2. Introducing the Book

 

 

Twitter- Sign up for an account!

 

Backchanneling with

The Twitter Experiment-UTDallas

 

Twitter Dictionary: A Guide to Understanding Twitter Lingo 

 

twitter4teachers

 

35 Interesting Ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom

 

Twitter Help for Educators 

 

Twiducate

 

Twitter Dictionary

 

Twibes

 

To Schedule Tweets or Not

 

Hashtags on Twitter:  How do you follow them?

 

Services for Pre-Scheduling Your Tweets

 

View:

Using tweetdeck to follow hashtags discussions 

 

Try: #highered 

Try:  #esl and/or #tefl and/or #efl

Try: #edtech

Try:  #psychology

Try:  #math

Try:  #biology

 

Backchannel in Education – Nine Uses - http://is.gd/cOdhu

Social Bookmarking

 

Social bookmarking applications allow

users to share their favorite online content

with one another while also creating onlinebookmarks that the user can refer

to in the same way he would a bookmark created offline in his web browser.

(McIntosh, 2/09)

Del.icio.us,  Digg, Diigo,

Citeulike  (research), 

Reddit   

StumbleUpon
 

Using Delicious in Education

 

The Top Ten Best Social Bookmarking Sites

 

Packrati.us = Twitter + Delicious

Digg

 

Student voice and social bookmarking

Social Bookmarking & Tags

 

Delicious meets Twitter meets Delicious

 

What is Tagging?

 

Teaching Students About Tagging

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Only 50% of Twitter Messages Are in English, Study Says

 

Read:   1.   10 High Fliers on Twitter (The Chronicle)

            2.   10 Rules that Govern Groups (Psyblog)

            3.   4 Things to Remember as You Twitter

  

Read:
1.  PLN: Your Personal Learning Network
     Made Easy                 
http://3.ly/7Cg

2.  PLN Yourself!               http://3.ly/Bp2

3.  PLN Blueprint               http://3.ly/pfS

4.  The PLN is Powerful      http://3.ly/Ap5

5.  This is what my PLN tweets about:  http://3.ly/nZL

6.  Beginners Guide to Connecting & Engaging on Twitter

7.  Ten Twitter Turn-Off's To Avoid When Building Your Teacher PLN

8.  5 Reasons Why Educators Should Network http://3.ly/NOzs

9.  Things Changed  http://tinyurl.com/2bn9gz9

10. What Ways Are Personal Learning Networks Having An Effect On Education? http://su.pr/1YKsJM

11. How to start a PLN-a sketchy explanation:  http://bit.ly/byb1sL

 

View:

1.  VoiceThread used as a venue for "What Does the

Network Mean to You?"

2.  Building a Personal Learning Network

 

3.  Twitter Empowered Teachers

 

 

 

Read:

1.  Why Twitter Will Endure  http://3.ly/HL4

2.  The 5 Most Important Things I Have Learned from Twitter    http://www.mrkeenan.com/?p=313

 

     

 

What does your PLN look like?

Tuesday, July 20

In class:       The focus of this class will be on using Twitter to establish a personal learning network (PLN) and how social bookmarking can be used as a tool for both teaching and learning.

Homework Assignment:

1.  This week's blog post should be about your experiences setting up your PLN (personal learning network), the people you connect with, any positives or negatives that occur, and any questions or revelations that you have while in search of global colleagues. 

2.  Prepare to present your final project to the class next week.  Choose an application that you think would enhance the learning in one of your classes.  Present it to our class explaining why you choose this particular application, how you plan to use it, and what you believe the positive outcome and challenges to be from incorporating this in your lessons.  Your final blog post next week will be to document your presentation.