edte.ch: Twitter – A Teaching and Learning Tool
Clif
· 1 year ago
Wow! This is a thorough review and reflection, Tom. I like the suggested strategies for interacting with network members. I think I'm going to share this with my teachers.
dragonsinger
· 1 year ago
thanks for this ... very helpful to me - especially as i have to put a twitter workshop together for teachers in my ICT cluster
David Noble
· 1 year ago
Hi Tom
This post of yours is without doubt my favourite from the 'edublogosphere' of 2008 so far.
More power to you...
Kirstin
· 1 year ago
Awesome post Tom. I have to say I loved your metaphor - it sums up twitter beautifully. My network is growing and expanding all the time and I am constantly blown away by the power of twitter. I also enjoy the sense of connection and friendship with like minded others. I have now added you to the list of those I follow.
Jenny Luca
· 1 year ago
Thanks for this excellent post Tom. Love the way you have thought out how to use Twitter as a teaching tool. I used it to get responses for studnet involved in Project Global Cooling the other day - it made the kids feel like they were doing something important -they loved the fact that educators from other countries saw value in what they were doing. A valuable post for people new to twitter. Well done.
Simon May
· 1 year ago
Hi Tom Really enjoyed this post. Here in the big C edublogs is blocked but using some modern technology I was able to read your post tonight. I am often asked why and how do you use twitter and I will directing them to your post.
Shelley
· 1 year ago
Tom, thank you so much for the time and thought that went into this post. I find that I am sometimes not as articulate in my Twitter evangelism as I would like to be, and have started tossing other folks' more eloquent work into my wiki's new Twitter Newbies FAQ (http://butwait.pbwiki.com/Twitter-Newbies-FAQ).
The permalink to this post is SO going there, man!
Thank you again, Shelley (aka "butwait")
pdonaghy
· 1 year ago
Wow, what a fantastic resource for the educational twitter newbie! One definitely to be tagged and referenced again and again. Many thanks Tom. Patricia
ingrid
· 1 year ago
This is great. I'm thinking of starting twittering myself and for the first time I've come across practical suggestions on the use of it in classroom teaching. Keep up the good work!
Howard Rheingold
· 1 year ago
Fantastically useful post! Thank you, Tom!
Kathy Lawrence
· 1 year ago
I appreciated the advice and direction about building your network. Will you follow me klawrence?
Steve Mackenzie
· 1 year ago
This is one hell of a WOW post and i have not even read it completely yet. Not looked into twitter to seriously, but had a feeling it could be useful. A definite wake up call to give it a whirl
thanks very much, Steve
Tony Richards
· 1 year ago
Tom,
thanks for making me think and consider twitter in a different light. i have recently started to become more engaged with it as communication/networking/ideas tools and i appreciated your post. i will certainly be talking about it on the next episode of the Ed Tech Crew - http://www.edtechcrew.net
Thanks
tjerk
· 1 year ago
I don't get it with twitter.... it simple is a one-line-posting platform.. i can not see how this is of any use... too utterly simple..
Why should i ever want to post one sinlge line? No one uses twitter here in the netherlands.
Christopher D. Sessums
· 1 year ago
Great post, Tom. You've done a lot of good thinking and reflecting here and created a fabulous resource for you and others. Thank you for sharing and participating! -c-
KevinSmith
· 1 year ago
This is a very nice post about using Twitter. I just started using Twitter and you have given me some good ideas.
alexanderhayes
· 1 year ago
Hi Tom,
Your blog post was noted by blogger friend Graham Wegner so I tought i'd take a peek and wander.
Twitter has been just the right platform for me also but of late I'm watching people dig things like Pownce - http://pownce.com/ and also Diigo - http://diigo.com as they integrate and reverse post back to older platforms like Twitter and del.icio.us as an elective or intergrated option.
Your post reveals much of your analysisand feelings for it's potential however i'd like you to also perhaps expand on the notions that Twittering breaches privacy, can constitute a breach of confidentiality due to it's complex urge driven schematics for contribution and perhaps even a little on how you would factor 'friends' from associates, sort-of-knows and who-the-hecks with students or young learners.
You've obviously an avid detailer and so are identity harvesters so have you considered how when in all good intent you've got the momentum up and running how ( in fact could u ?) could you retract given the node effect your professional opinion and path paves for others not so vigilant ?
reached this via Terry Freedman - more to think about than a vacationing Maine teacher needs, but worth it. Am going to revisit your words and share with my contacts. I too like your metaphor - nothing wrong with images in the world of words.
Scheppler
· 1 year ago
An absolut amazing Post and I thank you very much for that wake-up call to twitter. I just wrote a Post for http://www.blog.initiatived21.de regarding to your great ideas (maybe google.com/translate might be your friend to read it) - will be published on July 12 or 13. The main point I will make there, is that we actually have a discussion to bring together the students worlds of living and learning (at school). And what I recognized during reading your post was, that you are using your own twitter network to make it usefull for teaching - or in other words: you mash up you world of living with your world of TEACHING. That's a great point I will think about quit a few further days. Thanks for that and the great practical hints. Greeting from Germany by www.blog.initiatived21.de
kobetsy
· 1 year ago
Dear Tom,
Thank you for such a thoughtful and comprehensive post. It is full of tips that are helpful for a "newbie" such as myself but I also appreciated how you talked about Twitter's potential and relevance at a deeper level than what I've seen in other articles.
I will definitely save this one in my Delicious files!
