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By: mhawksey (19 month(s) ago)

You should be able to download this presentation via slideshare http://slidesha.re/c8cjHR There are also two blog posts which relate to this presentation. First I reflected on the workshop here http://www.rsc-ne-scotland.org.uk/mashe/2010/09/eassessment-.. Secondly, a more general post about considering twitter as a communication utility (like email) here http://www.rsc-ne-scotland.org.uk/mashe/2010/09/twitter-util..

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Twitter Workshop #eas10tw September 3, 2010 | slide 1 What’s happening? Twitter for Assessment, Feedback and Communication Martin Hawksey or @mhawksey e-Learning Advisor (Higher Education) http://www.rsc-ne-scotland.ac.uk/ RSCs – Stimulating and supporting innovation in learning

Pioneers : 

Pioneers Twitter Workshop #eas10tw September 3, 2010 | slide 2

Love hate : 

Twitter Workshop #eas10tw September 3, 2010 | slide 3 Love hate

Twitter for me is about … : 

Twitter for me is about … Notification Community Twitter Workshop #eas10tw September 3, 2010 | slide 4

Stats : 

Stats Started 2006 105 million registered users. 180 million unique visitors every month. 75% of Twitter traffic comes from outside Twitter.com (i.e. via third party applications.) Twitter users are, in total, tweeting an average of 55 million tweets a day. Of Twitter's active users, 37% use their phone to tweet. Over half of all tweets (60%) come from third party applications. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/14/twitter-user-statistics-r_n_537992.html Twitter Workshop #eas10tw September 3, 2010 | slide 5

Objectives : 

Objectives Introduction to Twitter Educational uses Educational examples Why/Why not's Twitter Workshop #eas10tw September 3, 2010 | slide 6

Interface : 

Interface Twitter Workshop #eas10tw September 3, 2010 | slide 7

Finding people : 

Finding people Find on Twitter (includes ‘Suggestions for you’ and ‘Find Friends’ by email/Linkedln) https://twitter.com/invitations/find_on_twitter Look at who else is following who Directories like http://wefollow.com/ and http://www.twellow.com/ Also find people with http://twitter.com/{username} e.g. http://twitter.com/mhawksey Activity: Find the Twitter username eas10tw and follow Twitter Workshop #eas10tw September 3, 2010 | slide 8

Example tweets - update : 

Example tweets - update Find out more about EvidenceNet the HEA's free service which supports use of evidence in HE @ webinar http://bit.ly/clbAa8 via@PhysSciCentre Twitter Workshop #eas10tw September 3, 2010 | slide 9

Example tweets - reply : 

Example tweets - reply @alextronic haven't published one yet but we were going to go for #eport10 Twitter Workshop #eas10tw September 3, 2010 | slide 10

Example tweets - direct : 

Example tweets - direct d briankelly Are you able to send a screenshot - looks okay here (we have our #eas10 event fri) btw have you seen lanyrd.com everyone is taking about it [Important: to send a direct message the recipient must be following you] Twitter Workshop #eas10tw September 3, 2010 | slide 11

Example tweets - retweet : 

Example tweets - retweet RT @helenrf: @mhawksey what happens if you create a tweet that is a result to the search? can you delete the saved search? < very clever!!! Twitter Workshop #eas10tw September 3, 2010 | slide 12

Searching Twitter : 

Searching Twitter http://search.twitter.com or http://search.twitter.com/advanced Words, from/to people, location and more Limited to last 7 days Twitter Workshop #eas10tw September 3, 2010 | slide 13

Ways to interact with twitter : 

Ways to interact with twitter Web (Twitter.com, Seesmic Web) Desktop clients (Twhirl, TweetDeck, Seesmic Desktop) Browser (Firefox/Chrome plugins) 3rd party services (TwitPic - photos, twaud.io -audio, Screenr - webcasts) Mobile (SMS updates, official Twitter apps for iPhone/Android, lots of others) Twitter Workshop #eas10tw September 3, 2010 | slide 14

Mobile : 

Mobile Users on Vodafone, Orange, O2 and ‘3’ can receive free status updates via SMS You can choose who to receive updates from Twitter Workshop #eas10tw September 3, 2010 | slide 15

Twitter Adoption Matrix : 

Twitter Adoption Matrix Mark Sample’s Twitter Adoption Matrixhttp://chronicle.com/blogPost/A-Framework-for-Teaching-with/26223/ Twitter Workshop #eas10tw September 3, 2010 | slide 16

Things to think about : 

