Hi Kim,
There are a lot of interesting things you can do with Twitter. More
than I realised until quite recently. It is quite effective for
organising chat sessions around a particular topic, for example. Don't
forget the pictures you can include too.
I've done that kind of thing for other audiences. I have some memory
of using tags for various games too - there's a few possibilities with
that including treasure hunts, prediction games etc
In addition, if you're feeling ambitious, there are all kinds of ways
of of connecting twitter to other applications. This includes setting
up connections between Twitter and Second Life so one updates the
other; or between Twitter and a web page with the same kind of
process; or Twitter and other social media sites like Facebook etc.
You could do induction-related activities for that and even work as
groups in the mix.
So, I would say think about Twitter and its features in isolation and
with other tools too.
Best wishes,
Nick
On 20 October 2011 09:27, Kim Shahabudin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Morning all!
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> Earlier this year, in common with many other people I suspect, we set up a
> Twitter account for our Study Advice service (@UniRdg_Study - clunky
> corporate name, I'm afraid...). We're slowly building our list of student
> followers, but I'd like to find some more interesting accounts for us to
> follow. If your service has a student-facing Twitter account, would you
> share the username so I, and others on the list can find it?
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> I'd also be interested to know how other people are using Twitter for
> learning development - ours is mostly tips, news and events, with the
> occasional retweet of something amusing (and inoffensive!) to remind the
> students that we're quite friendly actually. But do others feel it's
> important to keep it strictly professional?
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> All thoughts very welcome!
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> Kim
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Faculty of Education,
University of Glasgow
Shared Thinking - a Collectivist Pedagogy
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