A short guide on how to use Twitter to support professional development.

1. #Twitter CPD
@swiftsonya

2. #Twitter CPD
 Twitter is a great CPD tool for school-based professionals.
 Twitter provides a way to connect with other professionals at local,
national and international levels.
 By searching for specific #hashtags (topics), you can discover a
wealth of information, ideas, resources, advice, and much more!

3. Creating your professional Twitter account
 When creating your Twitter name, keep it short and sweet, as you only
have 140 characters to tweet! Your tweet includes your name.
 Upload an image and write a short professional bio. Start to follow
other professionals. This will encourage other professionals to connect
with you. Start tweeting!
 If you have a public account, you are more likely to connect with other
professionals.

4. A few suggestions on who to follow
 DfE @educationgovuk
 Ofsted @ofstednews
 Guardian Education @GuardianEdu
 Times Education @TimesEducation
 GuardianTeach @GuardianTeach
 MindEdUK @MindEdUK
 UKEdChat @UKEdChat
 TeacherToolkit @TeacherToolkit
 Edutopia @edutopia
Building your
Personal Learning
Network
(PLN)

5. Popular hashtags (topics)
 #21stedchat
 #curriculum
 #dlchat
 #edapps
 #edtech
 #educhat
 #elearning
 #ipadchat
 #ipaded
 #mathchat
 #mlearning
 #reflectiveteacher
 #scichat
 #tweachcode
 #ukedchat
 #web20

6. Tweeting tips
 You can tweet photos, links, videos and up to 140 characters.
Your tweets can become a bank of resources.
 Retweets (RT) are other user’s tweets, if you RT, this will appear on
your Twitter timeline.
 Hashtag your tweets sensibly. Generally, do not use more than
three hashtags in your tweets.

7. Twitter messaging tips
 You can send private, direct messages to your followers. Private
messages do not appear on your timeline.
 You can send a direct message to any Twitter account holder.
The message will appear on your timeline. Example:
@teachertwitter will send a message to the account holder with
this Twitter username.

8. Synchronous conversations
 Many Twitter conversations occur on a weekly basis at a specific
time. By searching or tweeting with the hashtag, you can join in
to discover and share ideas, resources, and more!
 Examples:
 #UKEdChat occurs every Thursday between 8 – 9pm (GMT).
 #mathscpdchat occurs every Tuesday between 7 – 8pm (GMT).
 The Twitter chat usually focuses on a specific theme with
structured questions.

9. Tips for synchronous chat
 Many Twitter chats use the Q1, A1 (Question 1, Answer 1) format. If
answering a question, begin your tweet with A1, etc.
 When engaging in synchronous chat, you have to click ALL to see
all the tweets that occur, and regularly refresh the page.
 Signing into Twitter with TweetDeck means that you can join more
than one conversation that is occurring.

10. #Twitter CPD
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