Twitter in Education Sara Butcher Jeff Rew If

Twitter in Education Sara Butcher Jeff Rew

If you have the Twitter app on your i. Pad wonderful! Sign in now or create an account. If not, please go to the App Store and download Twitter - it’s free! Be sure to get the Twitter App by Twitter, Inc.

What is Twitter? An online social networking service that enables users to send and read short 140 -character messages called "tweets".

How can I use Twitter? Professional Development many educators are Tweeting and sharing ideas & resources Share what’s going on in your school use it as a way to connect with parents and the community

Confused? Focus on consumption rather than production at first. Find folks to follow. Once you get the hang of it start sharing your own ideas and resources.

Twitter Lingo @ - the @ symbol comes before your Twitter handle -it’s the name that identifies you @PGARDNER @jeff_rew @mrssbutchers # - the hashtag is used to organize posts of the same topic -allows you to search by that hashtag to find out what

Twitter Lingo Tweet - a post on Twitter Follow - in order to see Tweets from people without searching for them, you have to follow them Retweet or RT - sharing another person’s Tweet on your feed Trending - what a large number of Twitter members are

People / Entities to follow on Twitter @RPS_Schools @educationweek @TEDTalks @Libraryof. VA @Library. Journal @edwebnet @libraryofcongress @PGARDNER @usedgov @ALALibrary @mrssbutchers @jeff_rew

#s to search for / and Tweet with #librarylife #library #Library. Lovers. Month #librarians #edtech

Tweetdeck Customizable Twitter feed. Allows for multiple feeds on one screen Add columns based on #s so that you can follow a “chat” by topic Only on computer; other similar apps for phones / tablets

Sample Tweets Notice the retweet symbol above the original Tweet Notice text color differences and hashtags

Additional Resources Jeff’s Blog Twitter Cheat Sheet Yes, it exists! Click the picture! Sara’s Weebly - find this presentation there for download or viewing plus other non-Twitter resources