Rob Fisher gives a presentation on why teachers should use Twitter. He discusses how Twitter allows information to flow quickly like a river, with too much information to consume it all. As a principal, he uses Twitter to share stories from his school and stay informed on issues in education. Twitter facilitates sharing resources, research, community building, professional learning opportunities, and student project ideas. It can also lead to deeper discussions through blog posts and help connect a personal learning network.

1. Why should I care about twitter?
Presentation for Learning technologies course
UCN
Jan 21st, 2013
Rob Fisher,
Principal
École Riverside School
Thompson, Mb.
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hand out twitter cheat sheet

2. What is twitter like?
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like a river analogy
information is flowing like the water.
drink when your at the bank. if it goes by don’t worry about it

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how fast is the river flowing?

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to give you an idea..... 1 shower...

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in my fairly well developed Personal PLN - >1 shower = 40 tweets.....
there is not time to look at it all!

7. As a principal.......
What do
I do with twitter?
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tell story of Brady and “it’s 100 day!”

8. It’s not just what am I doing........
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although the original idea of twitter was to replicate the status update bar of facebook,
look what happens when you give a tool to a bunch of
creative teachers
who want to constantly refine their craft
and get better at what they do....

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What’s happening in Education?
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explain what people are looking at here
who sent the tweet, the text the link

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whats a RT by rodd and the #unplugd12 hashtag

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People asking for help.
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18. It’s............
Sharing previous professional learning
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21. It’s............
Research
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24. It’s............
Sharing what’s happening in your school
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28. It’s............
Building community
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32. It’s............
Sharing what’s happening right now
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live on cbc radio

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35. or about to happen very soon.....
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38. It’s............
Sharing
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42. It’s............
tweets leading to deeper thought
ie. Blogposts
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talor malls presentation of a poem “what teachers make”
ideas for staff meetings

46. It’s............
upcoming PD opportunities
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Project ideas for my students
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24 hour skype

51. Our world project
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creating video, and remixing from around the world
Clarence Fisher - Snow Lake, MB. Canada, grade 7/8
Heather Durnin - Wingham Ontario Canada, grade 8
Jabiz Raisdana - Singapore, middle years English
Chrissy Hellyer - Bangkok Thailand, grade 3
Jody Hayes - Auckland New Zealand, 5/6 year olds
Marcello Mongardi - Muscat Oman
Rebekah Madrid, Yokohama Japan, grade 7
Rob Fisher, Thompson Manitoba Canada, grade 7
Jordy Whitmer, Birmingham Michigan, USA, grade 6 - 8
Jennifer Orr, Washington DC, grade 1

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look @ via hootsuite

53. questions
“learning is a
conversation”
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hand out tips for teachers new to twitter

54. What’s next?
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55. http://mashable.com/guidebook/twitter/
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57. Five-Minute Film Festival: Twitter
in Education
Twitter Search in Plain English
Twitter for Teachers -- What Do I Post?
Twitter Hashtag Basics for Education
Using Twitter to Build a PLN
etc
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58. thanks
you can find this presentation on
robcfisher.wikispaces.com
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59. “twitter logo map 09” By flickr user The Next Web
“Fast river” By flickr user elleneka102
“Shower Head Water Drops 7-26-09 3” By flickr user stevendepolo
“PICT2547” (phone) By flickr user tuija
“40” By flickr user smet_dk
“Question mark” By flickr user Marco Bellucci
Credits Jen Ashby @jjash for orchestrating the 24 hour skype idea with her grade 5/6 class in
Austrailia
Clarence Fisher @glassbeed for building upon the “our day youtube project” and
organizing another version of the “our day project” for École Riverside grade 7 students
and others to participate and create with.
and thanks to our professional learning networks for providing many
examples to share.....
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60. thanks also to Raman Job,
Manitoba Teachers Society
who did a similar presentation with me for
the Council Of School Leaders (COSL)
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