3. Twitter
Best professional development for me
10 steps for Educators new to twitter
The following was prepared by Joey Estes
for a parent technology night.
4. Twitter is a Cool Tool
•By joining Twitter, you can connect with people all over the
world about things that interest you.
•Imagine having literally thousands of people to bounce ideas off
of, share best practices, and to give you recommendations for
your next good read.
•All information is shared via 140 characters or less.
5. Time to Join!
•Once you have decided that Twitter is something you would like
to explore, go to the website and sign up for an account. It’s free!
6. Following
• Once you have joined, you will need to
find people to follow.
• This means that you find people who have
the same interests as you, or people you
find interesting.
• Maybe you want to know what Time
magazine has to say.
• Or maybe your kids are interested in
Justin Bieber.
7. Now it’s time to interact.
•Anytime you see the @ sign in front of a name, it is like someone is talking to or
about that person directly.
8. Links
•You will often see a link that is a small jumble of letters and numbers. This is a
smaller link taking the place of a super long link.
•The real link looks like this:
http://www.boston.com/community/groups.html?slPage=showBlogPost&slGroup
Key=0cf59848-a680-4169-abad-ba4fa2c99f46&slBlogKey=Blog:c55b1ea4-
61d4-4827-90ab-574b44d3b002@D|9;36|CommGroup0cf59848-a680-4169-
abad-ba4fa2c99f46|&slBlogPostKey=Blog:c55b1ea4-61d4-4827-90ab-
574b44d3b002@D|9;36|CommGroup0cf59848-a680-4169-abad-
ba4fa2c99f46|Post:f7a50b5e-a2a9-4b6d-b9df-
bd8345fab89b&plckFindCommentKey=
9. Hashtags
Using a # is an easy way to follow a
conversation on a particular subject.
#edchat #edtech
Every day there are new and different #’s the
pop up.
#Idollivedavid
#MothersDay
#Parenting
12. Feedly
RSS (really simple syndication) reader
bring updates of blogs to your Feedly
a visual display
organize into folders
can use on iPad
take a look
13. Subscribing to a blog
Have Feedly open
in another tab or window have the blog open
copy the url of the blog
on Feedly click + Add Content
paste the url
organize into folders to make your life easier
14. Some blogs to start with:
The best of the best- Educators share
the best blog posts
Educational Blogs by Discipline
RSS Feed - Blogs to follow
17. Google Apps
Google Apps Lesson Plan Selector
Google Apps for Education
Demonstration Video
32 Ways to Use Google Apps
Five Essential Google Drive Skills For
Teachers
18. Google Apps
Tips for a Successful Google Apps Training
Session
32 Ways to Use Google Apps
19. Wikis
The most famous ~ Wikipedia
Wikis in Plain English
Great for collaborative learning
Wiki Resources
50 Ways to use wikis for a more collaborative and
interactive classroom
20. Wikis
Best embeds for a wiki
Several free wiki sites to choose from:
pbworks
wikispaces
wikia
21. Edmodo
Edmodo
a little like ning
a little like Facebook
calendar
gradebook
library
upload documents
create links
Edmodo Blog
22. Skype
Who uses it?
Skype in The Classroom
a community for educators
Check Out
teachers
resources
project
Assessment of Learning with Skype
Framing a Skype Learning Experience