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Twitter for Professional Development
Brent Coley@brentcoley | BrentColey.com
Tweet to Learn
Fascinating Facts
645, 750,000registered Twitter users
Source: 7/11/14 - http://www.statisticbrain.com/twitter-statistics/
135,000new Twitter users
signing up every day
Source: 7/11/14 - http://www.statisticbrain.com/twitter-statistics/
58 million -average number of
tweets per day
Source: 7/11/14 - http://www.statisticbrain.com/twitter-statistics/
9,100 -number of tweets
per second
Source: 7/11/14 - http://www.statisticbrain.com/twitter-statistics/
5 days -time it takes to
generate 1 billion tweets
Source: 7/11/14 - http://www.statisticbrain.com/twitter-statistics/
Top 5 Reasons Adults Are Not On Twitter
#5
“Because I’m not 18 years old.”
#4
“Because I’m not a celebrity.”
#3
“Because I don’t have the newest
smartphone.”
#2
“Because the world doesn’t care that I’m sitting on the patio.”
And the #1 reason why adults aren’t on
Twitter…
“Because I don’t understand it.”
Okay, so what is Twitter?
Twitter is a real-time information network made up of “tweets.”
A tweet is a small burst of information (limited
to 140 characters).
You choose whose tweets you want to see by “following” Twitter
users.
The Big Question:Why should I get on
Twitter?
Twitter :The New Teachers
Lounge
A bottomless well of educational resources...
Inspiration...
And the occasional bit of humor...
Connect with like-minded educators all
over the world...
Lurking
40% of people on Twitter don’t tweet but watch others who do.
Source: 7/11/14 - http://www.statisticbrain.com/twitter-statistics/
The Basics
Usernames@
@jenwagner@brentcoley
@brentcoley
@tonyvincent
@seani
@williamsken@appeducationfox
@tbed63
@billselak@alicekeeler@rushtheiceberg
@dgrice
Avatars
vs.Uploaded photo
(easily identifiable)Default avatar (who is this?)
Hashtags#
Hashtags begin with a # and make tweets
searchable.
#edtech#4thchat
#mvusd
#CAedchat#edadmin
#apbio
#kinderchat#charactercounts
#gamification
Direct Messages
A direct message is a private message that
can only be seen by you and the person to
whom you are sending the message.
Favorites
Save your favorite tweets for later viewing by clicking/tapping the star under the tweet.
To Do List:Sign upUpload a photoCreate a short bioDownload Twitter appFollow educators
Educators to Follow:@tonyvincent@tbed63@jenwagner@billselak@alicekeeler
@jasonseliskar@dgrice@seani@chadkafka@Scotteach
Educators to Follow:@sjunkins@ArcherMHHS@williamsken@venspired@MrVaudrey
@ELanghorst@rushtheiceberg@appeducationfox@coolcatteacher@kevinhoneycutt
Share your Twitter username with ITLs/ITCs:http://goo.gl/3NWmKm