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Wiki on ways to use twitter, including examples.

There are some good examples that I will use when sharing the power of twitter with teachers.

See what's happening now on Twitter.

A nice summary of how emerging technologies affect citizenship (global) at the moment; nice summary of what twitter is as well (distinct from facebook, etc.)

Informative article on how to use Twitter to set up real time feeds using hashtags. Example, during our recent PD day I used the hashtag #aussiepd

The New Twitter?

I have found teachers reluctant to try twitter. This tutorial is comprehensive and done from a teaching perspective. I will try it and let you know how it is received.

Ed. Tech leaders, listing blog, Twitter etc.

There's an interesting report (written by this student) about technology use by teenagers.

Interesting overview compiling social networking sites that the kids are into besides FB and Twitter.

New York City Looking To Bring Networking, Technology and Social Media Into The Classroom. Interview with Lisa Nielsen newly appointed Director of Digital Literacy and Citizenship at the New York City Department of Education

NYC DOE sees the light!! - They have created position of Director of Digital Literacy and Citizenship - primary role to help teachers understand possibilities of social media and how they might use various tools - Facebook, Twitter, wikis - effectively as part of their professional practice.

Moving away from personal sites to social networking...

This was a thought-provoking article with a lot of interesting ideas around how to use the "back-channel" in the classroom. I was especially taken aback by all of the comments that essentially lambasted these teachers for integrating 21c learning experiences into the classroom. One commenter said: "It needs to be explained to teacher Erin Olson that teachers should be encouraging students to extricate themselves from all the electronic gadgetry and to pay attention." Ah yes, wouldn't it be nice if all of students sat quietly in their desks and listened attentively with their hands folded, ready to take in the sage wisdom of the instructor standing in front of the room. Unreal.

This tool allows you to set up a personalized room for backchannel conversations. Perfect for workshnops or teachers that are looking to get a backchannel conversations going without the headache of a username/login, etc.

Perhpas we should try this at our nest meeting???