A whole range of ideas from Steve Wheeler for Teaching with Twitter. I can see several having uses here. There are also links to others who’ve experimented with Twitter for teaching….
Tag: Twitter
Twitter tools
I’ve recently seen a range of new twitter tools – no doubt there are many more that I’ve not seen! http://twitter.mailana.com lets you see friends & also local Twitters; perhaps a little “busy” to easily understand. Twitteranalyzer Massive range of stats, though I’m a little sceptical about the “followersdensity” maps. If it is accurate ……
Why 140 characters?
I posted a query to Twitter, asking why twitter had a limit of 140 characters. Within seconds, both @intellagirl & @sclater had pointed out that it was based on a standard SMS – though I still wasn’t entirely sure – as I’d thought SMS was 160 characters (which Wikipedia confirmed) @josiefraser then supplied me with…
Twitter mashup
#ukSnow map. – from Today’s Weather! (OK, so us Brits just can’t cope with a wee smattering of the white stuff, but it’s a good example of Geo-twittering)….
Twitter traffic increases 10-fold in a year
UK: Twitter traffic increases 10-fold in a year I’ve certainly been adding to that 10 fold increase. (Image from TweetStats)…
Twitter tools.
Several people (AJCann was the first) have pointed me to Twitter Friends. I’ve had a look – I rather like the Network tool. (Clearly Vicki Davies [Coolcat teacher] is a pretty popular tweeter! From there I discovered how annoying it would be to follow me on Twitter. Neither, of course, are to be confused with…
Twitter – in the Guardian.
I’ve noticed a huge number of articles in the press on Twitter. Was going to post a link to the one I was reading in Tuesday’s G2. However, I had difficulty finding it when searching the Guardian for twitter … 724 mentions of it, of which 25 were this year (so, about 3 a day)….
Storytlr
I’d signed up to Twistory, after reading about it last week, and really rather like it. When I first signed up, I wasn’t tweeting that much. However, fairly shortly afterwards I was at ReLIVE08 & there was a very active back channel. Suddenly Twitter started to make sense & then I wanted to feed all…
Twistory: Turning your Twitter history into an online diary
SArah Robbins points out Twistory – (note the correct URL – http://www.twistory.net ) It seems a rather useful tool….
Most Useful Twitter Services
Now that I’ve started to get into Twitter, I wonder how many of these “Most Useful Twitter Services That Can Help Your Business Grow” will also be relevant to Educational uses of it….