Twitter-ific
Posted by: mferrinda in Expert Presenters, tags: presentation, thanks, twitterMy presentation with Kate on Thursday on twitter went extremely well.
Initially when asked by Lina to research twitter I was more than gladly to, as firstly I had never heard of it. On closer inspection though I almost immediately became reluctant of this decision and wish I had of opted for something easy like google earth which I am more familiar with. Now however I am glad that I did stick it out! Not only have I learnt about something new, but it is slowly beginning to grow on me.
Our aim for our presentation on Thursday was to give a brief introduction on twitter and its potential in the classroom. I thought it was important to provide an honest opinion as I was not trying to sell twitter, but merely be an ‘expert’ on it. I felt that by the end of the session the class had a fairly un-bais view on twitter and were able to make a decision if they would be interested in using after. The feedback from the class was overwhelming and appreciated.
Thursdays session was not possible without the help of Sue and her post which can be found here. Sue without your help I think Kate and I would be tweeting to each other and no one else! Also an extended thanks to Sues network that followed me and responded during the presentation to my tweets.
A request…
As promised during my presentation I know would invite anyone in my network to add my peers who have recently created their own twitter account. Please add:
@mferrinda (myself) @kateabbott @raquirk @jess_colgan @haylzvg @linapell @louisevdp @geoffclarke @christinaly @Wayda
Thanks to all for your help and cooperation!
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September 12th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
I love how you have obviously encouraged each other in this learning. The sharing and collaboration are a great model for existing teachers. It’s so much easier to learn something in a group and share the learning.
I was worried that all those names were going to be women… thankfully not. We need men in primary schools in particular.
September 12th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
Congratulations Matt and Kate a great way to start our series of presentations!
Both of you (with the help from some friends – Sue’s network) did a fabulous presentation
You virtually began with an empty slate as no one in the class had any prior knowledge or experience with Twitter. Your presentation was informative, engaging and very professional.
I really appreciated your willingness to become an ‘expert’ with Twitter and share it with the rest of the class even though you had never heard of it before. The sign of a real innovator!
September 21st, 2008 at 8:44 am
[...] the afternoon session Kate and Matt introduced us to the art of Twitter. What fun! They called upon their personal network (with the [...]
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