Things to think about Organisation Structure Archiving (Twapper Keeper, The Archivist – Desktop) Purpose Administration Evaluation Sharing Assessment All of the above Twitter Workshop #eas10tw September 3, 2010 | slide 17

Automated communication : 

Automated communication Instructor communication (syllabus announcements) Pedagogical communication (sharing links) Using http://dlvr.it/ or http://twitterfeed.com/ to turn RSS feeds into tweets FREE PowerPoint Twitter Tools – auto tweet on slide transition Twitter Workshop #eas10tw September 3, 2010 | slide 18

Using Twitter for electronic voting (EVS) : 

Using Twitter for electronic voting (EVS) Question: Have you heard of ‘Who wants to be a millionaire: ask the audience’ style voting being used in the classroom? For yes tweet ‘#eas10q1 yes’ No tweet ‘#eas10q1 no’ Option to provide context if you like with message + hashtag + response e.g. ‘I already use voting in my class #eas10q1 yes’ Result http://www.rsc-ne-scotland.org.uk/mashe/twevs/tw-evs.php Twitter Workshop #eas10tw September 3, 2010 | slide 19

Alternatively polleverywhere.com : 

Alternatively polleverywhere.com Twitter Workshop #eas10tw September 3, 2010 | slide 20

Why use twitter for voting : 

Why use twitter for voting If you don’t have handsets can vote via mobile Possibility to get more information (context for answer) Voting not just restricted to in-class Twitter Workshop #eas10tw September 3, 2010 | slide 21

Feedback tweet with hashtag #eas10tw : 

Feedback tweet with hashtag #eas10tw Twitter Workshop #eas10tw September 3, 2010 | slide 22

Using Twitter to augmenting other educational resources : 

Using Twitter to augmenting other educational resources Lecture capture enhancement iTitle – playing back video of live events with what was said in the back channelhttp://www.rsc-ne-scotland.org.uk/mashe/ititle/estict.html uTitle – letting students make timeline based comments on video resources http://www.rsc-ne-scotland.org.uk/mashe/utitle/int.php?v=wO9RDEXfnTI Twitter Workshop #eas10tw September 3, 2010 | slide 23

Why : 

Why Mobility – crossing the dived between in and out of class Twitter Workshop #eas10tw September 3, 2010 | slide 24

Why : 

Why Flexibility – not hard to add functionality and interface with Twitter service Twitter Workshop #eas10tw September 3, 2010 | slide 25

Why : 

Why Learner communities – opportunity to share learning within cohort and further afield Twitter Workshop #eas10tw September 3, 2010 | slide 26

Why : 

Why Light intervention – brevity of 140 characters allows less but more often Twitter Workshop #eas10tw September 3, 2010 | slide 27

Why : 

Why Lifelong – connections made in the class can support further independent learning Twitter Workshop #eas10tw September 3, 2010 | slide 28

Why : 

Why Mobility – crossing the dived between in and out of class Flexibility – not hard to add functionality and interface with Twitter service Learner communities – opportunity to share learning within cohort and further afield Light intervention – brevity of 140 characters allows less but more often Lifelong – connections made in the class can support further independent learning Twitter Workshop #eas10tw September 3, 2010 | slide 29

Why not : 

Why not Distraction Reliance on 3rd party services Privacy Educational value Equality [Facebook] Twitter Workshop #eas10tw September 3, 2010 | slide 30

Image attribution : 

Image attribution West End pioneers by IMLS DCChttp://www.flickr.com/photos/imlsdcc/4647377747/ marmite love by chotda http://www.flickr.com/photos/santos/2448422626/ Noticeboard by mikecoghhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/mikecogh/4367160881/ Burien Community Center by Michael @ NW Lenshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/aboyandhisbike/4615846709/ Twitter Workshop #eas10tw September 3, 2010 | slide 31

Resources : 

Resources Event amplification http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/2010/09/02/on-friday-amplified-seminar-on-what-can-we-learn-from-amplified-events/ Social networking policy http://socialmediatoolkit.wikispaces.com/Policies+and+Guidelines Practical Advice for Teaching with Twitterhttp://chronicle.com/blogPost/Practical-Advice-for-Teaching/26416/ Griffiths University journalism students to be marked on Tweets http://www.news.com.au/technology/griffiths-university-journalism-students-to-be-marked-on-tweets/story-e6frfro0-1225786329286#ixzz0yN7eCOa5 Twitter Workshop #eas10tw September 3, 2010 | slide 32

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@mhawksey RSC MASHe http://bit.ly/mashe Twitter Workshop #eas10tw September 3, 2010 | slide 33