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- 1. 50 ideas on using twitter For Teachers https://flic.kr/p/fTN3nucooper-taylor.com
- 3. 1 Build an account and immediately start using Twitter Search to listen for your name, your organisation's name, words that relate to your space. Listening always comes first. cooper-taylor.com
- 4. 2 Add a picture of yourself People want to see you. cooper-taylor.com
- 5. 3 Talk to people about THEIR interests. It shows us you’re human. cooper-taylor.com
- 6. 4 Point out interesting things in your teaching space, not just about you. cooper-taylor.com
- 7. 5 Share links to neat things in your school / college / polytechnic / university. cooper-taylor.com
- 8. 6 Don’t get stuck in the apology loop.Be helpful instead. https://flic.kr/p/Evgt66cooper-taylor.com
- 9. 7 Be wary of always blowing your own trumpet.Your fans will love it. Others will tune out. https://flic.kr/p/aAtmScooper-taylor.com
- 10. 8 Promote your staffs’ outside-of- work stories (with their permission). cooper-taylor.com
- 12. 10 Talk about non- teacher talk, too. https://flic.kr/p/Nw5kycooper-taylor.com
- 14. 11 Instead of answering “What's happening?” Tell us “What has your attention?” https://flic.kr/p/7rUziRcooper-taylor.com
- 15. 12 Have more than one tweeter for your organisation .People can quit. People take vacations. It’s nice to have a variety. https://flic.kr/p/81jhAUcooper-taylor.com But maybe not this many!
- 16. 13 When promoting a blog post ask a question or explain what’s coming next, instead of just dumping a link. https://flic.kr/p/wTgzo cooper-taylor.com
- 17. 14 Ask questions. Twitter is GREAT for getting opinions. https://flic.kr/p/az6nG4 cooper-taylor.com
- 18. 15 Follow interesting people. If you find someone who tweets interesting things, see who she follows, and follow her too. cooper-taylor.com
- 20. 17 When you DO talk about your stuff, make it useful.Give advice, blog posts, pictures, teaching tips etc. https://flic.kr/p/eysoeGcooper-taylor.com
- 21. 18 Share the human side of your organisation .If you’re bothering to tweet, it means you believe social media has value for human connections. Point us to pictures and other human things. https://flic.kr/p/J5Ys9Ncooper-taylor.com
- 22. 19 Don’t toot your own horn too much. https://flic.kr/p/4UbdC7cooper-taylor.com
- 23. 20 Or, if you do, try to balance it out by promoting the heck out of others, too. https://flic.kr/p/8X1LKicooper-taylor.com
- 25. 21 You don’t have to read every tweet. REALLY! cooper-taylor.com
- 26. 22 You don’t have to reply to every @tweet sent to you. Try to reply to some, but don’t feel guilty. cooper-taylor.com
- 27. 23 Use direct messages for 1-to-1 conversations if you feel there’s no value to Twitter at large to hear the conversation. https://flic.kr/p/dvyiH1cooper-taylor.com
- 28. 24 Use services like Twitter Search to make sure you see if someone’s talking about you. Try to participate where it makes sense. https://flic.kr/p/5BAUwpcooper-taylor.com
- 29. 25 3rd party clients like Tweetdeck and Hootsuite make it a lot easier to manage Twitter. https://flic.kr/p/axb41 cooper-taylor.com
- 30. 26 If you tweet all day while your fellow teachers are busy, you ARE going to hear about it. https://flic.kr/p/by63ZL cooper-taylor.com
- 31. 27 If you’re representing your organisation and tweeting all the time (i.e. not working), you probably will hear about it too. https://flic.kr/p/8CZEcscooper-taylor.com
- 32. 28 Learn quickly to use the URL shortening tools like Bitly and all the variants. It helps tidy up your tweets. https://flic.kr/p/7yZ6Wkcooper-taylor.com
- 33. 29 If anyone says you’re using twitter wrong, forget it. It’s an opt out society. They can unfollow if they don’t like how you use it. https://flic.kr/p/nyxCWcooper-taylor.com
- 34. 30 Commenting on others’ tweets, and retweeting what others have posted is a great way to build community. https://flic.kr/p/JEXjuncooper-taylor.com
- 35. The Negatives People Will Throw At You https://flic.kr/p/9Mm99Dcooper-taylor.com
- 37. 32 Twitter takes you away from teaching. “And the admin doesn’t? cooper-taylor.com
- 38. 33 Without a strategy, it’s just typing. cooper-taylor.com
- 39. 34 There are other ways to do this. https://flic.kr/p/7TGMs7 cooper-taylor.com
- 41. 36 Twitter is not relevant to teaching. It’s been around 10 years so it should be! cooper-taylor.com
- 42. 37 Twitter is just for nerds. https://flic.kr/p/bmPNxBcooper-taylor.com
- 43. 38 Our students & parents are not on Twitter. https://flic.kr/p/6nCqXp REALLY! cooper-taylor.com CU IC!
- 44. 39 Twitter doesn’t replace email. Guess what? Things change. https://flic.kr/p/4cRwCmcooper-taylor.com
- 45. 40 Twitter opens the organisation up to more criticism and griping. “Don't base your decision on the opinions of those who don't want to see you grow.” ― Yvonne Pierre cooper-taylor.com
- 46. Some Positives to Throw Back https://flic.kr/p/GjMVC6cooper-taylor.com
- 47. 41 Twitter helps you organize great, instant meetups. Tweetups https://flic.kr/p/5UVFr3cooper-taylor.com
- 48. 42 Twitter works well as an opinion poll. https://flic.kr/p/diGSsZcooper-taylor.com
- 49. 43 Twitter can help direct people’s attention to good things. cooper-taylor.com
- 50. 44 Twitter at events helps people build an instant “back channel.” cooper-taylor.com https://flic.kr/p/7WzxMy
- 51. 45 Twitter often breaks news faster than other sources Especially if the news impacts online denizens cooper-taylor.com https://flic.kr/p/8Fu8zg
- 52. 46 Twitter lets you find teachers with similar teaching interests cooper-taylor.com https://flic.kr/p/FAwnTX
- 53. 47 Twitter brings great minds together, and gives you daily opportunities to learn. If you look for it, and/or if you follow the right folks cooper-taylor.com https://flic.kr/p/r7M2Xx
- 54. 48 Twitter gives your critics a forum but that means you can learn about them them. cooper-taylor.com https://flic.kr/p/d6CTAE
- 55. 49 Twitter helps with professional development cooper-taylor.com https://flic.kr/p/bBoHJF
- 56. 50 Twitter helps keep you up-to- date cooper-taylor.com https://flic.kr/p/aCpvwa
- 57. Inspired by an original post by Chris Brogan 50 Ideas on Using Twitter for Business http://www.chrisbrogan.com/50-ideas- on-using-twitter-for-business How are YOU using Twitter? Comment on our post at http://cooper-taylor.com/2016/08/50-ideas-on-using-twitter-for-teachers/ cooper-taylor.com