Enhancing Learning with Twitter: Strategies for Better Engagement

Explore innovative ways to leverage Twitter for education, presented by Dr. Rebekah Fitzsimmons. Discover techniques like livetweeting for note-taking, peer feedback through social media, and the pedagogical implications of using multimodality in teaching. Uncover the power of hashtags to build community and improve discussions, with practical examples and upcoming topics discussed. Embrace the digital sandbox of Twitter to enhance classroom engagement and collaboration.

• Education
• Twitter
• Learning strategies
• Classroom engagement
• Pedagogical implications

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1. Better Learning Through Hashtags: Building Community and Improving Discussion with Twitter Dr. Rebekah Fitzsimmons Georgia Institute of Technology rebekahfitzsimmons.wordpress.com @DrFitzPhD rebekah.fitzsimmons@lmc.gatech.edu

2. Twitter in My Classrooms Writing Through Media: Fairy Tale Adaptations (Fall 2013) Rhetoric, Propaganda and the High Stakes of YA Dystopian Fiction (Spring 2016, 2017) Making the List: Best Sellers, Best Of, and Banned Books (Fall 2017) Upcoming: The History and Rhetoric of Science Writing for Children (Spring 2018) For more: rebekahfitzsimmons.wordpress.com 2 @DrFitzPhD

3. To Discuss Today 1.Livetweeting as notetaking framework 2.Peer feedback via Twitter 3.Best practices for Twitter assignments @DrFitzPhD 3

4. Livetweeting as notetaking framework Informality as a feature, not a bug! @DrFitzPhD 4

5. Livetweeting Record and share thoughts in response to a live event TV, live event, presentation Stream of consciousness, in the moment responses to material Use hashtag (#MLA18, #Olympics18, #GameofThrones) Aim is to entertain or engage fellow watchers while recording critical assessments Teaching: resembles notetaking or reading journals 5 @DrFitzPhD

6. Example:* *All student examples used with student permission 6 @DrFitzPhD

7. Pedagogical Implications Audience Digital sandbox Collaborative brainstorming Faculty reinforcement 7 @DrFitzPhD

8. Multimodality Images of text Gifs Screenshots Drafts of work 8 @DrFitzPhD

9. Peer feedback via Twitter Let the social part of social media work for your course! 9 @DrFitzPhD

10. Using the social in social media Interactivity of social media is assumed Note taking, but with active feedback Informal thoughts, jokes, reactions to books/films can lead to more constructive conversations, which leads to research projects Encouragement and commiseration leads to improved community 10 @DrFitzPhD

11. Example 11 @DrFitzPhD

12. Capitalizing on social elements Assuage digital native anxiety Introduce Twitter features - hashtags, threads, quote tweets Build feedback into assignments Model positive feedback within informal conventions 12 @DrFitzPhD

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14. Peer Review and Beyond! Academic twitter Authors/Creators on Twitter Hashtags are your friend 14 @DrFitzPhD

15. Best practices for Twitter assignments Structuring a Social Media Component to a Comp or Lit class 15 @DrFitzPhD

16. Help Students Consider Privacy Discuss community norms and privacy concerns FIRST Give students the option of an anonymous handle Start a new Twitter account specifically for the class Tailor the user name, photo, and bio for privacy AND maximum effectiveness Curate a follow list particular to the course More efficient for self-evaluation and faculty assessment NEVER NEVER give grades or protected info back via Twitter 16 @DrFitzPhD

17. Twitter Genre Conventions Teach Twitter conventions like any other genre Replies on Twitter (@ versus .@) Threads Quote Tweet versus Retweet Lesson on entering existing conversations The more you interact, the more interaction you ll get back 17 @DrFitzPhD

18. Minimize Anxiety Be clear with expectations How many tweets? Twitter conventions versus English class? What makes a high quality tweet? Concrete instructions (5-10 tweets a week) with broad topic guidelines Complaints, commiseration, frustration can all be useful 18 @DrFitzPhD

19. Model Twitter Use for Students Model the digital behavior you want to see Engage with scholars in your field Retweet relevant information for the class articles, topic ideas Respond to students (office hours!) Livetweet your own reading/writing/work 19 @DrFitzPhD

20. Assignment Suggestions Peer Review Feedback: Audience/Rhetoric of Twitter Twitter thread to summarize reading Presentations with livetweet peer review #FollowFriday or #ScholarSunday tweets Twitter Research Journals with required responses Improve/augment discussion: Research/Writing Process Fishbowl with livetweet component Livetweet readings Tweet discussion questions before class Twitter Research Journal 20 @DrFitzPhD

21. Thank you! Dr. Rebekah Fitzsimmons Georgia Institute of Technology rebekahfitzsimmons.wordpress.com @DrFitzPhD rebekah.fitzsimmons@lmc.gatech.edu