This document provides information and guidance about using Twitter for educators. It discusses how to build a professional learning network (PLN) on Twitter, engage with communities, and grow your network. It offers tips on creating different online identities (personal, professional, organizational) and managing your online presence. The document provides hashtags to use, guidelines for constructing tweets, and examples of tweet styles. It also discusses following accounts, blogging, and using Twitter chats and other clients to enhance the Twitter experience. Educators are given tasks to practice constructing tweets and evaluating accounts to follow. The overall purpose is to help educators effectively use Twitter for professional development and connecting with other education professionals.

1. Twitter for educators:
Build your PLN!
#digilitleic
@josiefraser March 2014

2. This session will cover creating and engaging
with communities on Twitter, growing your
network, and essential tips and tools for a better
Twitter experience.
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3. Social tech for educators
• Communicating & connecting
• Learning & teaching
• Curating & resource sharing
• Professional development/PLNs
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4. Three basic online identities
• Personal
• Professional
• Organisational
SocialTech: Personal - Professional - Organisational:
three basic online identities (2009) http://bit.ly/vcRv5
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5. Department for Education:
Teachers’ Standards
Effective from 1 September 2012
Part One: Teaching
3. Demonstrate good subject and curriculum
knowledge
8. Fulfil wider professional responsibilities
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7. Things to think about
• ‘Friending’ > don’t forget lists!
• Images and photos
• Passwords & account access
• Reputation and impact
• Moderation & engagement
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8. Top tips for managing your online
presence
• Don’t drink & tweet
• Check information before you share it
• Give credit where credit is due
• Think about who you connect to & promote
• RTs may not constitute an endorsement but
many people will assume they do
• Friending students, parents & carers?
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9. Social Media Policies
“As role models for students and a
representative of the School District, you must
ensure that your use of social networking – even
on your personal time – does not reflect
negatively on your professional reputation or
that of the School District.”
Vancouver School District Drafts School Social Media Policy (May 2013)
How One School Uses Social Media To Empower Parents And Students (May
2013)
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10. #hashtags
• Hashtags are a key way of organising and
finding information and conversations online
Task 1: Create a hashtag for this workshop.
Tweet your suggestion, including the hashtag
#digilitleic so we can find it. If you want to keep
it quiet in your stream, address the tweet to
@josiefraser
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11. Top tips for sweet tweets
• It’s not The Truman Show. Tweet about other
people, not just yourself.
• Don’t just RT. Unless you are an RT Bot or you
are pretending to be one.
• Ask good questions – not just lazy web
questions you could use Google for
• Think about share tweet structure:
Description, link and hashtags
• Don’t worry about missing things!
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12. Tweet styles

13. Josie Fraser March 2014
Classic book titles as click
bait #litworthy
http://www.themillions.com/2014/01/read-me-please-book-
titles-rewritten-to-get-more-clicks.html

14. goo.gl

15. Task 2
This tasks asks you to think creatively about how you construct Twitter posts.
You will be provided with information about an upcoming event. Create a
Tweet that includes:
• A description. Google the event name – you will find several blog and web
posts that relate to the event. Using the information you find, craft your
tweet. Make people want to find out more!
• A link. Decide which link provides the best information, and use a URL
shorter (if you don’t have time, Twitter will automatically shorten your link
for you).
• A hashtag. Create your own hashtag for the event.
Tweet when you are ready - we will use lists to review the groups work
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16. Social bookmarking
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17. Social-network aggregation
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18. Mobile clients
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19. Desk-based clients

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Twitter Chats
#edchat
#ukedchat
#flipchat
#iPadEd
#spedchat

21. Blogging
Weblogs are easy to use and
update websites.
Beginning with Blogging
Kim Cofino, September
2010
Edublog Awards
Showcasing individual,
class and student blogs
LCC SchoolTech
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22. Task 3 – deciding who to follow
Take a look at the twitter cards provided. This task asks you to
look at what information is provided and what it might mean
in terms of deciding to follow someone.
• Are these accounts people or robots?
• Are they who they say they are?
• What do their following/follower counts tell you?
• What do their tweets/date of tweets tell you?
• How could you find out more information about these
accounts?
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23. Task 3 - deciding who to follow
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24. thank you!
@josiefraser