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It’s hard to believe that Ireland’s weekly education chat on Twitter, Edchatie, has just celebrated its 50th chat. Based on the international edchat model started by Tom Whitby, this fantastic initiative was started by Fred Boss, who people ...

Group Tweet Website GroupTweet is the easiest way to create a Group Twitter Account. Contributors' names can be hidden or displayed at the beginning/end of each Tweet. Contributors' tweet directly from their personal Twitter accounts. What do you th... ...

I am delighted to finally have the opportunity to take the moderator’s hotseat for this week’s #ukedchat – in which we will be running a special discussion all about assessment. UKedchat is a Twitter based discussion group that meet every Thursday evening between 8-9pm GMT. It is a fantastic example of narrowing the use of ...

In last Friday’s Times Educational Supplement an article I had written was published about the use of social networking in schools. It seems to me that we are getting to a point where children in schools are experiencing a hidden social curriculum that we are no longer part of, this is especially the case for ...

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When you join Twitter it can seem a strange little place, with it’s own rules and secret ways. Having helped many people make a start I wanted to share some of the key things to help you early on so you can tap into the huge potential a Twitter network has. Here are my 10 ...

Since leaving the classroom I have had the opportunity to read more widely then I have done at any point over the last 10 years. The work I am doing now takes me down paths including design thinking, business, social media and of course education. It is the variety of new domains of information and ...

JISC RSC South East Twitter Course Website The course, in Moodle, provides videos, tasks, Twitter tools and all the necessary information needed to become a proficient user of Twitter. Logon as a guest user. The course may be downloaded. What do you... ...

DesktopTweet Website DesktopTweet lets you take snapshots of your computer's screen, and then tweet them up to Twitter in a matter of seconds. Highlight the region of the screen you want to snap and write a quick tweet for it. What do you think of D... ...

There are now a number of Irish primary schools using Twitter.  Over the last year thanks to projects such as Digital Art Week, The cross-Atlantic Sweets Project and various other projects, the power of using Twitter to help schools communicate with each other is starting to gain popularity.  If your school wants to start tweeting, ...