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50 ideas on using twitter
For Teachers
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First Steps
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1 Build an accountand immediately start using Twitter Search to listen for your name, your organisation's name, words that relate to your space. Listening always comes first.
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2 Add a picture of yourselfPeople want to see you.
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3 Talk to peopleabout THEIR interests. It shows us you’re human.
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4 Point out interesting thingsin your teaching space, not just about you.
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5 Share linksto neat things in your school / college / polytechnic / university.
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6 Don’t get stuck in the apology loop.
Be helpful instead.
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7 Be wary of always blowing your own trumpet. Your fans will love it. Others will tune out.
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8 Promote your staffs’ outside-of-work stories
(with their permission).
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9 Be human.
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10 Talk about non-teacher talk, too.
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Ideas About WHAT to Tweet
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11 Instead of answering “What's happening?” Tell us “What has your attention?”
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12 Have more than one tweeter for your organisation.
People can quit. People take vacations. It’s nice to have a variety.
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But maybe not this many!
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13 When promoting a blog postask a question or explain what’s coming next, instead of just dumping a link.
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14 Ask questions. Twitter is GREAT for getting opinions.
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15 Follow interesting people. If you find someone who tweets interesting things, see who she follows, and follow her too.
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16 Tweet about other people’s stuff.
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17 When you DO talk about your stuff, make it useful.
Give advice, blog posts, pictures, teaching tips etc.
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18 Share the human side of your organisation. If you’re bothering to tweet, it means you believe social media has value for human connections. Point us to pictures and other human things. https://flic.kr/p/
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19 Don’t toot your own horn too much.
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20 Or, if you do, try to balance it out by promoting the heck out of others, too.
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Some Sanity For You
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21 You don’t have to read every tweet. REALLY!
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22 You don’t have to reply to every @tweet sent to you.Try to reply to some, but don’t feel guilty.
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23 Use direct messages for 1-to-1 conversationsif you feel there’s no value to Twitter at large to hear the conversation.
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24 Use services like Twitter Search to make sure you see if someone’s talking about you. Try to participate where it makes sense. https://flic.kr/p/
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25 3rd party clientslike Tweetdeck and Hootsuite make it a lot easier to manage Twitter.
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26 If you tweet all daywhile your fellow teachers are busy, you ARE going to hear about it.
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27 If you’re representing your organisationand tweeting all the time (i.e. not working), you probably will hear about it too.
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28 Learn quickly to use the URL shortening toolslike Bitly and all the variants. It helps tidy up your tweets.
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29 If anyone says you’re using twitter wrong, forget it.It’s an opt out society. They can unfollow if they don’t like how you use it. https://flic.kr/p/nyxCW
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30 Commenting on others’ tweets, and retweetingwhat others have posted is a great way to build community. https://flic.kr/p/JEXjun
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The Negatives People Will Throw At You
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31 Twitter takes up time.
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32 Twitter takes you away from teaching.
Click icon to add picture
“And the admin
doesn’t?”
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33 Without a strategy, it’s just typing.
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34 There are other ways to do this.
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35 Twitter doesn’t replace supporting students.
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36 Twitter is not relevant to teaching.
Click icon to add picture
It’s been around 10 years so it
should be!
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37 Twitter is just for nerds.
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38 Our students & parents are not on Twitter.
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REALLY!
CU IC!
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39 Twitter doesn’t replace email.Guess what? Things change.
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40 Twitter opens the organisation up to more criticism and griping.
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“Don't base your decision on the
opinions of those who don't want to see you
grow.” ― Yvonne Pierre
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Some Positives to Throw Back
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41 Twitter helps you organize great, instant meetups.Tweetups
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42 Twitter works well as an opinion poll.
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43 Twitter can help direct people’s attention to good things.
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44 Twitter at events helps people build an instant “back channel.” https://flic.kr/p/
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45 Twitter often breaks news faster than other sourcesEspecially if the news impacts online denizens
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46 Twitter lets you find teachers with similar teaching interests https://flic.kr/p/FAwnTX
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47 Twitter brings great minds together, and gives you daily opportunities to learn.If you look for it, and/or if you follow the right folks
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48 Twitter gives your critics a forumbut that means you can learn about them them.
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49 Twitter helps with professional development
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50 Twitter helps keep you up-to-date
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Inspired by an original post
by Chris Brogan
50 Ideas on Using Twitter for Business
http://www.chrisbrogan.com/50-ideas-on-using-twitter-for-business
How are YOU using Twitter?
Comment on our post at
http://cooper-taylor.com/2016/08/50-ideas-on-using-twitter-for-teachers/
