Communication tools for the classroom

1. INTC 2610
Sharon Faith

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Twitter is an online social networking service
and microblogging service that enables its
users to send and read text-based messages
of up to 140 characters, known as "tweets".

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Twitter is on online communication tool
Platform for listening to others in new ways

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Created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and
launched in July.
Over 645 million active users as of 2014
◦ Over 2.1 billion queries daily

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2007 – 1.2 million tweets per year
2008 - 4 million per year
By June 2010 – 65 million per day
◦ 750 tweets per second
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By March 2012 – 340 million tweets per day
October 2013 – 500 million tweets per day
January 2014 – 9,100 per second

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As of January 2014, the accounts with the most followers
belonged to the following individuals and organizations:
Katy Perry (51 million)
Justin Bieber (50.0 million)
Barack Obama (41.8 million) - highest ranked account
representing a politician
YouTube (40.0 million) - highest account not representing an
individual
Lady Gaga (41.0 million followers worldwide)
Taylor Swift (39.4 million)
Britanny Spears (36.2 million) - highest ranked account based
outside the United States
Rihanna (34.3 million)
Instagram (31.1 million)
Justin Timberlake (31.0 million)

7. 1. writer’s profile picture
2. writer’s Twitter @name
3. writer’s User name – e.g. John Smith
4. The “recycled” icon shows that the tweet you’re reading is a Retweet
5. The name of the person who retweeted this message.
6. The little balloon indicates a Google Maps reference in the tweet.
7. Image – the tweet contains a picture
8. Video – a video is embedded in this tweet
9. Reply – the tweet you’re viewing is a reply to an earlier tweet.
10. Expand – clicking here expands the sidebar to “drill down” on the current tweet.
11. The age of the tweet i.e. how long ago it was posted.
12. The #hashtag and is automatically hyper linked.
13. This is pretty much a standard hyperlink to an external location.
14. Also known as an @mention shows that this tweet is referencing another Twitter user.
15. Clicking on the @username expands the sidebar to show a summary profile of the person.

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@Twitter.com

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At twitter.com – SEARCH
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By grade
By subject
By person’s name
Click on a person you are following and who they
are following appear

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Twitter.com using hashtags
◦ # = symbol used to identify a specific chat or topic
◦ #ntchat – New Teacher Chat
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Twitter 4 Teachers Wiki – Website
Hashtags.org - website
What the Trend – website
Tagulus - website

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Created in 2003
Microsoft bought it out in 2011
70 million registered users as of September
2013
October 2013 – 2 billion per minutes a day
is a proprietary voice-over-Internet Protocol
(VoIP) service
Computers free, phones, text messagingthere may be charge. Check with your
provider

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A free and easy way for teachers to open up
their classroom. Meet new people, talk to
experts, share ideas and create amazing
learning experiences with teachers from
around the world.

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Remote learning for Sick Students
International Language Exchange
Virtual field trips
Authors reading to school children
Mystery Skype
Remote Teaching
Guest speakers (career day, politicians)

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Free video conferencing for up to 10 people
Team collaboration
◦ offers a suite of productivity apps that let you share
what’s on your screen, collaborate in Google Drive,
view You Tube videow
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you can also dial the person in by clicking on
the “Invite” button and then the “+telephone”
link.
Calls to the US and Canada are free, and
international calling rates are very low.