The Ultimate

guide to twitter for

educators

What is twitter, anyway?

Twitter is an online social networking service that enables users to send and

read short 140-character messages called "tweets". Registered users can read and post tweets, but unregistered users can

only read them.

- Wikipedia

Already know what twitter is? skip to slide 8

Learn the lingo

#You’re probably familiar with this one

already. But it’s not called “pound”, it’s called: hashtag.

What is it for?

People put # before keywords or topics in a tweet. It was created to help

categorize tweets.

Use this symbol along with a username at the beginning of a tweet when you want to tweet

at someone directly or reply to someone.

If you use it in the middle of a tweet, you “mention” them and they will get a notification.

@

RT stands for retweet

If you find a tweet that you think your followers would find interesting, retweet

it to them.

RT

DM stands for Direct Message

Twitter isn’t the best place to get into a long conversation with someone. If you

want to message them privately, you can send a DM, but only if both of you

follow each other.

DM

Who to follow in education

Alec Couros Vicki DavisEric SheningerTom WhitbyJerry BlumengartenNancy Blair Steven Anderson

@courosa

@coolcatteacher

@nmhs_principal

@tomwhitby

@Cybraryman1

@BlairTeach

@web20classroom

Jerry SwiatekMark WestonWilliam ChamberlainKyle PaceSteven Isaacs

Shelly Sanchez

@JSwiatek

@Shiftparadigm

@WMChamberlain

@KylePace

@mr_isaacs

@shellyterrell

You can follow me too: @theaarontaylor

Join the #Education conversation

Best time to tweet

12 PM 6 PM

5 PMHighest CTR

(Click through rate)

Highest RTs

tweet lifetime

Just 18 minutes

most popular Education hashtags

#education #edchat #edtech #college

#elearning

Add 2-3 relevant hashtags to your tweets for more exposure.

live chats

One of the best parts of Twitter is the live conversation. At certain times

during the week, chats about specific topics in education take place.

popular chatshashtag topic time

#edchat general education chat

Tuesdays: 12pm NYC/ 5pm UK

and 7pm NYC/ 12am UK

#satchatglobal discussion for current and emerging

school leaders

Saturdays: 7:30 a.m. PT/10:30

a.m. ET

#edtechchat chat about edtech Mondays: 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET

#BFC530 1 question, 15 minute chat

Every weekday: 5:30 a.m. ET

#ntchat new teacher chatWednesdays:

5pm-6pm PST/8pm-9pm ET

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