E learning consortium-kbender

E learning consortium-kbender

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  @profBwilmu Kristen L. Bender:Assistant Professor/Chair 2016 Northeast E-Learning Consortium THE SOCIAL MEDIA PEDAGOGY: WELCOME TO MY TWITTER-VERSE
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  What isTwitter? ■ Asocial network that provides real-time communication – ITweet, you reply, the conversation begins… ■ A microblog that provides micro-bits of information – Article links, hot topics, breaking news!, photos, videos
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  Twitter-facts ■ Katy Perryis the most followedTweeter with 84 million followers ■ YouTube is the most followed brand onTwitter ■ The official name of theTwitter bird  Larry ■ Three years, two months, one day  time between the very first tweet and the billionth ■ There are over 500 million tweets per day ■ More than 2 billion twitter users, 288 million monthly active users ■ Ellen DeGeneres’ viral tweet at the Oscars led to over 3 million ‘retweets’
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  Twitter Basics @USERNAME TWEET RETWEET FEED #HASHTAG MENTION @profBwilmu $CASHTAG
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  Why would aneducator useTwitter?
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  “Tweach Me” ■ Createa running news feed in Blackboard ■ Tweet assignments (#yourclasssectionhere) ■ Hashtag tracking ■ Post sample questions ■ Post supplemental materials ■ Twitter polls ■ Network with other educators and build a learning community ■ Follow other educational leaders ■ ____ of the Day ■ Publicize your work
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  Educator Resources ■ Follow onTwitter: –@Blackboard – @educationweek – @chronicle – @onlinecourse – @creativelive – @HuffPostEdu ■ Hashtag search: – #Education (general education) – #edtech (technology in education) – #profdev (professional development) – #highered (higher education) – #passiondriven (passion driven educators) ■ Websites: – Kathy Schrock’s Guide to Everything – DavidTruss: Pair-a-dimes for your thoughts – reflection on education, technology and learning – Popular Education Hashtags – Twitter for Educators: A beginner’s guide
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  QUESTIONS?