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I presented Twitter to teachers at my school in June using this presentation and its key words. I upgraded the Slideshare following the presentation as I understood the need for step by step instruction. We participated in a live #A4Learn chat during the presentation and this also helped my colleagues better understand the concept of Twitter. I hope that this helps others as it helped my own colleagues begin their collaboration on Twitter.

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TWITTER 101 Twitter

for Teachers

You can spend hours, days, months and years learning about Twitter & it will still be a learning experience!

Created by @MmeNero

Image credit: http://publicityhound.net/5-best-places-to-answer-questions-promote-your-expertise/

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What is this Twitter “thingy” you’ve heard about?

Twitter is an online service where people can post short messages about their current activities/what they have seen

online in 140 characters or less!

THE BIG QUESTIONS

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Tweeting for Teachers

There is a HUGE amount (already) of teachers on Twitter. All of you have to know what to do is find them!

Many teachers are doing online professional development on a daily or weekly basis through their experiences on Twitter

Teachers are using Twitter as a tool for communicating about education reform and learning ideas

COLLABORATION and instant feedback

TWITTER FOR TEACHERS

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What is a Tweet? An online posting in less than 140

characters created by a Twitter user that will appear on his/her profile page and is available to every person who follows you

So it may be important to verify who is following you…

THE BIG QUESTIONS

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Your profile should have an image of you or something that represents you (get rid of the egg ASAP) to make it more personable

Introduce yourself in less than 160 characters… Choose your profile information carefully as many people chose who to follow based on it

Introducing Yourself:

HOW TO’S

your profile page

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HOW TO’S

1. Click on “Edit Profile” to bring you to this page:

Edit Your Profile

2. Change your pic

3. Write your real

name4. Write where you are from

4. If you have a blog add it here

5. Write a short Bio about

yourself in less than 160

characters!

6. Click on Save!

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If you like someone’s idea or resource that they shared, you re-tweet (RT) the content that has been posted by that user

It is the copyright, as you are sharing someone else’s idea(s)! So if you are quoting a tweet, please make sure that the original sender’s name is included (via/RT @____)

What is a Re-tweet?

This Tweet was Re-tweeted twice (by Kuhn and MmeNero

THE BIG QUESTIONS

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How do I communicate with my PLN?

Your PLN is you Personal Learning Network (all of the tweeps you follow)

Writing a Tweet to everyone who follows you

You can reply to a Tweet which everyone sees by using the @ symbol

A Direct Message: is kind of like an email, where the message content is PRIVATE and only between yourself and your follower (and less than 140 characters)

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When you find someone you want to follow, click on that person’s name or pic and it will bring it to their profile

The more people you follow, the more people will follow you = increased collaboration

How do I follow someone?

Click on Follow!

HOW TO’S

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Finding Teachers to Follow The best way: Find a teacher whose

Tweets you appreciate and look to see who they already follow…most often they are like-minded people

Use this website for help: “Seven Ways to Find Teachers on Twitter” http://bit.ly/qMLyaV

TWITTER FOR TEACHERS

1. Go to their profile2. Click on “Following”

3. Read the profiles & click

on Follow if you want to follow that individual

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Many teachers do not use Twitter as they fear “undesirable/unwanted” followers No problem! You CAN block them

and/or report spam

Can I block someone?

1. Go to your profile2. Click on “Followers”

THE BIG QUESTIONS

3. Find the individual and click on this button and choose Block or Report Spam

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A way for Twitter users to associate their tweets without having to explain the full context.

In the case of teachers, hashtags are tools which organize tweets according to a specific topic

What’s a hashtag?THE BIG QUESTIONS

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Hashtags for Teachers

General #edchat #bced #edtechbc #edtech #education #sd36 #Assessment #A4Learn

By Department:SCIENCE: #scichat #environment

MATH: #math #maths #mathchat

ENGLISH: #engchat

WL LANGUAGES: #langchat #APFrenchprof #FLTeach #wlteach

SOCIAL STUDIES: #sschat #historyteachers #history

TWITTER FOR TEACHERS

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Click here to be sent to my Slideshare presentation on “If You Were on Twitter…” for educators interested in Assessment for

Learning

TWITTER FOR TEACHERS