Okay… I have been reading about twitter in all sorts of forums including Time Magazine the past month or so. Just like everything I do, I signed up and tried it out… but didn’t see the point a couple of weeks ago. Well, it just won’t go away, so I am going to try and again a little bit more.
I have embedded a twitter badge on my sidebar that I will attempt to update throughout the day with what I am doing. But I think the point of twitter is to make friends and follow what they are doing. So if you use twitter, please let me know so I can add you as a friend. Feel free to add me as a friend too. (http://twitter.com/edutechie) If you don’t use twitter, feel free to sign up and use me to test it out with me.
So the real question is… how can we use this in education? Not sure yet… I’ll let you know…
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I’ve been thinking about some of the educational applications of Twitter too. I also posted a badge and my thoughts on http://www.grcc.edu/gbrand. Let’s share anything we come up with!
Garry
Thanks to one of my new found friends on twitter (edventures) I just saw this site:
http://twittervision.com/
I could watch this for hours… do you think big brother is?
Hi Jeff.
Twitter is being used in all sorts of different ways and contexts in education already. Here are a couple of links to presentations I’ve made;
Twitter in Education (1) – http://www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/presentations/presentation-twitter-in-education/
Twitter in Education (2): What Next? – http://www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/presentations/presentation-twitter-in-education-what-next/
eLearn Magazine: Finding a Place for Twitter in Higher Education – http://www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/elearning/finding-a-place-for-twitter-in-higher-education-elearn-magazine/
Hope this helps.
All the best, David