Twitter

Twitter

Use twitter for professional development and the creation of your PLN and you will be able to connect with educators from around the world. Twitter enables you to connect with like minded educators - you can share resources and ideas, ask questions, discuss and reflect on teaching and learning: the opportunities for collaboration are endless.


 * How can twitter help you? **

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 * Blog posts: **


 * 10 Steps for Educators New to Twitter || Excellent blog post by @justintarte, an Educator from Missouri, US ||
 * Why Twitter should be a part of your PLN || Again, a blog post by @justintarte. Highly recommend following Justin on twitter and reading his blog [|http://justintarte.blogspot.com] ||
 * Advice for Teachers New to Twitter || A list of great ideas to start your journey on Twitter by @lizbdavis ||
 * A Teachers Guide to Twitter || An excellent guide by @kate__k- highly recommended. Explains how to start out, @replies, DM (direct messages), twitter etiquette, RT (re tweets) ||

Watch these videos: //Twitter 101 and Twitter 102// created by a 6th grade teacher from Chicago, Josh Stumpenhorst @stumpteacher. Check out Josh's blog too. media type="youtube" key="tDUF-qFsEno" height="390" width="640"

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Go to [|www.twitter.com] to get started


 * I'm on Twitter, now what? **

//** ﻿Hashtags # **//

By using a hashtag, a symbol – # – followed by a name or abbreviation, people broadcast their tweets to a specific group and follow others tweeting with the same hashtag.

Hashtags are a great way of searching for tweets in a specific category from the whole of the Twitterverse – search for #elemchatand you will come up with a huge stream of tweets which have been tagged as interesting to anyone wanting to read about elementary (or what we call primary in Australia) education. As well as searching for tagged tweets, you can tag your own tweet to make sure you are talking to an interested audience that extends beyond your followers (Taken from this blog post)

Basically - you can search for and follow a hashtag that suits you and your interests. You can also add a hashtag to the end of your tweets so that your tweet is sent out to more people than just your followers (which, when starting out on Twitter, may not be many!). Loads of resources are shared in a hashtag stream that relate to that area/topic so find some hashtags that suit you, and have a look.

I (@Jessica_Dubois) regularly look at and use these hashtags:

#elemchat (elementary chat - primary years) #kinderchat (junior primary and preschool) #ntchat (new teacher chat) #edchat (all educators)


 * Blog posts about hashtags and twitter chats: **
 * Cybraryman's Educational Chats || A very extensive list of educational chat hash tags for every area and topic from @cybraryman1 ||
 * All About Twitter Hashtags || @Kathleen_Morris explains in details twitter etiquette and hash tags generally. All you need to know - thanks to Kathleen! ||
 * Top Twitter Tags for Teachers || Creative Education Blog is a UK based blog with global hashtags on both general educational and specific areas. ||

//** ﻿Finding Other Teachers to Follow: **// Check out this wiki for a list of teachers using Twitter - add your own account, search by subject, country etc. []

To get around this you can create a . This is done by using a free online tool. All you need to do is copy (Ctrl + c) the complete web address and then go to this website: [] In the box provided you paste (Ctrl+v) in your address and a tiny url will be created! You can then copy this small web address into your tweet! || Another site that does the same thing is @http://bit.ly/ ||
 * // Posting links to websites: //**
 * You are limited to how many characters you can post on a tweet. This makes posting long web addresses difficult (they can quite often take up all of your characters).


 * People to follow from the APY Lands, South Australia: **
 * Jessica Dubois, Mimili || @Jessica_Dubois ||
 * Louka Parry, Mimili || @loukaparry ||
 * Sam Furniss, Mimili || @samfurnis ||
 * Lauren Waller, Mimili || @laurencwaller ||
 * Dean McDonald, Fregon || @teacheruseonly ||
 * Tara Strong, Watarru || @TaraWatarru ||
 * Sarah Renna, Ernabella || @sarahrenna ||
 * Pip Lewis, Ernabella || @pipilew ||
 * Tim Seidel, Mimili || @TimmyS78 ||
 * Abigail N'diaye, Amata || @abigailndiaye ||
 * Paula McGuire, Indulkana || @ikungka40 ||
 * Asta Gehling, Mimili || @AstaGehling ||
 * Laura Enthoven, Ernabella || @lauraenthoven ||
 * Alexander Dunton, Ernabella || @alexanderdunton ||