Eight Videos to Help Teachers Get Started Using Twitter
Posted by David Wees on Aug 26, 2010
Here are eight videos to help teachers get started with using Twitter. The idea for these videos is to make them short and to the point and provide specific instructions on how teachers can use Twitter.
How to sign up for Twitter
Verifying your email account with Twitter
Customizing your profile on Twitter
How does Twitter work?
Installing Tweetdeck
Customizing Tweetdeck
Finding people to follow on Twitter
Participating on Twitter
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About David
David is a mathematics teacher and a learning specialist for technology at Stratford Hall in Vancouver, BC. He has been teaching since 2002, and has worked in Brooklyn, London, and Bangkok before moving back to Canada. He has his Masters degree in Educational Technology from UBC, and is the co-author of a mathematics textbook. He has been published in ISTE's Leading and Learning, Educational Technology Solutions, The Software Developers Journal, The Bangkok Post and Edutopia. He blogs with the Cooperative Catalyst, and is the Assessment group facilitator for Edutopia. He has also helped organize the first Edcamp in Canada, and TEDxKIDS@BC.
Disclaimer: The ideas discussed on this blog are my own, and in no way represent those of my employer.
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Comments
So helpful!
Thanks David - this is a fantastic resource for getting the most out of Twitter! TweetDeck is exactly what I needed as a newbie thinking "How do I keep track of all this?" and the search function for finding people adn interests a huge help.
Cheers,
Amy
Hootsuite
Can you do some video's to show how to use Hootsuite?
I've tried Hootsuite, but not
I've tried Hootsuite, but not used it myself. I could look around to see if anyone has posted any videos explaining how to use it though.
Great Resource!
Thanks for sharing this David. Excellent!
Good tutorial
Thanks for the Twitter tutorial!
It really helps, not all
It really helps, not all teachers knows how to use internet properly these days!
Dave
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