All I need to know about
Twitter in education I
learned in Kindergarten
(Twettiquette)
Wolfgang Reinhardt, University of Paderborn, Germany
Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, UK
Martin Ebner, Technical University of Graz, Austria
What is this Twitter thing
anyway?
Microblogging with max. 140 characters
from mobile, web or desktop client
followers & following
replies (@) and direct messages (DM)
Retweets (RT)
geolocation
lists
open API
Reinhardt, Wheeler, Ebner (2010): All I need to know about Twitter in Education I learned in Kindergarten
Twitter in education
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Motivation for in-class discussions
U.T. Dallas
Facilitate process-oriented learning
University of Applied Sciences Graz
Teaching with Twitter http://steve-wheeler.blogspot.com
Share everything
Play fair
Don’t hit people
Put things back where you found them
Clean up your own mess
Don’t take things too seriously
Say you’re sorry when you hurt somebody
Wash your hands of skepticism before you start
Flush
Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you
Life a balanced life – learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and
dance and play and work every day some
Take a nap every afternoon
When you go out into the world, watch out for traffic, hold hands and stick together
Be aware of wonder
The rules
Share everything
http://www.old-picture.com/united-states-history-1900s---1930s/pictures/Sharing.jpg
Let others know about news,
blogs, useful links, places to go...
Play fair
http://p4.focus.de/img/gen/y/E/HByEXf3F_Pxgen_r_1100xA.jpg
Use of RT and/or ‘via’ @ to
acknowledge your sources
Don’t hit people
http://www.tawonga.org/blog/uploaded_images/Tawonga_Trash-Bag-Pagaent-047-704859.JPG
Keep DMs private. ‘Tweckling’ and
‘harshtagging’ can be a problem.
Remember, your words carry weight.
You are what you tweet...
Put things back where you found them
http://www.popularwealth.com/funny-pictures/messy-bedroom-03.jpg
Keep it tidy using #hashtags,
use URL shorteners (e.g. bit.ly)
http://allfunny.net/pics/crazykids/crazy-kids-8.jpg
Clean up your
own mess
Consistent use of #hashtags allows
various aggregation and filtering.
Using lists and other third party
apps can also keep things tidy.
http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4c53108e7f8b9a41307b0000/kids-laughing-soap.jpg
Don’t take things too seriouslyCaution: Not all tweets are from
friends. Some may be spam or
misdirection to rogue sites.
Don’t RT hyperlinks unless you
know where they lead and trust the
source.
http://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/teddy-usb.png
Say sorry when you hurt someone
Try to reduce misunderstandings
through the use of emoticons, etc.
Be quick to apologise if you offend.
Respond with good humour
Wash your hands
(of scepticism)
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/sb10062550a-001/Stone
Give Twitter time to prove its value
to you. It’s not instantaneous.
Twitter is more about the
conversation than the content.
Flush!
Made a mistake? Just
repost with a correction.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3359/3436727439_ff00dbdb52_z.jpg
Delete it if you want to, so that
new followers won’t see it.
Warm cookies and cold milk are good for
you
http://www.corbisimages.com/images/
Create new friend connections and
links. Go build your PLN!
Sing, dance and play
http://www.chrisrawlinson.com/
Have some fun – it’s not all about
the serious stuff
Take a nap every afternoon
http://www.websophist.com/Sleep_Baby&CatFacetoFaceM.jpg
Twitter can be quite distracting and
even addictive – spend time doing
other things too.
Hold hands, stick together
http://media.photobucket.com
Building a personal learning
network and make friends means
you can grow and learn together
Be aware of wonderhttp://lifeslittletreasures.files.wordpress.com
Stumbling upon unexpected but
extremely useful content.
Serendipitous learning.
University of Paderborn, Germany
@wollepb
Wolfgang Reinhardt
University of Plymouth, UK
@timbuckteeth
Steve Wheeler
Technical University Graz, Austria
@mebner
Martin Ebner
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