Twitter & #Langchat:

Your Always-There Professional Learning Platform

Imagine. a professional development hub for the 21st-century

world language teacher anywhere in the world an opportunity to connect with experienced

professionals anywhere in the world a way to discover new teaching resources & strategies

and learn from those who have already done it a place to pose questions to experts & receive advice/

feedback/answers directly to you

What Is Twitter?

A social media network

A tool to build a personal learning network (PLN) A concise way to communicate (140 characters) Free to register for and use

A Twitter PLN is...

(Personal Learning Network)

A group of people you choose to follow A resource for ideas International in scope Always available Updated constantly As diverse or focused as you want it to be

The #Langchat PLNs Mission To be a home-base PLN for teachers of any world

language To share ideas to engage students in their own learning To advocate for language programs for all kids To provide an opportunity for professional discourse

among language teachers To mentor our participants about best practices in WL

education

What Is #Langchat?

l A twitter hashtag for World Language Teachers to use daily in their tweets to discuss anything re: language teaching

A weekly twitter hashtag chat for World Language

teachers on topics relevant to their classrooms A Wiki and a Diigo social-bookmarking group for sharing

resources

#Langchat - The Hashtag

A hashtag symbol # before a keyword/phrase (no spaces) is a way to categorize a tweet

#Langchat is.

A recognized twitter hashtag for world language teachers

A hashtag attached to any tweets Twitter users want language teachers to see

#Langchat - The Hashtag

What Is A Twitter Chat?

A Twitter chat is a public Twitter conversation that occurs at a certain time in which all tweets include one unique hashtag that allows anyone to follow the chat & participate in

it by using that hashtag

#Langchat the Twitter Chat What Is It?

A 1 hour weekly twitter chat for World Language Teachers Discussion topic voted on by teachers on Twitter

When Is It? Thursday - 8pmEST/5pmPST & Saturday - 10amEST/7amPST

Who Joins In? World Language teachers from North America & around the world

How Do I Join In? Tweet in using the #langchat hashtag!

#Langchat The Twitter Chat

How Does It Work?

Moderators start the chat with introductions Participants introduce themselves

o Who you are, where you are, what you teach Moderators tweet out the questions.and its off! Every Tweet includes the #langchat hashtag

#Langchat The Twitter Chat Past Topics

#Langchat The Twitter Chat Past Topics

#Langchat The Twitter Chat Past Topics

#Langchat The Twitter Chat

Missed the chat? Want to see what was discussed?

Summary tweeted out (a week or so later)

Wiki Updated (http://langchat.pbworks.com)

Amazing Language Teaching Leaders on Twitter

Sara-Elizabeth Cottrell @SECottrell Spanish

Cristy Vogel @msfrenchteach French

Amy Lenord @alenord Spanish

Laura Sexton @sraspanglish Spanish

Kris Climer @krisclimer French

Don Doehla @dr_dmd French

Diego Ojeda @DiegoOjeda66 Spanish

- Japanese Teachers Very Active on Twitter John Cadena - @cadenasense Michelle Martin - @sramartinsensei Kumi Kobayashi - @kumikobasensei Colleen Lee-Hayes - @coleesensei Isabel de Valdivia - @castellano3CAS Melvina Kurashige - @mkurashige (middle) Jan Chalmer - @jechalmer Anna Yamaura - @annayamaura Hatsu Wat - @hatsu_Oz Kathryn Tominaga - @KathTomi Andrew Jeppesen - @ajep Susan Watson - @watsonsensei Yoshimi Hirata - @joximy Naz - @naboudnaz

Other Great Japanese Teachers to Follow Yo Azama - @azamasensei Iya Nemastil - @iya_sensei Kathy Shannon - @shannonsensei40 Michiaki Shimajiri - @ukulele_cafe Jacquelin Mikami - @senseimikami Yuka Kato - @katoyukasensei Corbin Musselman - @japaneseteacher Kirsty Rosenzweig - @knrosenzweig Kieran Sensei - @kieransensei Angela Roccasalva - @angelamalt (elem) Jasmine Rosenzweig - @jasrosenzweig (elem) Kyoko French - @kyfre001 Tim Cornell - @Timkun1 Dan - @carolinsensei Sachiko Iwami - @iwamisensei Catherine Yamamoto - @cysd43 Naoko - @naokokko_chan (elem)

specific hashtags

#jteacher # #jpteach

#Jteacher - The Hashtag

Other Great Twitter Accounts to Follow:

Japan Foundation @japanfoundation Japanese National Tourist Organization @jnto Rocket News (Modern Culture/Quirky Stories) @rocketnews24 Rocket News 24 (English version) @rocketnews24En Infographics Japan (great infographics!) @infographicjp Japan Foundation Japan @japanfoundation Trip Advisor Japan (travel/reviews and more) @tripadvisorjp Japan Pulse (Japanese Trends via Japan Times) @japan_pulse Transparent Language Japanese (language learning) @japanlanguage Government of Japan @japangov And many more! Just search Twitter for your favorite person/place/thing

Language Teachers on Twitter Say...

Beth (@BethLeiderdorf): Twitter & #langchat is

my go-to area For a re-charge

on my teaching

Jennifer (@JenniferSolis)

Twitter & #langchat is a

helpline that motivates you to

try new things other teachers have used

successfully

Language Teachers on Twitter Say:

Allison(@SenoraWeinhold):

Twitter & #langchat has been

crucial to my teaching success

It is how I collaborate, get fresh

ideas, and get advice from those who have been there

Axa (@AxaCarnes):

Twitter & #langchat is where I

can learn, grow and exchange ideas with educators who are hungry for learning

Join The Most Active Language-Teaching Pro-D Group in the World!

Every Day on Twitter by including #langchat and other hashtags in your tweets Every Week to Chat

Thursday - 8pmET/5pmPT & Saturday - 10amET/7amPT for the #langchat Twitter Chat

Twitter Resources! Learn More

Joining & Using Twitter Edublogs step by step guide beginning from how to join. It has print instructions, walk-through video clips and more. This is an Excellent Tutorial/Resource to learn about how to use twitter and get the most out of it! http://bit.ly/twitterstepbystep Hashtags and Twitter Chat How-Tos: Emilia Carrillo (@spanish4teacher) has put together a great page introducing Twitter. It includes a tutorial video on how to join in on a chat towards the end of the resources. http://bit.ly/twitterlangchatguide Another guide to hashtags and how to join in on a twitter chat using Tweetdeck (Chrome browser) from Edublogs http://bit.ly/hashtagstwitterchatshowto