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Teaching with Twitter
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Follow us:•Steve Clarke @fhesbusiness•Jack Marsh @geogmarsh
•Session hashtag #ashfhes
E-Safety
•“Social Media is dangerous, so don’t use it”
•“Social Media is dangerous, so here’s how to use it safely”
Why use Twitter?Twitter can be used in education for:• Subject news • Setting homework tasks• Fun enrichment tasks e.g. #Tweets4Sweets• Educating students to use social media sensibly• Course reminders• Discussion• Voting/polling• AFL• Video streaming/’snow day’ lessons• CPD/PLNs
Silent Tweet Debate
Q) Should schools bring back corporal punishment?
•Post your view• reply to at least one other person•Retweet a tweet that you agree with
•Remember to use #ashfhes in all tweets
SAP tools
•Twitter tools for PowerPoint: http://bit.ly/9Ns7Ne
PowerPoint Twitter Feedback SlideUse Presentation Mode to view, Click this header to give mouse control back to PowerPoint, change slide, etc. Check the “alternate format” to see more tweets!
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Embed polls in your VLE or blog
Publish your own newspaper
Create a mock twitter account
Twitter for Professional DevelopmentCPDPLNsCollaboration
Communication:
•Questions•Homework•Blog reminders•Articles of interest to pupils that we might not get to study in lesson time.
Never an excuse!
Rewards and incentives for quickest and most accurate responses.
Twitter – collaboration and communication. CPD
-Engaging and creative learning activities-Support from other HODs/teachers/educational specialists-Motivation to support learning through social media
www.heathendgeography.blogspot.com
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uPFXs9YVQ4Hj-AiTxZwBv3vusKszjBR5AFstrTq0-1U/edit?hl=en_US#
One Hundred & Forty!
•In no more than 140 characters, tweet the most useful thing you have gained from this session.
•Don’t forget to use #ashfhes in all tweets (that leaves you with 132 characters)