Twitter PD

Edit Your
PROFESSIONAL Profile
for Educators
for Educators
What is TWitter?
"Twitter is the emancipation of teachers from the silos of isolation!"
@ girljenny
tech
Educators use
Twitter to...
Connect with
people of like mind
share ideas and
get feedback
Get Started!
Develop your PLN with TWitter!
Find People to Follow!
Twitter is an information network that brings people closer to what’s important to them.
Not just a celebrity hangout...
Get inspired
& Motivated
Keep up with education policy & reform
Connect with major leaders and authors in the field
Twitter Lingo
Chats
Sign up for a
PROFESSIONAL
Twitter account
Start Tweeting!
Look at Lists
see who others are following
Click: http://www.explania.com/en/channels/technology/detail/what-is-twitter
Popular Twitter Tools:

A 140-character message sent to Twitter via phone, the web, or a third-party applications.
"tweet"



@jennygrabiec

@tfsedtech

@techgirljenny
Examples:
Real Name

Organization

Interests
Choose a Username
sign up to receive
a user's tweets.
"follow"
"retweet" (RT)
The act of forwarding another user's Tweet to all of your followers.
"direct message" (DM)
Private Tweets between the sender and recipient
"hashtag" #
A way to denote a topic of conversation or participate in a larger linked discussion.
#
Popular
Educational
Chats
click: http://j.mp/twitterchatcal
http://cybraryman.com/chats.html

Twitter is NOT about what you
had for breakfast!
For Professionals...
Don't be an egg!
Fill in your bio!
I'm a busy teacher...What can Twitter do for me?
Mention (@):
A way to reference another user by his username in a tweet
Twitter chats are scheduled conversations coming together to discuss a common topic.
Don't lock your tweets!
TweetDeck
Twitter app