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Five Reasons Why Twitter Is Amazing In Large Lecture Classes

Five Reasons Why Twitter Is Amazing In Large Lecture Classes | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
More and more students have Twitter accounts now. Here are five ways I use Twitter in my lecture classes.
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Value of Twitter as Professional Development for Educators | open thinking

Value of Twitter as Professional Development for Educators | open thinking | The 21st Century | Scoop.it

During my sabbatical, I’m hoping to dive into research around the value of social networking tools like Twitter in the professional development of educators (including administrators). Today, I began with a some reconnaissance around the topic.

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Companies are listening to you on Twitter

Companies are listening to you on Twitter | The 21st Century | Scoop.it

Your one hundred and forty characters on twitters are very important for companies and Companies are listening to your tweet’s on twitter very carefully.

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Why Twitter and Facebook Are Not Good Instructional Tools

Why Twitter and Facebook Are Not Good Instructional Tools | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
Once an advocate for using social media applications and cell phones in class, this English teacher has changed his stance on the kinds of technology teachers should incorporate into their instruction.
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Tweeting for Teachers: how can social media support teacher professional development?

In the current constrained financial climate where, despite the best intentions, CPD budgets are often the first to be cut, this type of low cost, self-directed teacher development is interesting. ...
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Do social sharing buttons from Facebook and Twitter actually work?

Do social sharing buttons from Facebook and Twitter actually work? | The 21st Century | Scoop.it

If you look around the web at any blog or website these days they all seem to have social sharing buttons installed as default in a bid to drive more traffic Could Twitter And Facebook Sharing Buttons Actually Be Losing You Traffic?

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What Happens To Your Twitter When You Die? Creating A Social Media Will

What Happens To Your Twitter When You Die? Creating A Social Media Will | The 21st Century | Scoop.it

If you’re active on social media, you should really consider what will happen to your social media accounts when you kick the bucket?

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Glad you found this interesting Petra. Never thought about it before.
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10 Commandments of Twitter for Academics - Do Your Job Better - The Chronicle of Higher Education

10 Commandments of Twitter for Academics - Do Your Job Better - The Chronicle of Higher Education | The 21st Century | Scoop.it

Twitter is what you make of it, and its flexibility is one of its greatest strengths. I'm going to explain why I have found it useful, professionally and personally, and lay out some guidelines for academics who don't know where to start.

 

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Finding Your Social Media Curators: 11 People Who Could Make Your Twitter Experience More Interesting

Finding Your Social Media Curators: 11 People Who Could Make Your Twitter Experience More Interesting | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
Fast Company is the world's leading progressive business media brand, with a unique editorial focus on innovation in technology, ethonomics (ethical economics), leadership, and design.
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Utah Coalition for Educational Technology (UCET): 25 Fun & Informative Hashtags for Lifelong Learners

Utah Coalition for Educational Technology (UCET): 25 Fun & Informative Hashtags for Lifelong Learners | The 21st Century | Scoop.it

The beauty of graduating from college is you’ve learned all you must know; now you can learn everything you always wanted to know. For all those subjects that looked like fun in the course catalog but you never found time to take, you now have the rest of your life to spend finding out about them. And with the Internet at your disposal, the world is your oyster. Harness the power of the Twitter crowd by searching these fun hashtags that will ensure you never close the book on your education.

 

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How Much Is a Tweet Worth?

How Much Is a Tweet Worth? | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
How much is a tweet worth? The question has an almost koan-like quality.
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You’ll Never Walk Alone……..building a personal learning network with Twitter «

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ICT for Teaching & Learning - E-Learning Suggestions, Ideas, and Tips

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7 Tips For Tweeting From Live Events

7 Tips For Tweeting From Live Events | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
Here at Aprimo, we’re always talking about ways to improve engagement. Despite the digital marketing revolution, live events have not fallen by the wayside.
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Glad you found this interesting Rahadan. Susan
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16 Top Twitter Chats for Social Media and PR Professionals

16 Top Twitter Chats for Social Media and PR Professionals | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
There are many great Twitters chats happening each week, driving conversations and facilitating collaboration between a wide spectrum of social media professionals.
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The Clever Sheep: Seven Degrees of Connectedness

The Clever Sheep: Seven Degrees of Connectedness | The 21st Century | Scoop.it

The framework below was developed with the assistance of Zoe Branigan-Pipe, who is helping to bring co-learners to life through a collaborative project called 140 Voices.

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Best Corporate Apology Ever Posted to Twitter?

Best Corporate Apology Ever Posted to Twitter? | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
Sainsbury's has this whole Twitter thing down cold. Earlier today, popular U.K.
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Assessing Learning with Web 2.0: Twitter in the Classroom

Assessing Learning with Web 2.0: Twitter in the Classroom | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
As teachers think about using twitter in the classroom, they can consider how they will evaluate  the various academic skills that students learn.  This digital age learning twitter rubric hopefu... (@ransomtech Great point..Some help?
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How To Import Facebook Contacts Into Twitter

How To Import Facebook Contacts Into Twitter | The 21st Century | Scoop.it

This tutorial may be a really good investment of your time especially if you have a large Facebook network.

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itweetlive search tutorial

itweetlive changes the way companies engage on twitter. You can target your audience and personally engage with groups of people in less time.

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Top Twitter Abbreviations You Need to Know | Social Media Today

Top Twitter Abbreviations You Need to Know | Social Media Today | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
by Bliss Hanlin, a Community Manager for eModeration Twitter abbreviations and acronyms are an odd mash-up of text slang, old school chat room phrases, common sense short forms and corporate buzzwords.  There is nothing more terrible than parsing ...
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Why Twitter Needs to Change to Keep Up with Social Media Marketing - Business 2 Community

Why Twitter Needs to Change to Keep Up with Social Media Marketing - Business 2 Community | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
Twitter has long dominated the social media scene in terms of spreading the word to a lot of people at once. The reach of Twitter is incredible.
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Free Technology for Teachers: LocaModa - An Easy Way to Gather Tweets

Free Technology for Teachers: LocaModa - An Easy Way to Gather Tweets | The 21st Century | Scoop.it

Last month I wrote about Wiffiti. Wiffiti is a tool for gathering and displaying feedback via text messages. Last week I learned about a new offering from Wiffiti called LocaModa. LocaModa provides an easy way to gather and display Tweets about a topic.

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15 Essential Twitter Chats for Social Media Marketers

15 Essential Twitter Chats for Social Media Marketers | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
If you want a few tips on how to best create a great chat on Twitter, here are 15 hashtags that fit the bill.
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Is Twitter the Driving Force Behind Upcoming Educational Change? - Online Universities

Is Twitter the Driving Force Behind Upcoming Educational Change? - Online Universities | The 21st Century | Scoop.it

The very fact that I found the reflective piece, "Is Twitter encouraging a type of ‘Arab Spring’ within Education?" via Twitter would seem to indicate that Twitter is having some effect on changing the education landscape.

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How to Participate in a Twitter Chat

How to Participate in a Twitter Chat | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
My name is Lisa and I sometimes annoy my Twitter followers by participating in Twitter chats.
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