Pleased to Tweet You

A teacher’s guide to creating a #blog and #twitter

An essential and yet super cool Professional Development Presentation

#byCorniesaTerrell

University of the Cumberlands Master of Arts Elementary Education

Spring 2012

Agenda

Introduction

Short Quiz

Tumblr Creation Station

Twitter For Classrooms

Closing

#thanksforyourtime

Vocabulary

1. Blog – Something like a website but it changes daily

2. Avi-short for avatar (Profile picture)

3. Book Me- Write me on Facebook

4. Tweets – Status updates on Twitter

5. Follow Me – Follow my status updates on Twitter

6. @ - using the @ symbol on Twitter and Facebook serve the same

purpose: it will tag the name of the person or group you are

mentioning.

7. Hashtags–(#) Hashtags are a way to put conversations in specific categories. A

hashtag is the # symbol followed by a word (ex: #humor). These are used when you

want to participate in or follow a discussion on a specific subject or event. It’s a bit like

having a separate “room” for a specific discussion such as #followfriday, #pr, #dancing

#parenting #quote. You can access this “room” and check on the chatter by searching

for the hashtag using Twitter search box located in the right column of your twitter

home page. You may find this site interesting, www.hashtags.org

8. #FF – “Follow Fridays” It is a twitter social convention where you Tweet the

names of Twitter users you'd like others to follow and hashtag it with #followfriday or

#ff. The concept can be compared attending a school pep rally and receiving a public

“attaboy” from a well-liked peer. It’s a compliment to someone to have you recommend

them by their Twitter name on Follow Friday.

9. RT – “Re- Tweet” This is when you repost something someone else has said so that

your followers see it. Do this by typing the letters RT, then space, then @username,

then copying their tweet in its entirety including the odd looking link at the end. This is

considered a huge compliment in the Twitter World. You can also add your own opinion

(e.g. funny or well written) if there is space. Total characters allowed remains 140.

10. DM – Direct message

11. RSS-

12. Domain-

13. FTP-

14. Hosting site –

15. Newsfeed-

16.

Introduction

Technology is essential in the world of education. If used correctly

technology can serve as an impactful tool in the classroom. The iPod,

Facebook, Twitter, iPod, sound cloud, Linkedn, Pinterest, dropbox,

iTunes and more media outlets can all be creatively used to integrate

technology in the classroom. Notice how I said, “if” used correctly.

Technology is only as good as the teacher controlling it. Not being

knowledgeable on the technology will not be beneficial to you nor your

students. You cannot use technology if you fail to learn how to operate

all its functions. Today I will quickly show you how to develop your

own blog. I will also demonstrate how you can create a Twitter account

to helpstudents and teachers communicate beyond office hours and

classrooms.

Before I begin there is a short Quiz in front of you, please take a couple

of minutes to complete.

(Play Song – Allow them to take Quiz)

ARE YOU A BLOGGER?

1. Can you fit blogging into your schedule consistently?

Y or N

2. Are you self-motivated and self-disciplined?

Y or N

3. Do you need alternatives in communicating with parents and students?

Y or N

4. Are you comfortable using the Internet and learning new technology?

Y or N

5. Are you willing to maintain your old ways of communication in addition to the blog?

Y or N

6. Are you ready for the behind the scenes work blogging entails? (Mantience, moderating comments,

responding to emails and tweets promptly and so on).

Y or N

7. Do you have access to the internet at home?

Y or N

Write the meaning of the acronyms below

Lol

Smh

*$

Ikr

Wyd

s/o

brb

2mar

L8

L8r

Ur

Avi

Omw

Nvm

Lu2

Oci

Idk

2day

Bc

B4

Poh

2

Kar

K

Wru

U2

8)

@h

Bbm

Str8

Welks

Gratz

Gorg

Bible

Icu

U

Y

4real

Bff

Ttyl

BBN

weruk