Betsy Ko Chicago
DAVID
· 11 months ago
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Contact with DAVID NOW!! feel free to reply for more details! David Huang (cell phone : 0958-851339 / 0982750090) John Dewey International Education Consultants Ltd. TEL: +886-4-2381-3698 / FAX: +886-4-2381-3705 3F No.668, Sec 2, Wu Chuan West Rd., Nantun, Taichung, 408, Taiwan. apply an 60 days visit visa before you arrival! very important http://www.esldewey.com.tw/
Blog Bisnis
· 8 months ago
Sometimes my blog got many follower and sometimes many follower unfollow my blog :(
Antivirus Software
· 4 months ago
Twitter.. it's really really amazing... I can't imagine Twitter and Facebook if they merged :)
Free Stuff
· 4 months ago
Thanks for your information :) I like it
judy
· 4 months ago
looks nice, teaching jobs in TAIWAN, I have a friend who is now teaching there...
All Comments
This post of yours is without doubt my favourite from the 'edublogosphere' of 2008 so far.
More power to you...
Really enjoyed this post. Here in the big C edublogs is blocked but using some modern technology I was able to read your post tonight. I am often asked why and how do you use twitter and I will directing them to your post.
The permalink to this post is SO going there, man!
Thank you again,
Shelley (aka "butwait")
Many thanks Tom.
Patricia
thanks very much, Steve
thanks for making me think and consider twitter in a different light. i have recently started to become more engaged with it as communication/networking/ideas tools and i appreciated your post. i will certainly be talking about it on the next episode of the Ed Tech Crew - http://www.edtechcrew.net
Thanks
Why should i ever want to post one sinlge line?
No one uses twitter here in the netherlands.
-c-
Your blog post was noted by blogger friend Graham Wegner so I tought i'd take a peek and wander.
Twitter has been just the right platform for me also but of late I'm watching people dig things like Pownce - http://pownce.com/ and also Diigo - http://diigo.com as they integrate and reverse post back to older platforms like Twitter and del.icio.us as an elective or intergrated option.
Your post reveals much of your analysisand feelings for it's potential however i'd like you to also perhaps expand on the notions that Twittering breaches privacy, can constitute a breach of confidentiality due to it's complex urge driven schematics for contribution and perhaps even a little on how you would factor 'friends' from associates, sort-of-knows and who-the-hecks with students or young learners.
You've obviously an avid detailer and so are identity harvesters so have you considered how when in all good intent you've got the momentum up and running how ( in fact could u ?) could you retract given the node effect your professional opinion and path paves for others not so vigilant ?
If so , do you have a term for that all out retraction ? Please add it here - http://twitter.pbwiki.com/Twitter+Glossary
I just wrote a Post for http://www.blog.initiatived21.de regarding to your great ideas (maybe google.com/translate might be your friend to read it) - will be published on July 12 or 13.
The main point I will make there, is that we actually have a discussion to bring together the students worlds of living and learning (at school). And what I recognized during reading your post was, that you are using your own twitter network to make it usefull for teaching - or in other words: you mash up you world of living with your world of TEACHING.
That's a great point I will think about quit a few further days. Thanks for that and the great practical hints.
Greeting from Germany by www.blog.initiatived21.de
Thank you for such a thoughtful and comprehensive post. It is full of tips that are helpful for a "newbie" such as myself but I also appreciated how you talked about Twitter's potential and relevance at a deeper level than what I've seen in other articles.
I will definitely save this one in my Delicious files!
Betsy Ko
Chicago
New Job! Taipei middle school pay70000! WOW, plus paid vacation.
ASAP! Taipei middle school close to neihu district, not far from Miramar, salary of NT 60,000 per month. NT5,000 as housing allowance. NT3,000 as performance bonus. NT 2,000 as attendance bonus. You will get a total of NT 70,000 per month (Before Tax). 7~14 days of paid vacation. ARC, work permit, health and accident insurance provided. APPLY NOW!!! student G7~G12, health insurance. Schedule morning to afternoon.
or try to apply this public elementary school :
Feb 2009, teach G7~G12, pay$70,000, plus contract bonus $70,000,
secured job provide Tainan girl junior high school need 1 teacher, Working hour : MON~FRI : AM08:00~PM16:30, need 1 teacher, average monthly salary $NT 70,000, teaching overtime pay $NT600 an hour, average year salary $NT900000, if you teach 24 teaching hours per week, monthly pay $NT 61,400, if you teach 28 teaching hours per week, monthly pay $NT 71,000, contract bonus around $NT70,000, of course work permit and health insurance provide, will help teacher find and rent apartment nearby, It will be a short commute from apartment to the school, if you willing to ride scooter will be even better!
Immediate Hiring! young graduated or retire Certificated teachers WELCOME!
or this public school :
FEB 2009! Public elementary in Taoyuan, pay 65,890/m TAX FREE, airfare reimbursement
NEWS! the Public elementary school in Taoyung will need total 12 teachers start ASAP, and they pay NT65,890 per month, end of contract bonus: $NT60.890(paid at Jan 2010), and if you sign for second year contract with this school, you will get $NT18,000 as bonus. and no more then 100 class per monthly, and the school need Certified teachers ONLY! Mon to Fri daytime teaching only! We can pick you up at the airport!
Applications
To apply for a position please forward the following to david@de-wey.com.tw
We are looking for teachers starting with the new school year,so if you are interested please send us an e-mail or call us to set up an interview for you.
(No job placement service fee for job seekers)
Contact with DAVID NOW!! feel free to reply for more details!
David Huang (cell phone : 0958-851339 / 0982750090)
John Dewey International Education Consultants Ltd.
TEL: +886-4-2381-3698 / FAX: +886-4-2381-3705
3F No.668, Sec 2, Wu Chuan West Rd., Nantun, Taichung, 408, Taiwan.
apply an 60 days visit visa before you arrival! very important
http://www.esldewey.com.tw/