Would you like to learn how online networking can benefit your instructional practice? For EL educators, Twitter offers a unique opportunity to connect and share strategies online. This presentation will cover the basics of creating and maintaining an account and offer suggestions for using Twitter to expand your professional learning network.

1. Recommended Resources
Educational Hashtags: http://cybraryman.com/edhashtags.html
#ELLchat LinkArchive:https://groups.diigo.com/group/ellchat
Chat Dashboard (TweetDeck):https://tweetdeck.twitter.com/
TwitterManagement:https://manageflitter.com/
UsingTwitterinthe Classroom:
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/12/50-ways-to-use-
twitter-in-your-classroom.html
Had a great time with @FettigAmy at @edcamptc.
Great sessions on #edtech and connected pedagogy.
Benefits of Twitter
o Establishing personal learning networks in a digital world
o Staying up-to-date on the latest trends and hot topics in
education and language
o Facilitating cross-district collaboration and idea sharing
o Engaging with a diverse group of educators and leaders from
around the world
o Providing a platform for extending the learning from
conferences
Anatomy of a Tweet
Agenda
o Introductions
o What is Twitter
o Twitter in Education
o Elements of Twitter
o Benefits of Twitter
o Twitter Management
#ELLChat: Twitter for EL Teachers
MELED CONFERENCE 2015
Ashley Karlsson
likeretweetreply hashtag
username/handle mentions

2. E-mail: karlsson.ashley@gmail.com
Twitter: @AshleyKarlsson
www.linkedin.com/in/karlssonashley
Who to Follow?
On Twitter, you can follow anyone you want. They may or may not
follow you back. Here are a few education-related users to help get
you started:
Individuals
@skrashen
@AndreaDeCapua
@judiehaynes
@Larryferlazzo
@KarenNemethEdM
@JohnSegota
chat – real-time conversations
built around hashtags
follow – allows you to see
tweets posted by a particular
user in your home timeline
handle – username
hashtag – a word or phrase
preceded by # and used to
tag messages with a specific
theme
list – a curated group of
Twitter users
mention – placing another
user’s handle in your tweet
moderator – person
responsible for facilitating a
chat
replies – a mention at the
beginning of a tweet; does
not show up in others’
timelines
retweet (RT) – sharing
someone else’s links or tweets
timeline – list of tweets
displayed in the order they
were sent
tweet – a post of less than
140 characters
unfollow – choosing not to
see another’s tweets in your
timeline
TWITTER WORD WALL
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Chat Schedule
There are some Twitter chats that happen at regularly scheduled
times. Some are more popular than others and move very quickly.
Additional chat schedules can be found at
http://cybraryman.com/chats.html or by scanning the QR Code
below.
Sunday #sunchat: Sunday Ed Chat 8:00am
#mnlead: Educational Leadership Chat 7:00 PM
Monday #ellchat: English Language Learners Chat 8:00pm
Tuesday #edchat: Education Chat 11:00am and 6:00 pm
Wednesday #ntchat: New Teachers Chat 7:00pm
Thursday #langchat: Foreign Language Chats 7:00pm
Saturday #satchat: Saturday Chat (General Ed) 6:30am
#satchatwc: Saturday Chat West Coast 9:30am
#Nt2t: New Teachers to Twitter Chat 8:00am
This handout and session
slides available online at:
https://goo.gl/ZgvU6y
Additional
Chat Schedule
Organizations
@edutopia
@EdWeekTeacher
@ColorinColorado
@TESOL_Assn
@MnDeptEd
@WIDAConsortium