3 Tools to Turn your Tweets into A Newspaper Creating e-magazines and newspaper is no longer a job of only high tech guys but anyone with the rudimentary knowledge of internet surfing can now set up and run his/her own e-magazine in a matter of minutes. You want a proof ? check out these tools we have previously posted for teachers and that let them create newspapers for their students. How about creating a magazine from the tweets you share on Twitter and also from what your followers share ? Wouldn't it be a great idea to be able to read your favorite tweets in a magazine like style. 1- myTweetMag Twitter Tips: for Teachers & Educators | eLearning Blog Dont Was Once people have found out I’ve been using Twitter for all of about 4 months now they think I’m an expert (I’m not, and do not profess to be) and keep asking me; what is it all about, then? Good question, and not one I’ve really been able to answer for myself, let alone answers for someone who hasn’t spent time trying different things to see if it works for them or not. So, in an effort to work through my own thoughts, and to provide something for others to benefit from, here are some ‘top tips’; Work out what you want to get out of Twitter. If you don’t do this, then Twitter will be a waste of time. if you are an eLearning specialist, or you are developing new mobile learning (mLearning) technology, or you just want to talk to people who like to run marathons, then these are the kind of people you should be looking for. You can put a picture of yourself in your profile, use it wisely! Share and share alike. Use URL shortening service. Use #Hashtags.
25 ways to teach with Twitter by Sonja Cole 6/4/2009 By: Twitter can feel like a strange new landscape when you first jump in. It is not always clear what its professional uses are, or what to post in 140 characters or less. But when you start to think of Twitter as a micro-blog (and not just a forum for the personal minutiae of people’s daily lives), you will find that Twitter can be a valuable tool for professional development. Here are 25 ways that teachers can use Twitter to ask for help, get lesson plan ideas, book and professional resource recommendations, connect with other professionals, and even host an online book club. First, a guide to Twitter shorthand. @username: creates a link to that user in your post.RT: Retweet, to copy someone else's post in a new update. 1) Ask for recommended books, lesson ideas, or teaching tools.Sample tweet: Can anyone share their successful SMART board lessons for 2nd grade? 2) Be sure to thank the people who respond.Sample tweet: @RickToone @evelynsaenz Very cool digital stories!
Обзор программы Twidium Accounter | uma-sovsem.net Добрый день дорогие читатели, сегодня мы продолжим говорить о раскрутки твиттера, в прошлой раз, я разбирала возможности программы Twidium Inviter, которая поможет набрать тематических и не тематических читателей. Сегодня мы поговорим о автоматическом наполнении Вашей тви-ленты. Если у Вас один твиттер-аккаунт – то наполнить и раскрутить его не составляет труда, но если Вы ведете более 3х аккаунтов, это может оказаться проблемой. А решением может послужить программа Twidium Accounter, позволяющая автоматизировать процессы наполнения Вашей тви-ленты. Узнать информацию о Twidium Accounter и о других продуктах можно на официальном сайте Twidium. Постинг твиттов. С чего начать и чем закончить? 1. 2. 3. Зачем изобретать самолет, если он уже изобретен? Можно не придумывать твиты, а позаимствовать у других. На этом я заканчиваю обзор программы Twidium Accounter, Вы не должны в ней запутаться, но на крайний случай, имеется справка, служба поддержки и я)).
