Living Schools Lab webinar: CPD and Twitter, 12 Nov 2013

A little bird oncetold me . . .

Fred Boss

@fboss

. . . Or . . .

Educating Myselfwith Twitter

A look at the use of Twitter in CPD

Fred Boss

@fboss

Educating Myself with Twitter

• By myself I also mean:

• my colleagues

• my friends

• my family

• and eventually the world!

#LSLTwitter

Fred Boss @fboss #edchatie #LSLTwitter

Educating you about me

• Art teacher for 18 years in www.delasalle.ie

• Worked on pan-European projects with www.eun.org

• Seconded to www.ncte.ie which has lately become www.pdsttechnologyineducation.ie

• Established & moderate the Irish Educators’ Twitter Chat #edchatie

• Currently seconded to www.ncca.ie where I am part of the new Junior Cycle Team working on the new junior cycle


http://www.delasalle.ie/

http://www.eun.org/

http://www.ncte.ie/

http://www.pdsttechnologyineducation.ie/

http://www.ncca.ie/

What do I mean by Educating?

Sharing

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Integrating

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Responding


Educating =

Educating me about you

• Please introduce yourself in the webinar chat and add in:

• Your Twitter handle

• Your connection with education

• Your location (town/city/state/country)


Covering…

• Twitter note-taking (for own CPD & students/class)

• #edchatie - the Irish educators Twitter discussion network

• CPD is everywhere – Cybraryman links to ALL

• Using Twitter to crowdsource CPD -> #howilearn


Twitter note-taking

• Using Twitter as a way to gather and share ideas

• This is great to do at a conference

• Collaborative conversations can be collated and so become permanent

• Also great to do with a class

• Notes can be collated and so become permanent


Twitter note taking (in general)

Event hashtag

Other hashtags where relevant

Speakers name / twitter handle / initials (in the case of a student)

Information / Shareable content / Link


#gafesummit #edchatie @mistersill Really good link to YouTube for teachersresources https://sites.google.com/site/mistersill/google-goodness/youtube-for-teachers

https://sites.google.com/site/mistersill/google-goodness/youtube-for-teachers

Twitter note taking for NOW!

• Give it a try:

• This event hashtag => #LSLTwitter• Other hashtags => #edchatie for Irish teachers (got your own? Use it!)

• Speaker’s name => @fboss

• Shareable info => We’re at the http://goo.gl/NJIZCx webinar learning to use Twitter for CPD & more

• Once done – send your Tweet!(we’ll discuss collating them later on)


http://goo.gl/NJIZCx

Twitter note taking in Class

• Fintan O’Mahony is a post primary teacher in Ireland who uses Twitter with his class

• Check out: http://levdavidovic.wordpress.com/2011/10/23/42/


http://levdavidovic.wordpress.com/2011/10/23/42/

@ScoilMEng tweets

• Great example of taking notes in an English class and using the brevity of Twitter

• Haikus


@ScoilMHist tweets

• Not just tweets!

• Collated and Storified for all


http://storify.com/levdavidovic/my-title-1?utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=sfy.co-twitter&utm_content=storify-pingback&utm_campaign=&awesm=sfy.co_tG9l

Your turn!

• Tweet your response to the 2 questions using #LSLTwitter

Have you ever used Twitter to share from conferences?

Have you ever used Twitter to share from class/school?

• Also, add a brief description to the chat if you have


#edchat

“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery”



#edchatie

“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery”

#edchatie


#edchat #ukedchat #edchatie

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#edchatie

• Wednesday:• Call for topics

• Friday:• Voting on topics

• Monday:• Vote result at noon• Discussion (8.30-9.30pm Irish time)

• Tuesday:• Collate the Monday night discussion

(online + PDF versions)


#edchatie


#edchatie wiki: http://delivr.com/1mbr4

http://delivr.com/1mbr4

Previous #edchatie discussions

• Examples of how a little technology in class can go a long way07/03/2011

• Teaching creativity - can it be done?03/12/2012

• Would you be a principal?10/06/2013

• #edchatie 107 (now recorded through http://chirpstory.com/ )04/11/2013What is the best way of delivering CPD for #jcreform? Will all subject have equal resources? How will teachers be trained to teach new courses?


http://edchatie.pbworks.com/f/session_001_ordered_07-03-2011.pdf

http://edchatie.pbworks.com/w/file/61674809/edchatie Number 77.pdf

http://edchatie.pbworks.com/w/file/66904991/edchatie Number 96.pdf

http://chirpstory.com/li/168100

http://chirpstory.com/

Your Turn!

• Have you ever been involved in a Twitter-based discussion such as #edchat or #edchatie or even one that is more subject-specific

• Please enter into the webinar chat:

• The name/hashtag of the discussion

• What you thought was it’s strength for you

• What, if anything, about it you found challenging.


Check out Cybraryman’s List of Twitter Chats => http://www.cybraryman.com/edhashtags.html

http://www.cybraryman.com/edhashtags.html

Collation by hashtag

• Log into www.chirpstory.com

• Pull in all the tweets by hashtag

• Publish online through Chirpstory

• Copy & paste into Word

• Create a PDF

• Distribute the PDF


http://www.chirpstory.com/

Crowdsourcing CPD!


@johnmayo

http://goo.gl/ByCphP

Questions?Ceisteanna?


Thank You

@fbossFred Boss @fboss #edchatie #LSLTwitter

Image credits

• Tom Whitby = http://tomwhitby.wordpress.com/author/tomwhitby/

• Twitter logo = https://about.twitter.com/press/brand-assets

• Microsoft Clipart Online = http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/

• How I Learn = courtesy of Helen Bullock ( @AnseoaMuinteoir)

• Various Twitter avatars/images = various Twitter users

• Google Docs logo = http://www.onlinethreatalerts.com/article/2013/4/25/google-docs-phishing-email-scam/

• #edchatie images = Fred Boss

• CESI logo = CESI ( www.cesi.ie )


http://tomwhitby.wordpress.com/author/tomwhitby/

https://about.twitter.com/press/brand-assets

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/

http://www.onlinethreatalerts.com/article/2013/4/25/google-docs-phishing-email-scam/

http://www.cesi.ie/

Living Schools Lab webinar: CPD and Twitter, 12 Nov 2013

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