Introduction to Twitter for Educators

Samantha Morra ❊ ❊ ❊ ❊ ❊ ❊ Glenfield School Technology Coordinator Twitter: sammorra Delicious: samanthamorra

Twitter is a free Web 2.0 social networking service that allows users to send and receive messages known as tweets.

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Username Full Name Sample Page Avatar Profile Tweet Followers

Username Full Name Sample Page Avatar Profile Tweet Followers Following

The Language of Twitter

The Language of Twitter @ Reply sent to a specific person but visible to all.

The Language of Twitter @ Reply sent to a specific person but visible to all. RT Re-Tweet or resending another persons tweet. Retweets are an extremely important part of twitter because it allows interesting ideas and news items to spread quickly.

The Language of Twitter @ Reply sent to a specific person but visible to all. RT Re-Tweet or resending another persons tweet. Retweets are an extremely important part of twitter because it allows interesting ideas and news items to spread quickly. D Direct message in private to a specific person. You can only DM a person who is following you.

The Language of Twitter @ Reply sent to a specific person but visible to all. RT Re-Tweet or resending another persons tweet. Retweets are an extremely important part of twitter because it allows interesting ideas and news items to spread quickly. D Direct message in private to a specific person. You can only DM a person who is following you. # Hashtag designating a topic as in #necc09

Let’s send a Tweet! http://twitter.com

Our Changing Information Landscape

Our Changing Information Landscape Did You Know? Shift Happens http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMcfrLYDm2U

Did You Know? Shift Happens

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How the Web is Changing http://en.wikiversity.org/

What is Web 2.0? If there's one thing Web 2.0 sites have in common, it's what they're not. Web 2.0 sites are not online places to visit so much as services to get something done, usually with other people.

What is Web 2.0? If there's one thing Web 2.0 sites have in common, it's what they're not. Web 2.0 sites are not online places to visit so much as services to get something done, usually with other people. “Technology is a tool for gathering, organizing and communicating information.”

There are many Web 2.0 and social networking sites, and more are added every day. Blogs Wikis Videos Photos Bookmarking Voice Networks

Why not just have a website?

Why not just have a website? Web 2.0 tools help you: Connect Collaborate Create Contribute

Important Issues with Social Networking 3 A’s to Remember Information can be: Accessed Adapted and Archived

Important Issues with Social Networking 3 A’s to Remember Information can be: Accessed Adapted and Archived Once it’s out there, it is out there.

Important Issues with Social Networking

Important Issues with Social Networking Remember your role within the school community. Consider how your conduct could affect your professional reputation and the reputation of your school.

Important Issues with Social Networking Remember your role within the school community. Consider how your conduct could affect your professional reputation and the reputation of your school. Think before you post on the internet. Ask yourself if you would be comfortable with your students and their parents seeing them.

Important Issues with Social Networking Remember your role within the school community. Consider how your conduct could affect your professional reputation and the reputation of your school. Think before you post on the internet. Ask yourself if you would be comfortable with your students and their parents seeing them. Keep your professional and personal life separate.

You Never Know Where You Will Be Quoted

Web 2.0 Sites Are About Connections Blogs Wikis Videos Photos Bookmarking Voice Networks

As an Educator Why Use Twitter? For Your School Professional Growth Rapidly Create your own disseminate "Personal Learning information Network" (PLN)

Why Use Twitter? For Your School Rapidly disseminate information

Why Use Twitter? For Your School Rapidly disseminate information Meetings Emergency Reminders & Events Information

Creating a digital footprint http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6585703.html

Creating a digital footprint Twitter was the technology of choice for hundreds of educators trying to capture the news and emotions of returning to school Monday. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6585703.html

Creating a digital footprint Twitter was the technology of choice for hundreds of educators trying to capture the news and emotions of returning to school Monday. “We're all surprised at this phenomenon,” said McReynolds Middle School Principal Jorge Arredondo, who tweeted encouragement to students and parents . http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6585703.html

Twitter and Schools Schools and school districts around the country are using Twitter. http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pWq9EQUcdTfIfe1qBpNZzDg&hl=en

Twitter and Schools Schools and school districts around the country are using Twitter. http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pWq9EQUcdTfIfe1qBpNZzDg&hl=en You can harness the power of these tools to benefit your school.

Glenfield School’s Twitter Page http://twitter.com/glenfieldschool

Glenfield School’s Twitter Page http://twitter.com/glenfieldschool You can even have a widget on your school website. Parents can easily access your tweets. You can set it so only your tweets are seen.

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Access to Twitter

Access to Twitter Easier replies

Access to Twitter Easier replies Shorten URLs

Access to Twitter Easier replies Shorten URLs Add pictures

Why Use Twitter? Professional Growth Create your own "Personal Learning Network" (PLN)

Why Use Twitter? Professional Growth Create your own "Personal Learning Network" (PLN) From within a dramatically new information landscape, the best description of the 21st Century teacher is Master Learner. —David Warlick

Why I Value Twitter My PLN Search for Information Reflective Practice Global and Local Perspectives Instant Feedback Newsroom Showcase Professional Development Together We Are Better

Ask a Question on Twitter

Who Should I Follow? What are you reading? http://twitter.com/robertjmarzano http://twitter.com/sirkenrobinson What professional groups do you belong to? http://twitter.com/ascd What are you interested in? http://twitter.com/NASA http://twitter.com/whitehouse Look at who they follow and their followers.

Who Should I Follow? What are you reading? http://twitter.com/robertjmarzano http://twitter.com/sirkenrobinson What professional groups do you belong to? http://twitter.com/ascd Conferences Continue networking online after the What are you interested in? conference is over. http://twitter.com/NASA Check This Wiki http://twitter.com/whitehouse http://twitter4teachers.pbworks.com/ Look at who they follow and their followers.

Let’s check on that Tweet! http://twitter.com

Twitter is a Web 2.0 Tool “A whole new Web is emerging from the wilds of cyberspace. It's no longer all about idly surfing and passively reading, listening, or watching. It's about doing: sharing, socializing, collaborating, and, most of all creating.” It's A Whole New Web And this time around it will be built by you SEPTEMBER 26, 2005

Remember: Technology is just a tool. A good tool in the hands of a caring educator can work magic. Adapted from: Doyle, D. (2007, April 30). [Weblog] What is Teacher 2.0?. EduStat Blog. Retrieved October 18, 2007, from http://www.edustatblog.com/?p=4

Remember: Technology is just a tool. A good tool in the hands of a caring educator can work magic. What is true of Web 2.0 will be true of Educator 2.0 They will need to be: Active Dynamic Community building. Adapted from: Doyle, D. (2007, April 30). [Weblog] What is Teacher 2.0?. EduStat Blog. Retrieved October 18, 2007, from http://www.edustatblog.com/?p=4

Samantha Morra ❊ ❊ ❊ ❊ ❊ ❊ Glenfield School Technology Coordinator Twitter: sammorra Delicious: samanthamorra

Introduction to Twitter for Educators

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