1. Collaborating with Fiona Rose Wenona Staff Day 2010
2. What is Twitter? Not the same as Facebook! A micro-blogging
website Social media Can be private or public (better) A place
where you follow and are followed A way of collaborating with
like-minded people Where you can explore the things that interest
you A great way to find new ideas
3. Two reasons why... PERSONAL LEARNING HASHTAGS NETWORK (#)
(PLN)
4. What is a PLN? A collection of A group of resources people
Previously known as advice from friends and colleagues!
5. More about PLNs The people you follow on Twitter form part
of your PLN Friends Fellow teachers Principals University
professors Authors Journalists Members of Parliament Anyone!
Business leaders
6. What are Hashtags? Hashtags help to group tweets into
categories and topics. My Twitter page #movemeon a PDF booklet
containing 80 pages of tweets on topics such as organisation,
behaviour, activities and technology
7. Conclusion - Benefits ICT resources (Wallwisher, Animoto,
Xtranormal et al) Useful teaching thought-provoking articles ideas
valuable advice through the people in my Twitter PLN Your classes
why not explore how you could involve students? Email me for more
info, help or to become one of my followers!
8. TWITTER: the more you use it, the better it becomes.