Twitter

All links will be available at @http://delicious.com/annmcd_kids/socialnetworking



Shape Collage : Download program free.


 * Make collages in any imaginable shape or form
 * Rectangle, heart, circle, letters, or even draw your own shape!

Why twitter?

Create a twitter account Profile needs to inspire confidence in those who you want to follow you so best to add your blog/wiki page or state that you're an educator.
 * Goal**:

This is a way for the 140 characters to distinguish between a message and the reference to a person/tweeter
 * What does @ mean?**

Either by direct message, nobody is able to read your message except the recipient. nb:they must follow you before you can dm them. You are able to use the @name sign and that will alert them that someone is replying to them or reposting something that you've said.
 * How do you reply to people?**


 * How do you send a direct message?**


 * What does # mean?**
 * 1) is a way for people to search by using a keyword.


 * Favourites**: Mark favourites so that you can come back to them or share with others

=Let's start following people= Tweetie Tweetdeck
 * Third party programs which use twitter to make it easier for you to navigate or have a special twist**

Twtpoll : create a poll and post it to twitter... then embed results into blog or wiki. You or students could create a poll that you put on your classroom twitter account asking students from all over the world some questions. This poll is asking educators who take part in #edchat what they would like to talk about.

@WardCunningham : The creator of the wiki

@mscofino Kim Cofino: Always Learning blog: @http://kimcofino.com/blog/
 * Follow educators**
 * narrow the information on the Internet: educators link to useful websites
 * become a part of global projects by responding to tweets eg:progressive story, 'through my window, global voicethread wiki
 * know when blogs are updated. Most educators on the Internet have blogs/wikis. They usually tweet the subject of new blog entries with the link.

@tombarrett Tom Barrett: Creator of the 'Interesting ways' series of google docs. http://edte.ch/blog/interesting-ways/

@langwitches Silvia Tolisano: Great blog where she shares websites for teachers and creator of global projects eg:Progressive Story @http://langwitches.org/blog/

@dwarlick David Warlick: 2cents blog

Jenny Ashby: Bendigo @http://web.me.com/jenashby/iPodTouch_Project/Blog/Blog.html
 * @jjash

Follow news/current affairs to stay up to date** @abcnews @BreakingNewz @bordermail
 * local paper
 * ABC news
 * Kevin Rudd
 * BTN


 * Follow conferences and issues**
 * Use the twitter hashtag for conferences or special interest issues for all comments related to those issues/events
 * 1) acec2010

Ask these people that you are following specific questions
 * Follow 'special interest' tweets** eg:space inquiry.
 * NASA: Astro_mike,
 * Ministers or groups
 * Caritas

@MarsRovers

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 * Follow other class twitter users**.
 * ask questions
 * comment on what other classes are doing
 * get a sense of a global classroom - compare weather, time zones, subjects... How are things the same/different?
 * where are these classes from - locate on google earth


 * Follow companies of programs that you may use with students**
 * wikispaces
 * voicethread

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