30 Days of Web tools: #7: Use Tweetchat to take part in Twitter discussions

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://encrypted-tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ5QMYnMi8TMm1XSS-MqFOOY0dBM2aTsU5YP96UpQY5QZO8GVDTGw" /></div><br /><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></div><br /><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></div><br /><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></div><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">All it took was a set date, a topic, and a hashtag, namely <i>#edchatsa</i>. SA teachers who were on Twitter were then notified that a tweetchat for SA teachers would take place every Monday night from 8:30pm – 9:30pm; and so our regular and popular tweetchat was born! Arthur Preston from Elkanah House put this all into motion. Very soon teachers told other teachers and so the news spread and the numbers are growing steadily. If you would like to know more, Arthur has set up a website <a href="http://www.edchatsa.co.za/">http://edchatsa.co.za</a> with all the necessary information. This website is also the place where we go during the week to vote from the choice of topics for the following Monday night’s chat. A new development is that the chats are being summarised each week by volunteers using Storify. You’ll notice these summaries on the website.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>What is the point of a Twitter chat for teachers?</b></span></div><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">There are quite a few educational Twitter chats that take place around the world, the two most well-known (to me) being #edchat and #ukedchat. Basically educationists get together to air their views and opinions on matters of education. Education world-wide is going through a major revamp and rethink! It is vital to cross-pollinate with teachers from other locations and share ideas and is so worthwhile when teachers prioritize and make time for this valuable interaction. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>How does one follow a Twitter chat using Tweetchat.com?</b></span></div><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The best application for following a twitter chat is Tweetchat. (<a href="http://tweetchat.com/">http://tweetchat.com</a>.) <br />Sean Hampton-Cole, one of the <i>#edchatsa</i> tweeters kindly sent me a PowerPoint on how to use Tweetchat which I am embedding below. </span></div><div id="__ss_13621990" style="width: 425px;"><b style="display: block; margin: 12px 0 4px;"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/Schoolnetsa11/how-to-use-tweetchat-for-a-twitter-discussion" title="How to use Tweetchat for a twitter discussion">How to use Tweetchat for a twitter discussion</a></b><object height="355" id="__sse13621990" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=edchatsahowto-120712182125-phpapp01&stripped_title=how-to-use-tweetchat-for-a-twitter-discussion&userName=Schoolnetsa11" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><embed name="__sse13621990" src="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=edchatsahowto-120712182125-phpapp01&stripped_title=how-to-use-tweetchat-for-a-twitter-discussion&userName=Schoolnetsa11" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><br /><div style="padding: 5px 0 12px;">View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/">presentations</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/Schoolnetsa11">Schoolnet SA </a>.</div></div><br /><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Benefits of using Tweetchat</b></span></div><ul style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><li><span style="font-size: small;">You can tweet to the chat without typing the hashtag, as well as <i>retweet,</i> <i>reply to</i> and <i>favour</i> others’ tweets as you chat. </span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">You can adjust the refresh speed to 5 seconds which is the minimum available </span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">You can keep everything on one screen easily so as to focus on the discussion that is taking place. </span></li></ul><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Join us on a Monday night</b></span></div><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So why not open up Tweetchat on a Monday night, type in the hashtag <i>#edchatsa</i> and join the conversation? </span></div></div>

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All it took was a set date, a topic, and a hashtag, namely #edchatsa. SA teachers who were on Twitter were then notified that a tweetchat for SA teachers would take place every Monday night from 8:30pm – 9:30pm; and so our regular and popular tweetch…

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