It's time to connect: Twitter for educational purposes

Mutuota Kigotho; Helen Doyle

It's time to connect: Twitter for educational purposes

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The expansion of the internet has enabled a free flow of information allowing the connection between educators and students where knowledge can be shared both ways. This growth in technology has led to an explosion in the use of social media. Data indicates that Twitter is one of the most common social media tools used by 25-54 age-group. Learning how this tool is used for educational purposes is useful in the area of higher education as most of the university students fit within this cohort. In this paper we look at the history and exponential growth of Twitter as a micro-blogging tool and illustrate how it is used in classrooms around the world from early childhood to tertiary. Further, we weigh up the challenges faced by advocates of change within education and explore the voices of dissent. We conclude that the use of Twitter has a huge potential when used for educational purposes.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Australian Computers in Education Conference (ACEC 2012) Refereed Proceedings
Editors	Paul Newhouse, Jeremy Pagram
Place of Publication	Perth, Australia
Publisher	Educational Computing Association of Western Australia Inc (ECAWA) for the Australian Council for Computers in Education (ACCE)
Pages	1-10
ISBN (Print)	9780646586540
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	ACEC 2012: Australian Computers in Education Conference - ITS Time: Information Technology in Schools Time - Perth, Australia Duration: 2 Oct 2012 → 5 Oct 2012

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Conference	ACEC 2012: Australian Computers in Education Conference - ITS Time: Information Technology in Schools Time
City	Perth, Australia
Period	2/10/12 → 5/10/12

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Education systems
Curriculum and Pedagogy
Computer Communications Networks

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Kigotho, M., & Doyle, H. (2012). It's time to connect: Twitter for educational purposes. In P. Newhouse, & J. Pagram (Eds.), Australian Computers in Education Conference (ACEC 2012) Refereed Proceedings (pp. 1-10). Educational Computing Association of Western Australia Inc (ECAWA) for the Australian Council for Computers in Education (ACCE). https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/12745

Kigotho, Mutuota ; Doyle, Helen. / It's time to connect : Twitter for educational purposes. Australian Computers in Education Conference (ACEC 2012) Refereed Proceedings. editor / Paul Newhouse ; Jeremy Pagram. Perth, Australia : Educational Computing Association of Western Australia Inc (ECAWA) for the Australian Council for Computers in Education (ACCE), 2012. pp. 1-10

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Kigotho, M & Doyle, H 2012, It's time to connect: Twitter for educational purposes. in P Newhouse & J Pagram (eds), Australian Computers in Education Conference (ACEC 2012) Refereed Proceedings. Educational Computing Association of Western Australia Inc (ECAWA) for the Australian Council for Computers in Education (ACCE), Perth, Australia, pp. 1-10, ACEC 2012: Australian Computers in Education Conference - ITS Time: Information Technology in Schools Time, Perth, Australia, 2/10/12. <https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/12745>

It's time to connect: Twitter for educational purposes. / Kigotho, Mutuota; Doyle, Helen.
Australian Computers in Education Conference (ACEC 2012) Refereed Proceedings. ed. / Paul Newhouse; Jeremy Pagram. Perth, Australia: Educational Computing Association of Western Australia Inc (ECAWA) for the Australian Council for Computers in Education (ACCE), 2012. p. 1-10.

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