Let’s Get Tweeting Lisa Schwartz SD 38 Summer Tech Institute September 3, 2015 #summertech38

@lisaschwartz05 (Lisa) Today’s Hashtag: #summertech38 Twitter Handle & Hashtags

 A social networking tool  The ability to send and read tweets (messages) of 140 characters  Small bursts of information about everything you can imagine What is Twitter?

 Connections with other classes  Connections with teachers & leaders  Connections with community  Connections with authors  Modeling digital citizenship for students  Learning Intentions or Summaries  Parent/student information Connecting Classrooms on Twitter

Connecting Educators on Twitter

 Tweet out reminders  Tweet current events relevant to your class  Tweet out links for students to respond to  Classroom discussions  Collaboration You don’t need to follow them. They don’t need to follow you, create a hash tag for your class. Twitter with Older Students

How do I tweet?  How many characters?  What is this: #  RT ? MT ? DM?  Who sees my tweets? General settings:  Followers  Anyone who searches / follows any #s used  Anyone who searches any terms/hashtags used

Hashtag = Community w/ shared interests  #sd38  #bced  #bookaday  #edtech  #edchat  #sd36learn

What is a chat?  Pre-arranged, typically weekly or monthly conversation on one topic  One-hour of tweeting w/ specific #  Follow the chat in hootsuite, tweetdeck, etc.  Moderators  Introductions & then Q1, A1 format  Favorite-ing for later reference  Sunday Nights at 7-8 p.m. PST BCED chat

Let’s Get Tweeting