Post on 19-Jan-2016
TwitterThe Basics of Setting up your PLN
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Twitter 101
Goals for today’s workshop
Why Twitter?
Sign up, complete profile
Follow people
Symbols that you should know
Search hashtag(s)
What is Twitter?
You don’t have to sign up!twitter.com/search
7 Reasons to use twitter
brevity
timely
anytime, anywhere
mobile-friendly
inspiring
a network of peers
relationship based
Why Would I Tweet?
PLN
Like minded educators
Collaboration
Communication
Connections
Always on
Sign Up
Go to twitter.com and find the sign up box
Enter your name, email address, and a password
Click Sign up for Twitter
On the next page, select a username (keep it short)
Double-check your name, email, password, and username.
Click create my account. You’re done!
Customize your profile
Upload a picture that will represent you on Twitter. (can be changed later)
Write a short description of yourself. This will help others to decide if they have something in common with you and whether to follow you.
Privacy Settings: recommended that you stay public (default) at least until you establish followers
FollowFind people to follow...
Follow...
People: type the name of the person (Mary-Margaret Zehr or John King NYSED)
EngageNY
Suggested people to follow
Language of Twitter@, RT, DM, #,
Language of twitter
Reply sent to a specific person and visible to all.
This is what you use when you mention someone, notify them, share something with them.
@
Language of twitter
RT = re-tweet
sending someone else another person’s tweet
can be considered a compliment to someone
RT
Language of twitter
DM = direct message
private conversation (140 character) with someone you are following and he/she is following you
use to send something that you do not with to share with everyone, such as your cellphone number or email address
DM
Language of twitter
# = hashtag
topic of conversation
think of it like a tv channel
examples: #cpchat, #edadmin, #edleaders, #msadmin, #ocprincipals
#
Language of twitter
# = favorite button
save it for later viewing
or “like” a tweet, like Facebook “like”
Using Twitter Hashtagsfor Learning
from wikipedia
Hashtags are mostly used as unmoderated ad-hoc discussion forums; any combination of characters led by a pound sign is a hashtag, and any hashtag, if promoted by enough individuals, can “trend” and attract more individual users to discussion using the hashtag. Hashtags also function as beacons in order for users to find and “follow” (subscribe) or “list” (organize into public contact lists) other users of similar interest.
Hashtags for Educational Admin.
#cpchat = “connected principals”
#edadmin = educational administrators
#edleaders = educational leaders
#msadmin = middle school administrators
#ocprincipals = principals in Oakland County, Mich.
Use Hashtags
to start your own discussion group
#worldseries
#edchat
#engchat
hashtags allow user to see what others are saying about a common subject...without following the person (people)
Use Hashtags
Follow: will automatically bring all tweets to your account, rather than having to search for the hashtag
Educational hashtags: http://www.cybraryman.com/edhashtags.html
Professional growth opportunities
Cybraryman’s educational chats page: http://cybraryman.com/chats.html
Conference hashtags (#nyscate14)
Conversations!
Tips, tricks, and tools
Manage your Tweet stream(s) efficiently to minimize the “firehose effect”
You are in control - Follow vs. Not follow
http://www.tweetdeck.com
http://www.hootsuite.com
Jump in!
Weekly Twitter Chats
Find the Weekly Twitter Chat Schedule
Why Would an educator use twitter?
problem-solve
inspire
share ideas
connect teachers
ask questions
build relationships
family and community engagement
Create your own “Professional Learning Network” (PLN)
For Your School Professional Growth