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Social Media for Professional Learning Webinar for Florida Virtual School Global Team
Sandy Kendell @EdTechSandyK
http://edtechsandyk.blogspot.com
October 21, 2013
• District Educational Tech Specialist from Central Texas
• Bachelors in Elementary Ed • Masters in EdTech
Leadership (earned online!) • 20 Years Experience in K-12
Education • Very active on Twitter and
passionate about social media for professional learning!
About Sandy...
Photo by Virgil McCullough, SXSWedu
In the chat box, please post: • Your Name • Where You Are From • Your Professional Position • Twitter handle if you have
one
Introduce Yourself!
In the chat box, indicate your comfort with Twitter:
● 0 = I don’t have an account
● 1 = I have an account but I’ve never used it
● 2 = I have an account but I use it rarely
● 3 = I have an account and I use it primarily for personal
pursuits (non-professional)
● 4 = I have an account and I’ve tried using it for professional
learning but need more tips
● 5 = I have an account and am extensively connected to
valuable educators through it; I should be leading this
webinar!
What’s Your Twitter Experience?
If You Can, Use Twitter During the
Webinar
Open Twitter in another tab in your web browser, or use it via the Twitter app on your tablet or smartphone.
Follow me, EdTechSandyK. (You can unfollow me later if I don’t add value to your stream!) Add #SocMed4PL to your Tweets during the webinar.
First, an orientation to the screen.
I will be showing you Twitter in my computer web browser. If you are viewing on a smartphone or tablet, it will look like the screenshot at the right. But all of the elements are still there and the symbols are still the same!
Now Let’s Look at Twitter!
Detailed Breakdown: http://edtechsandyk.blogspot.com/2013/01/how-to-decode-tweet.html
Decoding Tweets
Key #1: Hatch the Egg & Fill Out Your Profile!
http://edtechsandyk.blogspot.com/2013/06/grow-your-twitter-network-with-spiffed.html
Keys to Building Your Network
Key #2: Search for & Follow Organizations You Already Trust
Hint: Watch whom they re-tweet!
Keys to Building Your Network
Key #3: Manage Your Followers and Whom You Follow
● Check your followers regularly
○ Check out people who follow you to see if they would add
value to your stream & follow them back
○ Don’t follow everyone who follows you
○ Block spammers, pornos, & folks you can’t figure out
● Don’t be afraid to unfollow people if they are not adding valuable
information to your stream
Keys to Building Your Network
Key #4: Hashtags! Hashtags! Hashtags!
• A hashtag looks like this: #onlinelearning • Tweeps use hashtags to “categorize” their
Tweets
# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
Keys to Building Your Network
Video: Hashtags in 60 Seconds
More About #Hashtags
All About Twitter Hashtags - Best explanation of hashtags I’ve ever found!
• http://primarytech.global2.vic.edu.au/2011/06/30/all-abouttwitter-hashtags/
300+ Educational Hashtags Being Used Right Now - Sounds
overwhelming, but you can skim the page for topics of interest to you, then search by those hashtags on Twitter.
• http://www.edudemic.com/twitter-hashtags-now/ 20 Twitter Hashtags Every Educator Should Know About -
These hashtags have Twitter chats associated with them. (Chats are a whole topic of their own!)
• http://www.edudemic.com/20-hashtags/
More About #Hashtags
Use Hashtags To: • Search for topics of interest to you. Watch for folks who
consistently share valuable information and consider following them
o Ex: Search for #onlinelearning
o Notice related hashtags others use, too. • Make the information you share more “findable”. When you
add hashtags to your Tweets, you help others find info that may have value to them.
• Share info from conferences you attend or follow a conference you cannot attend in person. More on this in a moment!
# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
Hashtags for Network Building
QUESTION TIME
Conferences use specified hashtags so attendees can share and see what is going on.
• The hashtag for next week’s conference seems to be #iNACOL13 (You can already search on it!)
• If someone in a session shares something you like, Tweet with this hashtag!
• Search for others using it. You might find some valuable people to follow.
• The hashtag also helps those who are “attending via Twitter.”
o Ex: #edscape from Saturday.
Using Twitter at iNACOL
Hootsuite - www.hootsuite.com • Allows you to set up columns & searches
• I like it best on Tablet and Computer.
• Demo of my Hootsuite
o Column setup is easy!
• Great for conferences!!!!! (And everyday, too!)
Tools to Enhance Twitter
Diigo - www.diigo.com • Save those great resources you are finding on
Twitter & access them anywhere!
• “Social” bookmarking
• Tour of My Diigo
• Make sure you sign up for an account and start
using it!
o Go to Tools after you sign in & follow
instructions to make bookmarking quick!
Tools to Enhance Twitter
Twitter for Professional Learning LiveBinder (Created for ISTE 2013)
• http://tiny.cc/TwitterISTE2013 All of My Blog Posts About Twitter &
Social Media for Professional Learning
• http://edtechsandyk.blogspot.com/search/label/twitter
More Resources
Final Questions
Social Media for Professional Learning Webinar for Florida Virtual School Global Team
Sandy Kendell @EdTechSandyK
http://edtechsandyk.blogspot.com
October 21, 2013
