This document provides an overview of how to use Twitter effectively as an educator. It encourages educators to join Twitter to build their professional learning network, connect with other educators, collaborate, share resources, and participate in free professional development. It provides tips for how to follow others, engage in conversations using hashtags, organize tweets using lists, attend weekly Twitter chats, and connect with others at conferences using Twitter. The overall message is that Twitter is a valuable tool for educators to stay informed and connected with their community.

1. Twitter: Time to Take off
Your Training Wheels!
Sharlene Paxton
Librarian and Technology Coach
Sierra Sands USD/Cerro Coso
Community College
Twitter: @SharlenePaxton
Email: SharleneRPaxton@gmail.com
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2. Go to this Padlet to share your Twitter handle and your top
three reasons for using Twitter.
http://padlet.com/srpaxton/cslasr14

3. #cslasr14
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4. If you’re not already on Twitter, you need to
be.
• Build Your PLN
• Connect
• Collaborate
• Curate
• Share
• Learn—FREE PD! Flickr Creative Commons Photo by travelinlibrarian

5. Don’t be afraid to join the conversation.
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6. Twitter lets you connect with others educators
throughout your state and around the world!

7. Who you are matters!

8. Follow & Interact
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10. Gwyneth Jones,
aka The Daring
Librarian, has a
lot of great
Twitter resources,
such as this one
on The Art of the
Follow. You can
also learn how to
make your Twitter
header pretty and
read about her
Twitter Basics.

11. Connecting at Conferences
To connect with, learn from, and become leaders

12. Connecting at Conferences
Twitter as Backchannel

13. Connecting at Conferences
To Grow Your PLN

14. Connecting at Conferences
Because
you get to
meet your
virtual
friends
#IRL

15. Connecting at Conferences
Connecting at Conferences
You’re not
just sharing
with those
who couldn’t
make the
conference
or are in
another
session. You
could be
sharing with
the person
right next to
you!

16. Hashtags: Follow the Conversation
• Use 1-3 at a time
• Enter a hashtag into the
Search area of Twitter and
watch the conversation
move along
• Archive your resources for
later
• Search by hashtag any time
• Live Tweet an event!

17. I was the most active Tweeter at the CUE conference in Palm Springs, CA, in March
2014! I’ve challenged @craigyen to a little healthy Twitter competition during #cue15!

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19. Some Twitter Basics
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• 140 Characters
• Follow
• Tweet
• Retweet (RT)
• Modified Tweet (MT)
• Direct Message (DM)
• .@ Replies
• Favorites
• Your Twitterfeed

21. Notifications

22. Use Lists to Organize Tweets

23. Use Lists to Organize Tweets
Send a Tweet to
@jane_librarian,
and ask her to
add you to the Ca
School Librarians
list. Let’s get all
CSLA members
on this list before
#cslacon15!

24. More
lists! Find
a few
lists to
follow
(yes, go
ahead
and look
right now!

26. Twitter Session - CSLA 2014 - Marie
Slim and Jane Lofton

27. Twitter DOs and DON’Ts
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28. Don’t: Be Afraid to Make a Mistake

29. Definitely Do: Attend TL Virtual Café, #tlchat, and
TL News Night on Mondays
http://tlvirtualcafe.wikispaces.com/
First Monday of the month at 8 PM Eastern
Second Monday of the month at 8 PM
Eastern
Third Monday of the month at 8 PM
Eastern

30. Do: Attend
Other
Weekly
Twitter
Chats/Edc
hats
Cybraryman’s List of Twitter Edchats
The Weekly Twitter Chat Times
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31. #caedchet: DO join California educators every
Sunday night at 8 PM

33. DO: Retweet

34. Do: Promote CA School Libraries and CSLA
Events & Info

35. Do: Give a Shout out
to Your Tweeps and
Support Your
Organization (CSLA!!!)

36. Don’t: Be Negative!
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37. On the path to connectivity and collaboration
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40. Self-paced Twitter eCourse: Learn Twitter in Two Hours
http://www.leadlearner.com/learntwitter/

41. http://www.pinterest.com/sharlenepaxton/twitter-resources/
Check out
the great list
of Twitter
resources
I’ve curated
on
Pinterest!

42. You have until February…
Get connected. Stay connected.

43. Let’s make CSLA’s 100th
Anniversary the
#bestyearever #4csla
#csla15 #csla100 by
connecting, supporting,
promoting, and sharing,
sharing, sharing!
Sharlene Paxton
Librarian and Technology Coach
Sierra Sands USD/Cerro Coso CC
Twitter: @SharlenePaxton
Pinterest: pinterest.com/sharlenepaxton/
Email:SharleneRPaxton@gmail.com
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