TwitterThe Basics of Setting up your PLN

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Twitter in 60 seconds

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 @ twitter.com

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