Practical Twitter
Interactive Workshop
Julie Meloni
In this workshop, participants will be introduced to the basics of Twitter and see some practical examples of using Twitter as a microblogging platform and real-time information network useful for both teachers and students. We will take a look at different types of Twitter clients (web-based, desktop, mobile) and ways that Twitter can be integrated into other sites and services (personal web sites, blogs, Facebook, etc.). Participants will learn about Twitter grammars, various types of tweets (thin vs. thick content, retweets, retweets with comments, etc.), and third-party applications used to enhance and archive Twitter conversations and content. Finally, participants will learn how Twitter is currently used as a backchannel for lectures and conferences, and some common types of Twitter-based assignments in the classroom. At the end of the workshop, participants will brainstorm additional possibilities for Twitter use by themselves and their students.
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[...] As you prepare for this year’s Faculty Academy, we encourage you to register for the two workshops that will be offered by our guest presenters. On May 12 at 3:30, Julie Meloni will be presenting “Practical Twitter” in which she’ll explore examples of using the micro-blogging platform for teaching and learning. You’ll learn the practical ins and outs of setting up a Twitter account, get an introduction to the language and culture of Twitter, and explore how the tool is can be used as a medium for classroom assignments. Read more about the session and sign up here. [...]
[...] Practical Twitter Julie Meloni (Washington State University) Seating limited; Please register online or at the front desk. This entry was posted on Wednesday, May 12th, 2010 and is filed under Currently. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. [...]