Teaching Twitter is presented by Courtland Bovée, instructor at Grossmont College and Pearson author of Business Communication Today, Business Communication Essentials, Excellence in Business Communication and Business in Action.
In this webinar, Bovée answers the following questions about Twitter:
1. What is Twitter, and how does it work?
2. Why should students learn how to use Twitter?
3. For what business purposes is Twitter being used, and who in business is using it?
4. Why and how should instructors be using Twitter in the classroom to further educational goals?
5. What important Twitter terms should users know, such as “tweet,” “handle,” “follow,” “replies,” “retweet,” “direct messages,” and “hashtags?”
6. What are the most effective ways to teach Twitter?
7. What are the nine things users should know in order to use Twitter successfully, such as how to create a list, how to do an advanced search, and what adding a period before a tweet can do?
To access the webinar, click here.
I haven’t had time to listen to the webinar in full yet, but I’ve used twitter this semester. This blog post summarizes the results so far: http://idajones.wordpress.com/2012/03/03/twearning-twitter-learning-first-exam-results/