sandy millin twitter introduction, english uk north conference, 6th october 2012
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Sandy MillinEnglish UK North conference, 6th October 2012
24/7 Professional Development through Twitter
What is Twitter?
What is Twitter?
• a global staffroom• a supportive community• a source of inspiration• a place to share• a mine of information• on-demand information• always available
• free professional development
What is Twitter?
What I have got from Twitter
ideas
opportunities
inspiration
friends
Who’s on Twitter?
• Over 30 IH schools
Who’s on Twitter?
•Authors
Who’s on Twitter?
• Publishers
Who’s on Twitter?
•Teachers from around the world
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Who’s on Twitter?
• Over 30 IH schools• Authors• Publishers• Teachers from around the world
Join the conversation
http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/newTwitter/index.html
Finding people
• @sandymillin
Finding people
• @sandymillin
• Who I follow
Finding people
• @sandymillin
• Who I follow
• Lists:– https://twitter.com/#!/barbsaka/starter-pln/m
embers
– https://twitter.com/#!/sandymillin/international-house/members
Finding information
hashtagshashtags
Decoding tweets
(from 17 May 2012)
But...
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After the conference
http://twitter.com/sandymillin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/EnglishUKNorth
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