The document discusses how Twitter can enhance teaching by providing a global personal learning network for educators. It offers tips for setting up a Twitter account, connecting with other teachers, finding resources, and organizing information through lists and hashtags. Ultimately, it encourages teachers to engage with the platform to share knowledge and collaborate with peers worldwide.

1. Can Make You a Better Teacher?

2. I asked the teachers in my Twitter Network:

3. They answered . . .U.K.U.S.U.A.E.AustraliaNorwayThailand

4. . . . and answered . . .CanadaU.K.DenmarkTurkeyGermanyJapanBrazil

5. . . . and answered!S. KoreaU.S.U.S.AustraliaU.K.JapanTwitter is like having a 24 hour, global personal learning network.U.K.

6. Baby Steps If you can text, you can tweet!

7. Create a free account at twitter.comChoose a short usernameNever share your password

8. Unless you use Gmail, Yahoo, or AOL, skip this step

9. Skip Twitter’s suggestions too. You can do better.

10. Create your profileUse a real photo

11. Tell people about yourself—write a short bioInclude key words like ‘teacher’ ‘teach’ ‘children’ ‘EFL’ and ‘Japan’You’ll meet more people if you don’t protect your tweets

12. How do you find people to follow?

13. Use a Twitter list likehttp://twitter.com/barbsaka/starter-plnYou can “follow” everyone with one clickOr pick and choose folks to follow

14. Ready to start?

15. Check your followers. Block anyone who looks suspicious--0 followers, 0 tweets, following 1000 people. (No one knows if you block them.)The Internet is forever. If you wouldn’t want your mother to read it, don’t post it.Protect yourself from spam.--Avoid Twitter games and activities that ask for your password. --Never click on links in direct messages. (unless you know and trust the person)

16. Learn the local languageRT=Retweet When a tweet is good enough that you want to share it with your network.# + tagHashtags are like labels. They help you search by keywords and join conversations.Short links.You only get 140 characters. Total.2 types of tweets@barbsaka (a public message or reply—everyone sees it)D barbsaka (a “direct” message—only I see it)

17. NOW you’re ready to go!What can you do on Twitter, anyway?

18. Find teaching resources

19. Practice other languages

20. Get lesson ideas

21. Find pictures for flash cards

22. Find new ideas for teaching

23. Discover interesting blogs . . .. . . and know when they have been updated.

24. What about tags? How do they help?

25. Find a community of EFL teachers#EFL

26. Join a weekly discussion with teachers from around the world.#ELTchat

27. Follow your professional organization, or follow a conference.#jaltorg #jalt2009

28. Organization is the keyFilter information coming inTag information going out

29. Use tools like Twitter lists or Tweetdeck to organize messages.One column?Not so useful.Lists?Better.

30. Groups make it easy to filter informationUse the button to create groups

31. Tags make it easy to organize your bookmarks, and to find them again later.

32. Social bookmarks are online instead of on your computer.Social = SharedBookmarks = LinksOnline = Always available

33. Twitter can make you a better teacher because it’s the easiest way to build a powerful personal learning network. live connection to teachers around the world 24 hours a day

34. tools, websites, blogs, and articles come with personal recommendations