ICL Workshop
06
Microblogging
in Education: A Beginner’s Guide to Twitter
Steve Wheeler, Tara Alexander
Aims:
This workshop will enable delegates to create
their own Twitter account and explore the potential of using Twitter
for teaching and learning. It will also be of interest to delegates who
may have been using Twitter for a while, and who wish to discover some
of the latest research findings and new approaches that have recently
emerged.
Content:
- How to post Tweets,
‘Direct Message’ and ‘Retweet’
- Incorporating
hypermedia in Tweets
- How to ‘Follow’ and
‘Unfollow’ other people
- Generating Short
Web addresses
- How to build your
personal Social Network on Twitter
- Using Tweetdeck,
Twhirl and other third party services
- Aggregating Twitter
into your blog or Facebook, etc.
- Creating voting
polls and other interactive activities
- 12 great uses for
Twitter in education
The Presenters:
Steve Wheeler is a native
of South West England. He is Senior Lecturer in Education and
Information Technology in the Faculty of Education at the University of
Plymouth, where he is responsible for co-ordinating technology mediated
learning and co-ordination of the e-learning research network. He is
the author of over 150 scholarly articles on e-learning, and recently
has been researching Web 2.0 applications in education and training.
His most recent book is entitled ‘Connected Minds, Emerging Cultures’.
He also serves as co-editor of the journal Interactive Learning
Environments. His blog is at: http://steve-wheeler.blogspot.com
Dr. Tara Alexander is
an Instructor in the Faculty of Health and Social Work and has 16 years
experience as a mental health social worker. While teaching at numerous
universities throughout the United States, she became interested in
technology as a way to help students strengthen practice skills and
think outside of the box. She created the first video substance abuse
screening of Deaf individuals, which has been distributed world-wide.
In addition, she has won several teaching awards for innovative use of
technology in the helping sciences.