6. Hashtags can help learners do research.
Use the search feature and hashtags to find out
what others are saying about a topic.
https://www.docebo.com/2015/05/28/the-ultimate-twitter-guide-for-elearning-professionals-16-golden-rules-to-follow/
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/top-teaching/2015/09/twitter-teachers-beginners-guide-getting-started
7.
8. A hashtag is used to categorize tweets. This is useful
at, for example, events.
Inserting the event hashtag in tweets, event
participants can share comments, questions, and links
while continuing to follow the formal presentation.
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/files/2011/11/Published-Twitter_Guide_Sept_2011.pdf
http://donaldclarkplanb.blogspot.ch/2012/10/twitter-in-learning-less-is-more.html
http://www.smartertechnology.com/c/a/Smarter-Strategies/The-Good-News-About-Tweet-Streams/
http://www.teachthought.com/technology/the-complete-guide-to-twitter-hashtags-in-education/
10. Ecology and evolutionary biology professor
Meghan Duffy https://twitter.com/duffy_ma
has used her account to not only follow
along at conferences she can’t attend, but to
actively participate in discussing them.
Twitter also helps her find emerging
literature in her field, which ensures that
she’s always plugged into the latest
research.
http://www.lsa.umich.edu/lsa/ci.formanyprofstwitteriswhereits_ci.detail
11. In Chelsey Weaver’s 4th grade class, students can jot
down - in 140 characters or less - what they learned or
thought was cool during the day. Chelsey Weaver then
selects a few of these student comments to tweet out
to parents who follow on Twitter.
The Twitter activity can be a conversation starter
between parents and kids who often answer
"What did you do in school today?" with "Nothing."
http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2015/02/tweeting_teachers_how_one_nj_elementary_school_is.html
13. To retweet somebody else’s tweet, simply
click the sign for retweet. The tweet is then
forwarded to your followers.
Sources
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/files/2011/11/Published-Twitter_Guide_Sept_2011.pdf
http://www.techlearning.com/article/20896
16. Joachim Mabula says that Twitter lets him
share his healthcare expertise with as many
people as possible.
http://www.thecitizen.co.tz/magazine/success/Interactive-education-through-twitter/1843788-3903446-hsmg8f/index.html
21. The use of Twitter encouraged cooperation
among students.
Students used Twitter to ask each other
questions.
http://blog.reyjunco.com/pdf/JuncoHeibergerLokenTwitterEngagementGrades.pdf
22. Using Twitter, students, who might be afraid
to raise their hands in the lecture hall, can
share their ideas without feeling intimidated.
http://www.teachthought.com/social-media/10-ways-twitter-is-reinventing-the-college-lecture/
24. Research shows that the use of Twitter enabled
students to have greater accessibility to teacher
and facilitated collaboration with peers.
http://www.educationforhealth.net/article.asp?issn=1357-6283;year=2016;volume=29;issue=3;spage=223;epage=230;aulast=Diug
26. Twitter broadens the conversation beyond the
confines of classroom.
It allows for others, who also may have insights
and resources to share, to be included in the
conversation.
http://www.jasonrhode.com/twittertips