Twitter

=Making connections come to Life=

Twitter and the microblogging concept

 * Why on earth would you Tweet?
 * Twitter homepage vs Twitter client
 * Dipping into “The River” of information that flows by
 * Deciding who to follow using a service like WeFollow
 * Using Lists
 * Tweets, Retweets and Replies
 * Understanding hashtags - Finding the Needle in the Twitter Haystack by Chris Betcher
 * Watch what's happening on TwitterFall
 * More PD than you can poke a stick at



Some reading suggestions

 * Tiny Bursts of Learning by Chris Betcher
 * How to use Twitter to grow your PLN by Betty Ray
 * Twittering Not Frittering by Suzie Boss
 * Follow Me, Follow You by Chris Betcher
 * Testing out Twitter by Kim Cofino
 * Twitter Adoption Lifecycle by Alan Levine


 * Your task:**
 * 1) Create your own Twitter account
 * 2) Download a Twitter client like Twitter or Seismic Desktop
 * 3) Check out what other participants are tweeting about this workshop by checking the hashtag for this weekend #yistne
 * 4) Find educators that you would like to follow on Twitter using hashtags, lists, following, or aggregation websites like WeFollowand recommend them on Twitter using the hashtag for this workshop #yistne
 * 5) Find 3 - 5 resources about education that you think might be of interest, and share them via Twitter using the hashtag #yistne


 * How can you use this with your classes?**