Let’s Get TweetingLisa Schwartz

SD 38 Summer Tech InstituteSeptember 3, 2015#summertech38

@lisaschwartz05 (Lisa)

Today’s Hashtag: #summertech38

Twitter Handle & Hashtags

A social networking tool

The ability to send and read tweets (messages) of 140 characters

Small bursts of information about everything you can imagine

What is Twitter?

Connections with other classes Connections with teachers & leaders Connections with community Connections with authors Modeling digital citizenship for

students Learning Intentions or Summaries Parent/student information

Connecting Classrooms on Twitter

Connecting Educators on Twitter

Tweet out reminders Tweet current events relevant to your

class Tweet out links for students to respond to Classroom discussions Collaboration

You don’t need to follow them. They don’t need to follow you, create a hash tag for your class.

Twitter with Older Students

How do I tweet? How many characters? What is this: # RT ? MT ? DM? Who sees my tweets? General settings:

Followers Anyone who searches / follows any #s

used Anyone who searches any

terms/hashtags used

Hashtag = Community w/ shared interests

#sd38 #bced #bookaday #edtech #edchat #sd36learn

What is a chat?

Pre-arranged, typically weekly or monthly conversation on one topic

One-hour of tweeting w/ specific # Follow the chat in hootsuite, tweetdeck, etc. Moderators Introductions & then Q1, A1 format Favorite-ing for later reference Sunday Nights at 7-8 p.m. PST BCED chat

Let’s Get Tweeting