Twitter 101
Twitter for Educators, 101
Twitter: A micro-blogging service that allows users to tweet tweets—messages limited to 140 characters in length. You can connect with other educators, professionals in careers related to your subject, authors, news outlets, journals and publications...ANYONE you find interesting! If you love getting classroom ideas online, imagine being able to do that and have conversations with the educators who created them! Twitter makes it possible to communicate with teachers all over the world. Learn how you can create a Professional Learning Network (PLN) to connect with others who share your interests and passions. Create personalized professional development you can access anytime, anywhere. Discover how being an active educator on Twitter can help you learn and grow in your areas of interest! (http://ssesart.weebly.com/twitter-for-educators.html)
Twitter: A micro-blogging service that allows users to tweet tweets—messages limited to 140 characters in length. You can connect with other educators, professionals in careers related to your subject, authors, news outlets, journals and publications...ANYONE you find interesting! If you love getting classroom ideas online, imagine being able to do that and have conversations with the educators who created them! Twitter makes it possible to communicate with teachers all over the world. Learn how you can create a Professional Learning Network (PLN) to connect with others who share your interests and passions. Create personalized professional development you can access anytime, anywhere. Discover how being an active educator on Twitter can help you learn and grow in your areas of interest! (http://ssesart.weebly.com/twitter-for-educators.html)
Fun fact...The official name of Twitter's bird is Larry.
Links for Learning About Twitter and Personal Learning Networks
Create your own classroom backchannel at: https://todaysmeet.com/ (Backchannel is the practice of using networked computers to maintain a real-time online conversation alongside the primary group activity or live spoken remarks.) 20 Useful Ways to Use Today's Meet in Schools Twitter search: https://twitter.com/search-home Use # to search for a topic, @ to search a person. Twitter 101 Smore by Sherry Gick https://www.smore.com/62rh TweechMe App Susan Bearden introducing TweechMe Susan Bearden @s_bearden Educators New to Twitter Website #NT2T (New teachers to Twitter) Twitter Chat Saturdays, 9:00am EST TweetDeck- Create custom columns to follow! - A Must if you want to participate in chats Videos: Twitter for Educators by Ashley Cross |
CYBRARYMAN
The incomparable Jerry Blumengarten - has it all, knows it all - shares it all! Unlimited resources!!! Cybraryman’s webpage with many educational hashtags. Find the ones that interest you! http://www.cybraryman.com/edhashtags.html People to follow on Twitter: Building a PLN (Professional Learning Network) http://cybraryman.com/plnstars.html Cybraryman's Twitter for Beginners Page Jerry Blumengarten @cybraryman1 Cybraryman's Grade Level PLN Builder Pre-K-MS Cybraryman Keep the EDCHAT Calendar for Twitter.... CHECK IT OUT! Twitter for Educators- A Document
Alice Keeler @alicekeeler Twitter is Google for Educators Sharon Plante @iplante 10 Steps for Educators New to Twitter Justin Tarte @justintarte 10 Ways Twitter Makes Me a Better Educator Justin Tarte @justintarte More Links About Social Media for Education:
Great Twitter Classroom Connections by Drew Frank @ugafrank Can Tweeting Help Your Teaching? NEA Today Magazine Social Media in Education: Resource Roundup by Edutopia Twitter Chats: An Hour Well Worth Your Time by Peter DeWitt @PeterMDeWitt Twitter for Teachers 2.0 by Al Rowell @locotech |