#ELLCHAT: TWITTER FOR EL TEACHERS

Ashley KarlssonMELED CONFERENCE

Saturday, November 7, 2015

AGENDA AND LEARNING TARGET

o Introductions

o What is Twitter?

o Twitter in Education

o Elements of Twitter

o Benefits of Twitter

o Twitter Management

Learning Target:

Participants will be able to explain and apply the educational benefits of

Twitter.

WHAT IS TWITTER?

Social Media

Microblogging

FRAMING TWITTER FOR EDUCATION

Professional Learning Network (PLN) –personalized professional development through a network of other

educators

• Current trends in education • Cross-district collaboration

• Connections with educators around the world• Platform for extended learning

SETTING UP A TWITTER ACCOUNT

Name

E-Mail Address

Password

ELEMENTS OF TWITTER

Username(handle)

Mentions

ELEMENTS OF TWITTER

Following – People you choose to follow

Followers – People who choose to follow you

LIKES

HASHTAGS

A hashtag is a word or phrase beginning with # that can be used to sort and search through tweets.

#edtech, #edchat, #k12, #adulted, #highered, #ell#MELED2015

POSTING TO TWITTER

• Tweet

• Like

• Retweet (RT, MT)

• Direct Message (DM)

BENEFITS OF TWITTER: STAY INFORMED

Timeline

Lists

BENEFITS OF TWITTER: STAY ENGAGED

Tweetdeckdashboard

application for seeing everything you want

to at once

Twitter Chats#ellchat

Mondays 8pm

MANAGING TWITTER

Manageflittera tool for

understanding your account and keeping it clean

TURN AND TALK

• One thing you learned

• One question you still have

?

CLOSING

o I am available after the session if you have questions or if you need help getting your account set up.

oDon’t forget to share your username!

o Thank you for coming! #MELEd2015