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Beam Your Tweets With TweetBeam
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Last updated: Friday, 13 June 2014
TweetBeam at Conference
Tweet via Denise Turner
TweetBeam Wall
I would like to introduce you to TweetBeam. This simple yet effective tool allows you to visualise tweets on a topic, in real-time and on big screens.
TweetBeam can be used as a dynamic and interactive method of using Social Media in teaching and learning.
How does it work?
TweetBeam projects your selected tweets in the form of a ‘show’ on an online wall.
You can select the tweets that are displayed via:
- hashtag # (for example, you could hashtag your session as #usorgbeh (US Organised Behaviour)
- topic (type in ‘organised behaviour’ for example, although note that this will present any tweet with this subject within the tweet text)
- your Twitter feed (personalized show of your Twitter feed as in a display of the friends you're following)
Examples at work
The Education and Social Work team have recently used TweetBeam at an event called Connected and Protected.
You can customize your TweetBeam show. You only need the Twitter Search to get started. All of the other settings are optional. You can block words, users and include Twitter lists in your show.
TweetBeam looks great on a big screen and is an excellent visual tool, as you can see from the image below.
If you would like to try TweetBeam or have any queries about its use, please email me at s.burr@sussex.ac.uk or call ext 7917. I am happy to arrange a time to set up your first TweetBeam show and to help you familiarise with all of the features.
To explore TweetBeam, you can visit the website and set up a show very easily at www.tweetbeam.com. Make sure you check the licensing options before you broadcast to ensure you are within the remits of the license.
You might enjoy this article on using Twitter within Higher Education by ‘Wikiman’ or Ned Potter is an academic librarian at the University of York:
By Sally Burr
Learning Technologist for Social Sciences
Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) Team
Images
1. creative commons licensed (BY-SA) flickr photo by Be Blogalicious
2. creative commons licensed (BY-NC) flickr photo by LexnGer