A presentation for educators. How Twitter works and how it can be used by education professionals, schools and classes.

1. Banal
twi)erings?
Or
powerful
tool
for
educators.

2. What
is
it?
Image
source:
h)p://www.flickr.com/photos/keiya/3255575238/
(keiyac
on
Flickr)
• What
are
you
doing?
• 140
Characters
• Links
• Photos

3. Image
source
h)p://www.flickr.com/photos/moN/183678981/
(R.
MoN
on
Flickr)

4. The
Banal

5. The
useful

6. My
Twi)er
page

7. My
profile

8. Tweets
that
menUon
me

9. The
‘language’
of
Twi)er
#
“
R T
@

10. ConversaUons
and
talking
@name

11. R T
•
•
•
•
RetweeUng
‘Liking’
Sharing
Esteeming
Amplifying
“
Image
source:
h)p://www.flickr.com/photos/youngdoo/512019190/
(youngdoo
on
Flickr)

12. Retweets

13. Topics/hashtags
#
Image
source
h)p://www.flickr.com/photos/mikecogh/5941302441/
(mikecogh
on
Flickr)
• ApprenUce
#apprenUce
• QuesUon
Time
#bbcqt
• UKEdchat
#ukedchat
• Conferences
and
events
#ngflconf
• #byey6

14. Hashtagged
topics

15. EmoUcons
(No
offense!)
I’m
smiling
I’m
winking
:-­‐)
I’m
shocked
;-­‐)
:-­‐O
:^)
;)
I’m
Homer
Simpson
:)
(_8(|)

16. Keeping
it
brief
How
do
you
fit
this:
h)p://www.google.co.uk/search?
q=homer+simpson
+emoUcon&rls=com.microson:en-­‐gb:IE-­‐
SearchBox&ie=UTF-­‐8&oe=UTF-­‐8&sourc
eid=ie7&rlz=1I7GZAZ_en&redir_esc=&e
i=6BonTsCHBpK5hAfs3aSKCg
…into
a
tweet?
h)p://bit.ly.com

17. Schools
that
tweet

18. Classes
that
tweet

19. Image
source:
h)p://www.flickr.com/photos/92919222@N00/45331822/
(atenon
Flickr)

20. Managing
things
Image
source:
h)p://www.flickr.com/photos/verbeeldingskr8/3638834128/
(verbeeldingskr8
on
Flickr)

21. Follower
management
Image
source:
h)p://www.flickr.com/photos/kingstongal/426298818/
(napaneegirl
on
Flickr)
•
Check
each
new
follower
•
Look
who
people
are
talking
to
•
Look
at
lists
•
Look
who
follows
who

22. Twi)er
in
your
pocket

23. Some
golden
rules
Image
source:
h)p://www.flickr.com/photos/gordonflood/1922343481/
(gordonflood.com
on
Flickr)

24. Image
source:
h)p://www.flickr.com/photos/botafogo/5754582892
(
botafogo
on
Flickr)
Image
source
h)p://www.flickr.com/photos/billward/3060318308/
(Bill
Ward’s
Brickpile
on
Flickr)
Not
possible
BT
(Before
Twi)er)
Image
source
h)p://www.flickr.com/photos/harrypo)s/4758224265/
(
Harry
Po)s
on
Flickr)

26. Further
reading
h)p://ianaddison.net/?p=80
h)p://bit.ly/jycFKi
h)p://bit.ly/lUnLuy
My
recommended
first
50
or
so
people
to
follow
h)p://bit.ly/ghUzuQ