A Professional Resource #srl61

Twitter

Where do your good ideas come from?

How are they improved/refined?

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How are you inspired?

#srl61

Twitter is not

• to follow famous people

• the news, an unfiltered mess or a waste of time

• to see what people are eating

• to see sunsets/sunrises

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The Networked Teacher

http://educationaltechnology.ca/couros/580

Crowd Sourcing

Not one voice or one ‘expert’, but a filter to see and consider many voices on a topic

Personalized Learning Network, with headlines filtered by you

In this case - Self-Regulated Learning

http://learningspaces.unl.edu/collaborate.jpg

1. Focusses your audience/topic

2. Tailors your conversation

3. Filters information and location

Examples:

#bccurric, #cpchat, #sd61learn, #sd61slm, #bced, #bclearns, #anxietyined, #srlcanada #srl

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Want to create a hashtag? Search, then start tweeting to it!

Why hashtag?

#srl61

Platforms

On an iPhone and iPad Mobile Twitter app

Why? On the go, easy to tweet photos, in your pocket

PlatformsOn a Computer:

1. twitter.com

2. HootSuite/ Tweetdeck

!Why?

!- saves columns, searches, people, topics

Thank you! !

Contact: Dave Shortreed @mr_shortreed

dshortreed@sd61.bc.ca