Twitter for Professional Development

#Twitter CPD

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#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!

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.

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)

Popular hashtags (topics)

#21stedchat

#curriculum

#dlchat

#edapps

#edtech

#educhat

#elearning

#ipadchat

#ipaded

#mathchat

#mlearning

#reflectiveteacher

#scichat

#tweachcode

#ukedchat

#web20

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.

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.

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.

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.

#Twitter CPD

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