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"Is there anybody out there": Twitter as a support environment for first year teachers' online induction workshop
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, Western Galilee College & Ohalo College, Israel, Israel ; , The Open University of Israel and Western Galilee College, Israel

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States ISBN 978-1-939797-02-5 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC USA

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This research examines the benefits of Twitter as a support tool to enhance social interaction among participants in an online induction workshop; to aid the workshops' moderator in monitoring the group and enhance and support the early-service teachers' growth and resilience. The 2344 tweets that were posted during the induction workshop enabled the workshops' moderator constant monitoring of the participants' progress, lows and highs. They reveal a process of socialization among the participants which leads to personal and professional support, thus enhancing the new teachers' professional growth

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Peled, Y. & Pieterse, E. (2013). "Is there anybody out there": Twitter as a support environment for first year teachers' online induction workshop. In R. McBride & M. Searson (Eds.), Proceedings of SITE 2013--Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 1405-1410). New Orleans, Louisiana, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved August 12, 2024 from .

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