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Steven Anderson, instructional technologist for Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools in Winston-Salem, NC,offers 10 good tips for using Twitter in education in this article for T.H.E. Journal.. Some of his suggestions include:
- Twitter Warm-up
So I always have a meet and greet on our first day of school, but tomorrow, thanks to @dougzywiol I am going more high tech (imagine that!) and having the kids Tweet their answers. To do that yourself you can either create your own hashtag...
- Twitter For Your Pln
During our first week of school (not until next week) I am doing a presentation about Professional Learning Networks to other teachers in my county. I am going to focus on Twitter. So to start off on top above is how to set up a Twitter...
- Twitter And Your Pln
Today I am doing a presentation about Professional Learning Networks to the other social studies' chairs in my county. I am going to focus on Twitter. So to start off on top above is how to set up a Twitter account and below that is...
- Popular Educational Hashtags
Now that Frank has me doing hashtags, I am glad I just found this Edudemic list of educational hashtags. Here are ones that can help you: The Most Popular Hashtags#edchat ? Education, worldwide (lots of US teachers). A really useful hashtag...
- Twitter, Part Ii
Once you get on Twitter (to follow George's post), you will want to know who to follow. If you want some suggestions, you can go to my account and then click on "following." For each person you can see some of their recent Tweets and decide...
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10 Tips for Using Twitter in Education
- Find good hastags to follow--they can expand the impact of a tweet more than the number of followers an account has
- Check out the hashtag #edchat and check out Jerry Blumengarten's collection of educational hashtags at http://cybraryman.com/edhashtags.html
- Who you follow is more important than the number of followers you have
- Don't use twitter.com except to register your account. Use third party software like TweetDeck. Anderson likes the older version and the way it allows you to categorize your tweets.
- Expand who you follow with lists--you can create lists for different groups--world history teachers, religion teachers, psychology teachers, etc.
- Save tweets. You can use Diigo for that. (diigo.com/tools/save_tweets)
- Twitter Warm-up
So I always have a meet and greet on our first day of school, but tomorrow, thanks to @dougzywiol I am going more high tech (imagine that!) and having the kids Tweet their answers. To do that yourself you can either create your own hashtag...
- Twitter For Your Pln
During our first week of school (not until next week) I am doing a presentation about Professional Learning Networks to other teachers in my county. I am going to focus on Twitter. So to start off on top above is how to set up a Twitter...
- Twitter And Your Pln
Today I am doing a presentation about Professional Learning Networks to the other social studies' chairs in my county. I am going to focus on Twitter. So to start off on top above is how to set up a Twitter account and below that is...
- Popular Educational Hashtags
Now that Frank has me doing hashtags, I am glad I just found this Edudemic list of educational hashtags. Here are ones that can help you: The Most Popular Hashtags#edchat ? Education, worldwide (lots of US teachers). A really useful hashtag...
- Twitter, Part Ii
Once you get on Twitter (to follow George's post), you will want to know who to follow. If you want some suggestions, you can go to my account and then click on "following." For each person you can see some of their recent Tweets and decide...