Social Networking for Educators and Administrators. Learn in Part I how you can harness the power of Twitter for Professional Development, School Communication and Global Networking. Twitter does not have to be overwhelming, nor a place where you will be inundated with personal statements of strangers. It is your choice: Who to follow? What area of interest? How much time to invest? How to filter information? How to connect globally with experts and eye witnesses? Become part of the best global Professional Development network for teachers and administrators.

1. Social Networking for Educators & AdministratorsPart I:So, What About This Twitter Thing?

2. Social Networking forEducators & Administrators

3. Presentations Langwitches.org Coaching Questions? Resources Lessons In-Service Workshops GloballyConnectedLearning.com

4. Join the Conversation, Create an Account! Fill out Your Profile!

5. Choose WHOM To Follow! Be Selective To Match Your Interests! Find ONE person and see who THEY follow

6. Be a Lurker!

7. Search For Content!

8. Push Out Information!

9. Be An Information Filter for Others!

10. Join & Engage in Conversation!

11. What Does Twitter Have to Do With This?

14. Organize & Filter!

16. @- mention

17. #hashtag

18. DM-Direct Message

19. URL Shortener

20. Twitter Client

21. TwitPic

23. http://twitter.com/curriculum21

24. http://twitter.com/heidihayesjacob

25. http://twitter.com/langwitches

26. http://twitter.com/fisher1000

27. http://twitter.com/rmbyrne

28. http://twitter.com/gcouros

29. http://twitter.com/edtechworkshop

30. http://twitter.com/shellterrell

31. Further Resources:A Twitteraholic’s Guide to tweets, hashtags, and all things Twitterhttp://theedublogger.com/2010/07/08/a-twitteraholics-guide-to-tweets-hashtags-and-all-things-twitter/What is a Hashtag?http://langwitches.org/2010/06/09/what-is-a-hashtag/Capital “RT” stands for Retweetinghttp://langwitches.org/2009/12/22/capital-rt-stands-for-retweeting/So, You Want to be Followed?http://langwitches.org/2009/12/21/so-you-want-to-be-followed/Twitter Animationhttp://www.animatedexplanations.com/Animation.aspx?animation=391Nine Reasons Why Teachers Should be Using Twitterhttp://mrslwalker.com/index.php/2009/03/29/nine-great-reasons-why-teachers-should-use-twitter/

32. Social Networking forEducators & Administrators Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano GloballyConnectedLearning.com Educational Consultant

33. Presentations Langwitches.org Coaching Questions? Resources Lessons In-Service Workshops GloballyConnectedLearning.com