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Twitter - The Power of Twitter Search
Twitter - The Power of Twitter Search
Want to know what's news before CNN or Fox? Looking for what the world's saying about a particular topic? Twitter Search is your destination!
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The Power of Twitter Search
The Power of Twitter Search
Consider this: There are over 500 million registered users on Twitter tweeting roughly 58 million tweets daily. That's an incredible volume of information. Now, considering that 43% of those tweets are coming from mobile devices such as smartphones, realize that we have bite-size bits of information and commentary coming from nearly anywhere there's Internet connection. People are sharing events, as they happen, and information as easily as they send text messages to a close friend.
How do you begin to comb through 58 million messages from around the world to find useful information? A good place to start is via Twitter Search. Twitter search allows you to search through the flood of messages coming across the network to find information that's relevant to you.
Another useful tool in Twitter searches is the hashtag. A hashtag is a keyword, typically preceded by a pound symbol (#), that makes finding tweets about a specific topic easier to find and even follow. For example, if you were looking for tweets about education, a hashtag used by many educators is #edchat. Maybe you're looking for a great app for your elementary math students. You could search for "math app" or explore the #ipaded or #edapp communities.
Yes, that's right... COMMUNITIES. Groups of professionals on Twitter often connect around specific hashtags. STEM educators, for example, keep an eye on the #stem hashtag. It's just one more way for educators to find resources.
Twitter Search in Plain English
Twitter Search in Plain English
Take a moment to explore this video, again, by the awesome guys at CommonCraft:
Now that you've got the basics, try it out! Pick a couple of topics or hashtags to search.
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When you've finished share a few responses to these questions:
What topics did you research?
List any resources you found that may be helpful to other educators, especially links!
How might you leverage this tool with your learners or for professional growth?
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