Why Is Everyone Atwitter about Twitter?

Tech TuesdayThe Schultz Center for Teaching and Leadership

Guiding Thought:

Nothing has promised so much and has been so frustrating wasteful for teachers and leaders

as the thousands of workshops and conferences that led to no significant change

in practice.

-Michael Fullen-

Objectives

• Gain knowledge of social networking• Establish a Twitter account• Post a couple of Tweets• Follow someone• Demonstrate building a PLN or communicating

with school community.

What is Twitter?

• Social network• Micro-blog• Post thoughts and information in 140

characters or less• Post in real time

Overview – In Plain English

What is Twitter?

• Twitter launched publicly July 2006• It has become the single most talked about

Web site since Facebook and grew 1,382% in the past year.

• There are 200 million Twitter accounts now• Twitter grew 43% with the addition of just one

user on January 23, 2009…

http://twitaholic.com/

Why Tweet?

• Find a job• Find new clients• Find garden tips, recipes, anything• Communicate• Form a PLN• Let’s take a look!

Paty Savage’s Twitter

• http://twitter.com/patysavage

Twitter Etiquette – The Rules

Getting Started:

• Sign up for free• Use a simple name close to your own• Upload your photo• Fill in your bio, homepage, etc.

LET’S TWEET!

Homework

• Update your Twitter (professional or personal)• Include external links• Include a picture (Twitpic)• Retweet someone else’s tweet• Follow some people• (Hopefully) have others follow you

In-service Points

• 5 points• Start/Complete date: 051310• Component Title: Integrating Technology and

Instruction• Component #: 30030300• Level: District• Include your SSN on white sheet• Include 4 digit school/RC number