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Let’s Get TweetingLisa Schwartz
SD 38 Summer Tech InstituteSeptember 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