What is Twitter?
Why would you want to use Twitter?
- Let’s see what Kim’s (and your) tweeps have to say!
How does Twitter work?
- Using Lists
- Tweets, Retweets and Replies
Who’s on Twitter?
- international school teachers (list 1, list 2, coetail@yis, coetail@asia)
- PYP Teachers
- MYP Teachers
- Women in Technology
- Thinkers, Ideas
- educators
How do you find people to connect with?
- Follow one, find many
- Lists
- Hashtags
- WeFollow
How do you keep up with all of the information on Twitter?
- Twitter on the web vs a Twitter client
- Lists
- Aggregators & Apps
- A river of information
- Social Bookmarking with Diigo & Delicious to save resources
Some reading suggestions:
- Testing Out Twitter by Kim Cofino (getting started guide written for YIS staff)
- Tiny Bursts of Learning by Chris Betcher
- How to use Twitter to grow your PLN by Betty Ray
- Twittering Not Frittering by Suzie Boss
- Follow Me, Follow You by Chris Betcher
- Twitter Adoption Lifecycle by Alan Levine
- Finding the Needle in the Twitter Haystack by Chris Betcher
Twitter Tools & Resources:
Your task:
- Create your own Twitter account
- Download a Twitter client like Twitter or Seismic Desktop
- Check out what other participants are tweeting about this workshop by checking the hashtag for this weekend #sistne
- Find educators that you would like to follow on Twitter using hashtags, lists, following, or aggregation websites like WeFollowand recommend them on Twitter using the hashtag for this workshop #sistne
- Find 3 – 5 resources about education that you think might be of interest, and share them via Twitter using the hashtag #sistne
- At your table groups, discuss: how can you use Twitter with your classes?