twitter for professional connection and growth
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Twitter for Professional Connection & Growth
Presentation for Region 13 ESC Strategic Initiatives Team November 5, 2013
Sandy Kendell @EdTechSandyK
http://edtechsandyk.blogspot.com
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• District Educational Tech Specialist from Central Texas
• Bachelors in Elementary Ed
• Masters in EdTech Leadership
• 20 Years Experience in K-12 Education
• Very active on Twitter and passionate about social media for professional learning!
About Sandy...
Photo by Virgil McCullough, SXSWedu
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Key #1: Hatch the Egg & Fill Out Your Profile! http://edtechsandyk.blogspot.com/2013/06/grow-
your-twitter-network-with-spiffed.html
Keys to Building Your Network
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Key #2: Search for & Follow People & Organizations You Already Trust
Hint: Watch whom they re-tweet!
Check them out!
Keys to Building Your Network
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Key #3: Manage Your Followers and Whom You Follow
● Investigate people who follow you to see if they would add value
to your stream & follow them back.
● Don’t follow everyone who follows you.
○ Block spammers, pornos, & folks you can’t figure out.
● Don’t be afraid to unfollow people
later if they are not adding
valuable information to your
stream.
Keys to Building Your Network
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Key #4: #Hashtags! #Hashtags! #Hashtags!
• A hashtag looks like this: #onlinelearning • Tweeps use hashtags to “categorize” their Tweets • 20 Most Useful Hashtags in Education
http://www.teachthought.com/social-media/the-20-most-useful-hashtags-
in-education/
Keys to Building Your Network
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Video: Hashtags in 60 Seconds
More About #Hashtags
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All About Twitter Hashtags - Best explanation of hashtags I’ve ever found!
• http://primarytech.global2.vic.edu.au/2011/06/30/all-abouttwitter-hashtags/
300+ Educational Hashtags Being Used Right Now - Sounds
overwhelming, but you can search the page for topics of interest to you, then search by those hashtags on Twitter.
• http://www.edudemic.com/twitter-hashtags-now/ 20 Twitter Hashtags Every Educator Should Know About -
These hashtags have Twitter chats associated with them. • http://www.edudemic.com/20-hashtags/
More About #Hashtags
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To Follow or Not To Follow...
How do you decide if you should follow
someone?
Check out their profile & Tweet stream!
Do they
● Have a bio that tells what they are about?
● Tweet about stuff you are interested in?
● Tweet regularly?
● Go “off message/topic” only rarely?
● Interact with others?
● Appeal to you for any reasons?
FOLLOW your instincts when you decide
to FOLLOW another Tweep!
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Include Practical and Fun!
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YOU TIME!
Keeping in mind the tips already shared, search for Tweeps or
hashtags to follow:
● People and organizations you already know.
● Hashtags from the links provided on previous slides.
● People on my newbies and/or edtech lists:
○ Newbies:
https://twitter.com/EdTechSandyK/foredutwitterrookies/me
mbers
○ EdTech:
https://twitter.com/EdTechSandyK/edtech/members
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What Do I Tweet About?
Tweet and Retweet things that interest you and
are in line with your purpose. Someone with
your same interests will appreciate it!
● Good blog posts/articles you’ve read
online
● An interesting thought you had or you
overheard
● Questions you need help answering
● Your own blog posts
● Something you’re excited about
● Occasional interesting or fun personal
things
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license
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What Do I NOT Tweet About?
If Tweeting on behalf of your employer, stay away from: ● Politics & Opinion (Includes education funding, testing, etc.)
● Religion
● Anything you wouldn’t say to face-to-face to your employer or to someone on your
employer’s behalf
If Tweeting on behalf of yourself,
stay away from: ● Complaints or rude remarks about
employer, co-workers, or working
conditions
● Complaints or rude remarks about former
employer
● Anything that would embarrass someone
else
● Crude language (Educators follow you &
you follow them; use school appropriate
language)
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Use Hashtags To: • Search for topics of interest to you. Watch for folks who
consistently share valuable information with a certain hashtag and consider following them.
o Ex: Search for #onlinelearning
o Notice related hashtags others use, too. • Make the information you share more “findable”. When you
add hashtags to your Tweets, you help others find info that may have value to them. And, you might gain followers.
• Share info from conferences you attend or follow a conference you cannot attend in person.
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Hashtags for Network Building
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What’s a Twitter Chat? • A synchronous discussion where everyone uses a hashtag to
communicate about a topic. Typically they meet weekly and last about an hour.
o Chats give you a chance to be exposed to others who have interest in a topic. You can find new people to follow, and others may follow you as well
o You might want to “lurk,” or just watch your first chat. They can move fast! But you will get the hang of it!
Chats for Network Building
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Twitter Chat Resources
• 13 Great Twitter Chats Every Educator Should Check Out http://thejournal.com/articles/2013/09/23/13-twitter-chats-for-
educators.aspx
• Utilizing Twitter Chats for Professional Development http://smartblogs.com/education/2013/03/27/utilizing-twitter-chats-for-
professional-development/
• Weekly Twitter Chat Times https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiftIdjCeWSXdDRLRzNs
VktUUGJpRWJhdUlWLS1Genc&usp=drive_web#gid=0
• Archive of #TXED Chat from 10/30/13 http://storify.com/MsRossEnglish/txed-summary-science-best-practices
Chats for Network Building
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Hootsuite - www.hootsuite.com • Allows you to set up columns & searches.
• I like it best on Tablet and Computer.
• Demo of Hootsuite
o Column setup is easy!
• Great for conferences!!!!! (And everyday, too!)
Tools to Enhance Twitter
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Diigo - www.diigo.com • Save those great resources you are finding on
Twitter & access them anywhere!
• “Social” bookmarking
• Tour of My Diigo
• Make sure you sign up for an account and start
using it!
o Go to Tools after you sign in & follow
instructions to make bookmarking quick!
Tools to Enhance Twitter
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• Twitter for Professional Learning LiveBinder (Created for ISTE 2013) http://tiny.cc/TwitterISTE2013
• All of My Blog Posts About Twitter
& Social Media for Professional Learning http://edtechsandyk.blogspot.com/search/label/twitter
More Resources
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Final Questions
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Twitter for Professional Connection & Growth
Presentation for Region 13 ESC Strategic Initiatives Team November 5, 2013
Sandy Kendell @EdTechSandyK
http://edtechsandyk.blogspot.com