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Twitter is a social network site that has quickly become one of the fastesT growing Learning tools for educators. In 140 characters or less educators are connecting with others from around the world to share resources, take part in a Global discussion, stay informed, give and receive "just in time" Teaching and Learning.The same can happen for your students. Create a ClassRoom Twitter account to introduce your (13 year olds and younger) Students to the connected world of a Learning Network.
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Getting Started
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Who to Follow?
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Username
Create a Twitter account (http://www.twitter.com) by choosing a username (The shorter the better). Important: fill out your profile (160 characters or less) identifying that you are a classroom tweeting, the age level of the students, as well as a geographic location (could be region, state or country). Upload an avatar (don't stay an egg!) Let others know what your class hopes to share and learn with and from others. Choose your Privacy Settings: Allow everyone to see your tweets or only let people who you have approved see and follow you. Start following other educators and classrooms tweeting. See who they follow and decide if your learning journey would benefit from their contributions.
Send reminders
There are many ways to take advantage of the Power of Twitter in the Classroom. Assign one of your students to be the "Twitterer" of the Day to document Step by Step what the class is learning during the school day (official Scribe) Connect with Pre-Arranged Mentors who will push your students thinking to the next level. Tweet as a class (especially with younger students) to review at the end of the day what occured during the school day. Use Twitpic or another photo service to share images of learning moments from the classroom.
Twitter Etiquette
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Respond to your followers
Netiquette is defined as the "acceptable" way how to communicate on the Internet. Learning acceptable behavior is part of digital Citizenship, one of the core literacies of the 21st century. Remind your students of your classroom rules and emphasize that "real world" etiquette, rules and consequences transfer to online behavior as well. Discuss copyright with your students. It is common practice to give the original author of a tweet credit by including their @username with a "RT" (Re-Tweet). When quoting a passage of a website, it is appropriate to link to the original site and/or mention the author with @username (if they have a Twitter account).
We want students to produce and contribute Quality content. Before they click the "tweet" button, Students should ask themselves if their tweet: * * * * * * * * * * * is Informative? documents their learning? Asks questions? responds to someone else's question? Curate information for specific Audience? Links to quality resources? Adds Value to any links re-tweeted? states its intent clearly? is globally Conscious? is grammatically correct? is spelled correctly?
As students tweet, they learn about Word Choices, clarity, the writing process (Write/Revise/Edit/ publish), networking skills, Research Skills, Summarizing Skills, global Awareness and connections.
Logistics
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Assign Twitterer of the Day
Twitter Vocabulary
RT Re-Tweet
Tweet someone else's Tweet, giving them credit by using "RT" before their @username
@ Mention
Send someone, who follows you a private message Create an account with twitpic.com and email relevant images as a tweet
# Hashtag
Tweeting Classrooms
@5thmjgds
@2mgems @StMaryLibrary
@HRAGrasyon @mrstgSkiddos
@Gill_Villians @Pod4fennemore
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