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Saturday, February 23, 2013

Hashtags in a Learning Environment

Although I don't have very much experience with Twitter or using hashtags the more I learn about how they can help businesses spread information about their company and for educational institutions to increase the range of learning experiences for their students is astounding.  Couros stated that the shared learning stream adds value to the work that he is doing by being able to filter easier and that that he is not limited by the stream.  Many educators are utilizing Twitter to share their educational material as well as asking for help. When a hashtag is created to be used for educational purposes This is also helpful for companies to create a hashtag for their business conference so that the audience is able to learn more about their ideas and their presentation(s) and have the opportunity to meet other attendees with similar interests or jobs.  This class has already used the recommended steps for creating its own hashtag that makes sense with the subject by creating the #cmc11 tag which is simple and easier to remember, as well as being relevant to the course.  Hashtags bring the online learning community together by sharing lecture lines, relevant information to the subject, and even their own notes.  Starting conversations online is becoming a great way for others to think outside of their sources and explore creative new ideas to further everyone's learning (Couros, 2011).

Reference:
George Couros (2011).  Twitter Hashtags In The Classroom.  Referenced from http://georgecouros.ca/blog/archives/2609.

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2 comments:

  1. Vanessa VaileFebruary 25, 2013 at 11:25 AM

    Jon, good start on a tagging habit. I wish it had not taken me so long. The sooner you start, the better. By the time I did, I had been to go back and add or update tags for many blog posts and bookmarks. Ugh. It was and still is a good reminder to tag as I go.

    Vance Stevens, who organizes online workshop for language educators at Electronic Village Online (EVO, a TESOL project), always emphasizes tags. This year, it was a central element in his Multiliteracies workshop. Here's one of his posts on using tags, http://multiliteracies.posterous.com/the-question-of-tagging

    Topsy is another useful site for following hashtags and Twitter streams, <a href="http://topsy.com>http://topsy.com</a>

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  2. TheGrovenessMarch 1, 2013 at 7:30 PM

    I am getting use to #hashtag as well. I learned what it meant by watching Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. His show not only entertained me but it helped my to understand how to flow with social networks. hashtags are great way to compile information for business and education. It tracks and keeps record of what has been said and can continually be used as a business and learning resource.

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