Twitter

=Twitter= - SCDSB tweets their "news and events" here: [|http://twitter.com/#!/SCDSB_Schools] What a great way to stay up to date! - twitter is a "microblog" where you make 140 character posts - you can follow a hashtag (example #edchat) by searching for all posts with that in it. People just make hashtags up randomly. - we created the hashtag #wttcollingwood for tonight. If you search it, you will see the posts people are posting about tonight (if they remember to put #wttcollingwood at the end of their post) - often viewed as silly and purely social (posting about what I ate for lunch?), it has many great uses in education - you create a twitter account at www.twitter.com - you can access your twitter account on the web at www.twitter.com or from a cell phone (there is an app for that!) - teachers can create "personal learning networks", where they connect with other educators online and share resources, ideas and discuss hot topics in education - teachers can use twitter in the classroom as a "backchannel", allowing students to discuss topics being presented (for example, having a discussion online while watching a video is a great way for some students to remain focused and on task) - parents can follow the hashtag #PTchat to follow conversations and see links that are relevant to parents

Here is a blog post about using twitter in a kindergarten class: @http://www.emergingedtech.com/2011/04/inspiring-learning-outcomes-with-twitter-in-the-kindergarten-classroom/

Here are some short video resources:

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