Meeting 2 – Fallout and Hands-On Tweeting

Hook – What’s More Likely To Kill You Than Ebola?  The Stairs (1 in 200,000)  The Flu  Tornadoes (1 in 70,000)  Sharks  Killer Bees  The Bathtub (1 in 11,000)  Fruit Bats

I’ve Learned My Lesson  Cakes are provided

How Was Your Week?  Was I the only one who had to convince students that the last 2- 3 days were worth chipping in for?  “Why can’t we just watch a film today?”

We Want More Than Just Ok. More Than Just Ok. Why press on? OUTSTANDING GOOD

The Rules of Technology in the Classroom 1. It needs to fill a need that nothing else has done yet 2. It needs to be able to be utilized creatively  If neither of these things are done, our students will reject it

Polls Everywhere  Pollseverywhere.com  2 minutes to sign up, 1 minute to make a poll  Polls can be integrated into more recent versions of PPT  Have a variety of uses

Polls Everywhere  Can be utilized for Phase 1, Phase 3, Phase 4  It’s anonymous, quick, and updates in real time. There’s a payoff.  The first time you use it there will be confusion/distress, don’t give up  Students can respond via Text (standard rates apply), Tweet or iphone/android app

Phase 4 - Plenary

Polls Everywhere – Hinge Questions  Media Lesson  We just went over 2 sophisticated theories ◦ Mulver ◦ Dyer

The Other Side of the Coin  Twitter  Don’t groan!

Easily the Most Versatile Technology We Have  Why are we reluctant? ◦ Unknown technology ◦ Intimidating? ◦ What’s the point?  Remember what I said about being innovative? ◦ Protection of staff ◦ Protection of students ◦ Once something’s out there, it’s out there for life  Twitter’s not going away

Uses for Twitter We’re Not Considering  Virtual staff room  Homework Reminder System  Announcement System  Dramatic Roleplay*  Organizing/Reporting on School Trips/Clubs*  Positive P.R. (School Herald/Crier)  Announce Deadline Dates/Homework  Follow subject-relative Twitter feeds as a class  Live tweet a Science Experiment/Recipe as it occurs  Communication with a virtual keynote speaker  Daily word/numeracy games?  Inspirational/Motivating Messages  Stay engaged with current events  Use a feed to document the creation of an art/engineering project over a prolonged amount of time  Synthesize information ◦ Study notes, creative writing, translate information into student-speak, ranking of events by methodology of importance  Write reviews  Take a poll  Stay current  Teach SMSC  Collaborative work via Hashtags with each other (other institutions?)  Assign homework

Does That Really Work?

Subject Specific Twitter Feeds History

Subject Specific Twitter Feeds English

Subject Specific Twitter Feeds Form

Subject Specific Twitter Feeds Creative Writing Prompt

Subject Specific Twitter Feeds Science  NASA posts pictures of new members arriving on the International Space Station (ISS), and link to new star photos from the Hubble Space Telescope, but it also guides you towards tweeting astronauts worth following.

Subject Specific Twitter Feeds Everything

Subject Specific Twitter Feeds ICT, PSHE by MIT

Expert Opinion

We Learn By Doing  I am going to ask you to sign up for a Twitter account  It can be one you already use or it can be a new one ◦ It may be easier if it’s a new one ◦ I currently manage 10 Twitter Accounts on a semi- regular basis  Once you’re on it please

So What Will We Do?  Let’s sign up for Twitter together, shall we?  We’re in the tech group, so we’re going to sign up for an account  You can delete it once we’re all done here but I insist we start with one together.

In The Future?  Games as a revision tool  Games as a silent starter  Prezi  Edumodo  Wikispaces  Podcasting  Video hosting