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What is Twitter?An online social networking service
Users can read and send “tweets”
Tweets are text messages w/140 characters max. Photos can be used.
Why Use Twitter?
Be exposed to a lot of information quickly
Communicate with people across the world
Get answers to your questions
Learn new ideas in education
Hold group conversations on a particular topic
You have complete control on how you wish to participate in the “Twitterverse.”
Sign up for an account
Choose a user name / handle
Complete your profile
Hash Tags
Let’s go lurk:
Tim Childers – Let’s Lurk
tchilders
Sandi Dennis – Let’s Lurk
sandidennis
STEP 2:
THE FOLLOWER
Twitter Lingo Username: your account name with @ in front. Also referred to
as your Twitter handle
Followers: The people that read your tweets
Following: The people whose tweets you are reading
Timeline: Home page where your read tweets from those you are following
Retweet (RT): Sharing someone else’s tweet
Hashtag: a keyword or topic marked with #
Formulate your first tweet. 140 characters or less. Punctuation and spaces count as characters. At the end, include #GAGC2014.
Step 3: The Tweeter
140 characters or less
At the beginning or end of the
message, include
#denapalooza2015
Why should you be on Twitter?
24/7 Personal Learning Network Personal Learning Network
Classroom Resources
Communication – Upper grade students / Parents
Staying Up To Date – Ed. News hits Twitter first
Ed-Chats
ED-CHATSAll assigned a # (hashtag)
All occur at a particular time
Questions are posed by the facilitator – e.g., Q1…
Answers are given – e.g., A1…
Answers are not required
Lurking is encouraged
Step 4: Ed Chats
Sundays #nbtchat No Box Thinking
7-8 p.m. CST
Mondays #4thchat 4th gr Teachers
8-9 p.m. EST
Tuesdays #pblchat Project-Based Learning
8-9 p.m. EST
Wednesdays #ctchat Critical Thinking
7-8 p.m. EST
Thursdays #denchat Discovery Educator’s Network
8-9 p.m. EST *
Fridays #gtchat Gifted 7-8 p.m. EST
Saturdays #Nt2t New Teachers to Twitter
9-10 a.m. CST
Twitter in the Classroom
Minimum age for a Twitter account is 13
Under 13 – use a teacher
class account with the
teacher supervising the tweets
Practice writing tweets first …
Practicing posting a tweet
Ticket Out the DoorAnswering an essential questionDocumenting work w/photo
Connecting with other classes
