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Tracking Twitter Chats

During a Twitter chat–which I was monitoring on my iPhone while in the grocery store–I was shocked to discover Participate Learning, a suggested link from others participating in the chat. Wow, what an impressive and easy way to track Twitter chats:

It’s amazing, isn’t it? Just the grid and the schedule make it so much easier to see the breadth and depth of Twitterchats happening at any given time. If you’re not keeping track of Twitter chats this way, then they may help you be more purposeful about how you participate!


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Embedding Twitter Searches on a Web Site

“Hey,” points out Diana Benner, “the embedded Twitter feeds aren’t working anymore!”
I just sigh. Twitter has messed up my entire activity for the workshop, Crafting Online PD That Works, which involves audience participation in solving a problem a la PBL.

Just yesterday, I switched the activities to just doing canned Twitter searches. Then, while reviewing my Twitter search about a hashtag, I noticed something new:

So, when you click on EMBED THIS SEARCH, you’ll see the following:

As you can see, you can have various timeline sources. It appears this feature isn’t fully implemented yet because I don’t see any results popping up, but…it’s about time for Twitter to do something like this. It would be great if they could get the Search timeline done by Friday so I could use it for our workshop next week at TCEA…this might make up for removing RSS support for Twitter feeds!
🙂

Update: It’s working! Way to go Twitter!!!


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Terrible Twits: Stream Those Hashtag Tweets on One Page with @Twubs #ipdlza13 #iste13 #edtechchat #ectobuzz

A nice press release from the Twubs folks…the place to go to easily manage hashtags and searches. I have to admit to some level of irritation at Twitter for nuking their API which makes it possible for 3rd parties to connect, including ones as friendly as Monitter.com and others that are swiftly fading from memory. What causes the irritation, you ask? The fact that Twitter did not make a web gadget that offers the same functionality as a site like Monitter. That functionality includes multi-column view of Twitter searches–as well as RSS feeds based on Twitter searches–that you can easily embed in a web site.

As terrible as that news is, it’s old hat. In the meantime, we can take advantage of Twubs.com, which offers the ability to search on a tag and embed that search in a page…for example, a search #ipdlza13 for iPadPalooza 2013 Conference ends up like this:

But what if you wanted to see several columns of hashtag searches? Try this…create a table using a free app like Kompozer (or GoogleDocs) then paste in the embed code for a hashtag from Twubs.com…here’s where you can find the embed code for each of the hashtags represented in the table below…be sure to replace the bold hashtag with your own choice!

  1. http://twubs.com/ipdlza13/embed
  2. http://twubs.com/edtechchat/embed
  3. http://twubs.com/iste13/embed

#ipdlza13 #edtechchat #iste13

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New Free Tool: Host Awesome Twitter Chats
We are so delighted to connect with you! We recently launched a new Twitter Chat tool that we thought would excite you. This FREE tool allows you to engage your audience by hosting moderated Twitter Chats. Use the following today:
  • Brand your page with your logo, graphics, and colors. 
  • Messages from hosts are visually separated to make the conversation flow dynamically.
  • Two powerful words: SPAM Blocking!!
  • Embed your Twitter Chat feed.
  • Easily view chat contributors.
  • … and more!
Make sure your chat is listed in our new Chat Directory: http://twubs.com/twitter-chats


In case you did not see our recent front page article on Mashable.com, check it out here: http://mashable.com/2013/06/12/twitter-chat-management

This is only the beginning! For this launch, we simply added features. We have a completely new chat solution coming in the next couple of months that will reinvent Twitter Chat.


For help and more information, definitely watch our “How To” video: http://www.twubs.com/twitter-chats/about
Lastly, if you have ANY ideas, curiosities, questions, concerns, or just want to say hello, please email us at contact@twubs.com. We greatly value your feedback.
Learn More about Twitter Chats Â»

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Embed RSS Feeds in GoogleSites Wiki @mlowak

Earlier today, a colleague asked, How can I embed RSS feeds–including a Twitter feed–on a Google Sites web page?

The question made me ponder various solutions, including taking advantage of Google Reader Bundles, trying out various gadgets, considering how to embed an RSS feed in HTML web page and then wrap an iFrame (whatever that is) and put that code into the Google Sites’ HTML box.
Of course, none of those worked exactly the way I imagined it would. In the end, I searched my email archives, hoping that someone among the Google Certified Teachers (GCT) list had solved the problem. Of course, at least one had this suggestion:

From: John C <jcalvert4@gmail.com>

Date: Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 9:13 PM
Subject: Re: RSS feed gadget…

To: Google Certified Teachers

Hi Mark,
I have had success with the “RSS Reader” found athttp://hosting.gmodules.com/ig/gadgets/file/107213515403750797288/joefeeds.xml
You can have up to 7 tabs, 15 entries, and choose the detail length.It works well.
Good luck!
Best,John C.NYC ’08

Still, the solution didn’t quite look the way I needed it to. The XML file referenced–essentially, the code for the Google Gadget that I inserted by going to Insert Gadget, then Add by URL–right-aligned the content…I wanted it left aligned.

So, I downloaded the original XML file, modified it to reflect the left alignment as shown below:

The key difference is text-align:left;

Then, I uploaded the modified XML file to a web server, and re-directed the URL in the Gadget to point to my version rather than the one John Calvert refers to in his email. Surprisingly, it worked!

http://www.edsupport.cc/mguhlin/mgfeeds.xml

Shout Out: I’m VERY grateful to the original authors of the gadget and thank them for coming up with a working RSS Feed Google Gadget!

Some other miscellaneous, albeit relevant points:

 How would you have done this differently or better?


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TwitterEduStream – Top 7 Favorites from Twitter

Below are a few of my favorites from the TwitterEduStream of ideas, links and info flowing through my various Twitter clients…these just jumped out at me:

  1. Five Tips for Helping Students Become Better Bloggers- http://tinyurl.com/mpbd8o via lthumann
  2. Free National Educational Technology Standards Poster for Teachers http://tinyurl.com/ndroqq via joevans1
  3. NYT article compares boy & girls as online creators http://bit.ly/gONte
  4. When did teachers start to fear technology? http://ow.ly/l0QR
  5. Opening the Doors to Web 2.0 for 21st Century Enrichment in K-12 http://bit.ly/7KS1f
  6. “PD That Really Is Professional and Developmental” http://is.gd/2nJoh
  7. Podcasting for #ELearning: Critically Analyzing Podcasts http://bit.ly/1blaM

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