IM Configure your IM client for Twitter You can chat with online friends (bidirectional follow relationship). You don’t post tweet, you directly send message to you friend without publishing it somewhere. Treegger does not store any data, credentials or messages, all contents just transit between you and our servers using secure connection (TLS). A problem? Any XMPP Client For any XMPP client software you should use following setup: Jabber ID: [your twitter account name]@twitter (for example ‘jchasetg@twitter’) Connect Server: xmpp.treegger.com with port 5223 Allow plaintext authentication (twitter doesn’t provide any other authentication method yet) SSL/TLS (old style) required and selected Pidgin Configuration is exactly the same as Google Talk except: Screen name: use your Twitter name (here jchasetg) Server: twitter In advanced tab, enter ‘xmpp.treegger.com’ in the Connect Server box (be sure that server is still ‘twitter’ in the previous tab) Miranda Create a new Jabber account. Adium iChat
The Best Resources For Beginning To Learn What Twitter Is All About As regular readers know, I recently joined Twitter and have had a good experience with it, though I’m skeptical that it will attract a following among teachers beyond those particularly interested in educational technology (see My Verdict On Twitter). In that previous post, I some sites that I found particularly helpful to me as I began to “tweet.” I thought others new to Twitter might find it useful for me to slightly enlarge that list, and so another “The Best…” list is born. The title of each resource is pretty self-explanatory, so I’m just going to list them. Here are my choices for The Best Resources For Beginning To Learn What Twitter Is All About (Except for the first one, they’re not listed in any particular order of preference): What Is This Twitter Thing, And Why Should I Care? Nick Peachey writes about Building Your Twitter Network, with a focus on ELT/ESL teachers. 100 Tips To Be A Smarter, Better Twitterer (thanks to Diana Dell for the tip) The Top 7 Twitter Tutorials On YouTube
Раскручиваем твиттер, обзор программы Twidium Inviter, плюс эксперимент | uma-sovsem.net Твиттер незаменимый атрибут любого блоггера, но что делать если Вас читает только сестра и лучший друг, а подписчики обходят стороной? Не волнуйтесь у меня ситуация не лучше, но сегодня я решила все изменить. А что из этого выйдет мы узнаем по окончанию эксперимента. Ну что ж, давайте обо всем по порядку. А зачем вообще нужно развивать твиттер аккаунт, ну не читают нас, что с того? Твиттер — это источник трафика;Твиттер — это показатель авторитетности;Твиттер — это связь с клиентами и читателями;Твиттер — это средство заработка. Ну вот, кажется определились, продвижение в твиттере полезно со всех сторон. До сегодняшнего дня я не развивала свой твиттер аккаунт, число моих читателей 146, я читаю 158, количество оставленных твитов 93, примерный возраст аккаунта — около 4 месяцев. Трафик с твиттера незначительный. Для моего эксперимента по раскрутке твиттер аккаунта, компания twidium любезно предоставил мне программу Twidium Inviter, давайте с ней познакомимся. В программе есть 4 режима:
HootCourse Twitter for Teachers: A Guide for Beginners I just received the following tweet: “I’m an NQT. Heard about Twitter being great for CPD but have absolutely no idea how to use it – can you help?” I’m still quite new to Twitter but I hope that what I’ve learnt in my first few weeks will prove helpful to those of you even newer on the scene than me. Choose your name wisely Short and sweet: Tweets are only 140 characters long. Make it easy: Make your name both easy to read and to type. Have a uniform online presence: If you’ve already got a good social network elsewhere, using the same or a similar name on Twitter will help your other followers recognise and find you and increase the speed with which you’ll get going on Twitter. Sell yourself in your Profile A picture is worth a thousand words: Twitter is a friendly community and having a picture in your profile will help people to know who they’re talking to. Link to your Blog: If you have a blog, make sure you list it in your profile details. Build your network Talk to yourself! Eavesdrop
Twitter Tips: How to Filter the Noise | Create Twitter Lists Once you start following a good number of people, you may find that it’s difficult to keep up with your Twitter feed, as there are so many tweets happening all at once. Rarely can someone read all the tweets of several hundred or even thousands of people all at once. There is just too much “noise” happening. There are two solutions to this. 1. This is not my recommended approach, as you may find that you will get unfollowed by others who notice that you unfollowed them. 2. Read tweets from those whom you’ve built relationships withCategorize users into different lists to serve as a reminderYou don’t risk losing users if you are still following them Having said that, I still read tweets from my main feed, and a number of them are quite interesting, or that I can relate with. Within your profile, there is a section called “Lists”, where you can create your own list of people that is separate from the main Following list. Now go back to your profile and click on your Lists.