Recently, I have found the need to lower the barrier to entry for people to use twitter, construct tweets, and learn how to create a social conversation with one another. I know that other folks have done this, so I went a searching and this is what I found:
- Blog Posts about Paper Tweets:
- Protocol and reflection: http://pipedreams-education.ca/2012/02/25/paper-tweets-teaching-social-media/
- Usage post: http://thetidyteacher.blogspot.com/2013/11/parent-conferences-tweets-and-hashtags.html
- Usage by 2 Guys and some iPads: http://www.twoguysandsomeipads.com/2013/10/analog-twitter-wall-to-build.html
- TweetFest Activity
- Templates to use:
- Printout/Handouts:
- https://www.dropbox.com/s/5qrj68sjxhvj9aw/Paper%20Tweets%20.pdf
- https://twitter.com/theMrMoulden/status/452176773854134272/photo/1
- Google Spreadsheet Template: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18RPcIrjgs-yOoitrGE5OS0XUiiXWY8Rsigj79ldcPzg/edit#gid=0
- TweetFest Download: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/TweetFest-interpersonal-writing-activity-using-Twitter-1211635
Let me know if you have used a Paper Tweets protocol with students or teachers and I will add it to this post.