TEACHERS AND Adapted from Mary Harriet Talbut

So What is it?  Micro-blogging Platform  140 character limit in each tweet  Originally started as a “What are you doing” social media platform (think just Facebook’s status updates), but now it’s much more  Over 600 million searches on Twitter each day  Started in 2006

Why do I need Twitter? 

Why do I need Twitter? 

Basic Twitter Terms  DM - direct message  RT - retweet  #topic - hashtag used for threads - reply to another user  bitly.com - a website that shortens the URL so you can fit it in your tweet

Basic Twitter Terms Either log in and type your Tweet in the message box on the Twitter website, or use the message box in your desktop app (140 characters is the maximum length of message). use the symbol, then their Twitter username, e.g. your message, whatever it may be Bear in mind that this reply can be seen publically, by your followers and the followers of who you are replying to. For general postsTo reply to someone

Where to look for followers?  Teachers who use Twitter with their students herehere  Twitter for professional development herehere  Twitter4Teachers Wiki here here  Good education directory to try Just Tweet ItJust Tweet It

How to Use Twitter Effectively  Focus on quality, not quantity  Promote your blog posts, ideas  Interact (most important)  Answer other people when they ask questions  Ask Questions  Retweet other people’s interesting tweets  Share links to articles & blog posts  Don’t spam people or use auto DM feature

How to Get Updates on your Phone without a Twitter Account  Want to get updates but don’t want to create a Twitter account? You’re in luck! Use FastFollow.  Send Follow [username] to your Twitter shortcode and you will start receiving Tweets from that user on your device.  Example: sending follow ckoos1 to on a US- based AT&T phone would mean I'd start getting SMS updates posts a Tweet.

Resources  This is the link for Twitter.edu or 100 great Twitter feeds to follow  This is a blog discussing Best Practices of a Twitter enhanced High School Classroom  Using Twitter to overcome Classroom isolation  Twitter tips for Teachers and Educators  30 Twitter Tips for Teachers  The Networked Teacher teacher-the-professional-networked-learning-collaborative.htmlhttp://educationinnovation.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/06/leveraging-the-networked- teacher-the-professional-networked-learning-collaborative.html  10 Things Teachers should know to get started with Twitter tv/&feature=player_embedded tv/&feature=player_embedded  Top 7 Twitter Videos on YouTube  Teachers and Twitter  9 reasons teachers should use twitter /azk12.org/blog/archives/46-10-Things-Teachers-Should-Know-to-Get-Started-with- Twitter.html/azk12.org/blog/archives/46-10-Things-Teachers-Should-Know-to-Get-Started-with- Twitter.html