Yesterday we saw the power of one errant Tweet on the Stock Market. If anything teachers should be reminded of the power of TwitterToday I am doing a presentation about Professional Learning Networks to the other social studies' chairs in my county. I am going to focus on Twitter. So to start off on top above is how to set up a Twitter account and below that is a great video on how to use Twitter (no, it has nothing to do about getting married). I would suggest your watching it as it tells you how to do everything you'd want to do in Twitter such as set sending Tweets, direct messaging someone, following lists, getting help and on and on. If you prefer seeing it all written out, here is a great set of written instructions and below is a summary of them:
To see everyone you are following (and your own Tweets), hit the “Home” button. If you want to see your own Tweet, tap on the “Me” link. If you want to see if people are enjoying and passing on your Tweets, go to “@Connect.” If you hit “#Discover,” an algorithm will promptly deliver you some people on Twitter to follow. When you are in the “Home” tab, just below your picture it says “Compose new Tweet.”
Secondly we are going to look at lists of educators to follow.
Ken Halla @kenhalla
Cool Cat Teacher @letytijerina
We Are Teachers @WeAreTeacher
Larry Ferlazzo @LarryFerlazzo
Eric Sheninger @NMHS_Principal
Richard Byrna @rmbryne
Shelly Terrell @ShellTerrell
Finally we are going to look at how to set up a hashtag and how to use it in class. As you might remember from my posts, my students have Tweeted the election returns, State of the Union, presidential debates and reviewed for the exams using hashtags. Below is a list of hashtags you might want to follow. Some other useful ones are #SSChat (social studies), #HistoryTeacher and #GeographyTeacher. To find a hashtag, type in the # symbol plus the name in the search engine in Twitter and the conversation will appear. If you want to be really blown away go here for the 300 most popular hashtags for educators.
Educational Chats: #edchat, #schools, #lrnchat, #TT (Teacher Tuesday), #GlobalEd
Technology Chats: #edtech, #elearning, #mlearning (mobile learning), #edapps, #gbl (games based learning), #islide2learn (iDevices & learning), #vitalcpt (effective use of tech in the classoom)
If you want to both follow a hashtag and Tweet at the same time, I'd suggest you use TweetChat. Below is a video on how to use it.
To see everyone you are following (and your own Tweets), hit the “Home” button. If you want to see your own Tweet, tap on the “Me” link. If you want to see if people are enjoying and passing on your Tweets, go to “@Connect.” If you hit “#Discover,” an algorithm will promptly deliver you some people on Twitter to follow. When you are in the “Home” tab, just below your picture it says “Compose new Tweet.”
Secondly we are going to look at lists of educators to follow.
Ken Halla @kenhalla
Cool Cat Teacher @letytijerina
We Are Teachers @WeAreTeacher
Larry Ferlazzo @LarryFerlazzo
Eric Sheninger @NMHS_Principal
Richard Byrna @rmbryne
Shelly Terrell @ShellTerrell
Finally we are going to look at how to set up a hashtag and how to use it in class. As you might remember from my posts, my students have Tweeted the election returns, State of the Union, presidential debates and reviewed for the exams using hashtags. Below is a list of hashtags you might want to follow. Some other useful ones are #SSChat (social studies), #HistoryTeacher and #GeographyTeacher. To find a hashtag, type in the # symbol plus the name in the search engine in Twitter and the conversation will appear. If you want to be really blown away go here for the 300 most popular hashtags for educators.
Educational Chats: #edchat, #schools, #lrnchat, #TT (Teacher Tuesday), #GlobalEd
Technology Chats: #edtech, #elearning, #mlearning (mobile learning), #edapps, #gbl (games based learning), #islide2learn (iDevices & learning), #vitalcpt (effective use of tech in the classoom)
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