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| Twitter? Twitterverse? Tweets? What is it all about and why should you care? Twitter is about far more than where you neighbor is or what your colleague is eating for lunch. Twitter has evolved into a powerful educational resource for students & teachers alike. Join Educational Technologist & University instructor Julia Hengstler on a Twitter tour-ial. Learn how this microblogging tool (only 140 characters per post) can be used in a variety of ways to support professional and classroom learning. This will be a hands-on session where attendees will create professionally-geared accounts, network with other professionals, access resources, learn about Twitter tools, learn how to leverage Twitter for parent involvement, support student research, use Twitter as a backchannel @ conferences, and more… When paired with Delicious it makes for a dynamic educational duo! | |
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| Room: | C 217 |
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Julia Hengstler Nanaimo, BC Julia Hengstler is currently the Educational Technologist and an Instructor at the Faculty of Education at Vancouver Island University in Nanaimo, BC. Prior to joining Vancouver Island University, Julia spent over a decade teaching grades 6-12 (including adult night school) covering subjects across all major subject areas including second language, in both traditional & non-traditional settings. During her career, Julia has served on the executive of the Educators for Distributed Learning PSA (BCTF) as well as on the executive of the BC Computer Curriculum Consortium. Long a supporter of technology since her introduction to computers in the early 1980’s, Julia shares her resources with her faculty & the field via Twitter http://www.twitter.com/jhengstler , Delicious http://www.delicious.com/jhengstler, her Faculty of Education EdTech site http://www.viu.ca/education/edtech as well as her blog http://jhengstler.wordpress.com/ A published author, you might have seen some of her work in Education for a Digital World (Chapter 8 in part 2), Adminfo (Dec. 2008 & Oct.2007), Leadership in Focus or Academic Exchange Quarterly (June 2001). Contact Julia via email Julia.Hengstler@viu.ca . Julia.Hengstler@viu.ca |
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