This presentation was a session provided by Eric Langhorst at the 2012 NETA conf

1. twitter a powerful collaboration tool for teachers
Eric Langhorst Liberty, Missouri @elanghorst

2. 8th Grade American History Teacher
South Valley Junior High
Liberty, Missouri

3. Adjunct Graduate Faculty
Baker University & Park University

4. Currently writing dissertation
Doctor of Education
Walden University
Topic – Social Studies Teachers
Using Twitter to Collaborate

5. @elanghorst on Twitter

6. www.ericlanghorst.com/neta2012

7. Where are you?
Have never used Twitter
Have Twitter account
but rarely use it
Use Twitter often

8. http://www.flickr.com/photos/aaronescobar/2569091622/sizes/l/in/photostream/
Did you know Twitter has roots in
NEBRASKA

9. Evan Williams
Twitter co-founder
native of Clarks, Nebraska
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Evan-Williams.jpg

10. my journey
my Twitter Birthday is December 17, 2007

11. Who cares what I ate for breakfast?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesjordan/2417210981

12. Twitter is currently my first choice for
news, ideas and asking questions and
my most important tool for collaboration.

13. 100 million
active users
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/09/08/twitter-has-100-million-users/

14. 350 million
tweets a day
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/09/08/twitter-has-100-million-users/

15. Great statistics but can this help
me as a classroom teacher?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/76994867@N00/4267034867

16. YES
and here are 3 big reasons…..
http://www.flickr.com/photos/76994867@N00/4267034867

17. Teachers tend to teach
on isolated islands.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikebehnken/5885152699/sizes/l/in/photostream/

18. Teachers tend to teach
on isolated islands.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikebehnken/5885152699/sizes/l/in/photostream/

19. http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwarby/3297205226/
Teachers want
information as needed.

20. http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwarby/3297205226/
Teachers want
information as needed.

21. Teachers love
free.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/scotthudson/2986260634/

22. Teachers love
free.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/scotthudson/2986260634/

23. Twitter vocabulary
http://www.flickr.com/photos/greeblie/3338710223/

24. tweet
a posting which can be text, a link to
a website, a photo or combination –
140 character limit

25. The value of
many tweets is
what happens as
a result of that
initial spark.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mdrx/6030455556/in/photostream/

26. “Would you like to go get
some ice cream?”
40 characters
http://www.flickr.com/photos/imuttoo/2858743646/

27. Ten years after ice cream……

32. follow
when you “follow” someone you can
view their tweets
followers
when someone “follows” you they
can see all of your tweets

34. Facebook is for people
you know from your
past,

35. Facebook is for people
you know from your
past,
Twitter is about people
you want to know
NOW.

36. reply
answering
someone’s
tweet,
including their
Twitter name,
everyone can
see

41. direct message
sending someone a message, only
that person can see, they must be
following you
a little like
sending an
e-mail to
someone

46. share what is happening
in your classroom

48. Why not just send
an e-mail?

49. Why not just send
an e-mail?
Expectation of a
response.

50. retweet
passing along someone else’s tweet
to your followers – passing along
good information

51. So, how do you keep up with all
these tweets?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/eflon/5079163335/

52. http://www.flickr.com/photos/31246066@N04/4377035185/
The river will flow,
with or without you watching it.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sbh/4809673039/

53. Must “trap” the information
that is important to you.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/archer10/6019820676/

54. hashtags
allows you to find specific themes
or topics, people include hashtags
within their tweets
#royals
#historyteacher
#election2012

55. You can check out tweets from this
conference by checking hashtag:
#neta12

56. chats
a scheduled time at which Twitter
followers discuss a common theme
and use a common hashtag
can participate live or check in later
with the archive

57. anyone can follow the chat
conversation if they do a search
for the same hashtag
#sschat
#sschat (social studies chat)
takes place each Monday between
6:00 PM and 7:00 PM Central Time

59. chats are archived
so one can
participate live
(synchronous
learning)
or view the archive
when they can
(asynchronous
learning)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/carbonnyc/64581364/in/faves-speakingofhistory/

61. archive of January 9, 2012 social studies chat
current events in social studies

65. Use Twitter tools.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zzpza/3269784239/lightbox/

66. TweetDeck

67. HootSuite

68. TweetCaster

69. Fast Follow Text Feature

70. Xefer.com

71. TweetStats.com

72. TweetStats.com

73. TweetStats.com

74. Getting started & finding
people to follow

75. Don’t just follow celebrities.
http://www.celebs101.com/wallpaper-276392--5251--Lady+Gaga+Wallpaper.html

76. Be a lurker.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotos_medem/3399096196/

77. Complete your profile

78. Complete your profile

79. Complete your profile

80. Complete your profile

81. Be a topic lurker.

82. Be a topic lurker.

83. Be a topic lurker.

84. Check other people’s list.
Who do they follow?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/matt_molina/2815688603/

85. Cultivate your followers, grow your network.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/harshlight/2983762346/

86. You can still tweet what you ate for breakfast,
but throw in a little collaboration too.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesjordan/2417210981

87. www.ericlanghorst.com/neta2012

88. Eric Langhorst
8th Grade American History Teacher
South Valley Junior High
Liberty, Missouri
@elanghorst on Twitter
speakingofhistory@gmail.com
www.ericlanghorst.com

89. twitter a powerful collaboration tool for teachers
Eric Langhorst Liberty, Missouri @elanghorst