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Expand your PLNExpand your PLN ❊ ❊ ❊ ❊ ❊ ❊ ❊ ❊ ❊ ❊ ❊ ❊
NP Admin Twitter 101NP Admin Twitter 101April 13, 2012April 13, 2012@joe_mazza@joe_mazza
Where it all started for us?
Eric Sheninger
@NMHS_Principal
New Milford HS Principal, ASCD Presenter, Author, presenter & PLN member
Twitter is a free Web 2.0 social media service that allows users to send and receive messages known as tweets.
Source: http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/55-interesting-social-media-infographics/
VIDEO: Twitter in Plain English
Your Educational PLN•Graduate learners•School/District Leadership Team•Your School•Publications (i.e. ASCD)•Books/Speakers/Websites/Emails•Past networks
@Reply sent to a specific person but visible to all.
The Language of Twitter
RTRe-Tweet or resending another persons tweet.
Retweets are an extremely important part of twitter because it allows interesting ideas and news items to spread quickly.
DDirect message in private to a specific person.
You can only DM a person who is following you.
#Hashtag designating a topic as in #edchat
Full Name
Profile
Followers
Following
Username
Avatar
Tweet
Sample Page
As an EducatorWhy Use Twitter?
Professional Growth
Create your own "Personal Learning
Network" (PLN)
For Your School
Rapidly disseminate information
Why Use Twitter?
For Your School
Rapidly disseminate information, take down the walls in a traditional school,
transparent collaboration among learning community
Why Use Twitter?
For Your School
Rapidly disseminate information
Meetings & Events
EmergencyInformation
LEARNING
12
Knapp Elementary School’s Twitter Pagehttp://twitter.com/knappelementary
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Knapp Elementary School’s Twitter Pagehttp://timekiwi.com/knappelementary
You can have a widget on your school/district website.
Parents can easily access your tweets.
You can set it so only your tweets are seen.
Access to Twitter
Twitter.com - initially
Cell Phone (Like Text Messages
Application on Computer-Tweetdeck, Tweetchat, others
Global Twitter Use - July 2011
United States Twitter Use - July 2011
Visual: How does Twitter expand your PLN?
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Why Use Twitter?
Professional Growth
Create your own "Personal Learning
Network" (PLN)
From within a dramatically new information landscape, the best description of the 21st Century teacher is Master Learner. —David Warlick
It’s all about the #Hashtag
#edchat#edtech#cpchat
#elemchat#ptchat
#kinderchat, 1stchat, 2ndchat, etc.
#knappchat #npedSearching for the information YOU
care about. The hashtag search.
Why I Value Twitter My PLNWhat Twitter looks like in a school District – D123 in suburban Chicago
Search for Information
Reflective Practice
Global and Local
Perspectives
Instant Feedback
Newsroom
Showcase
Professional Development
Together We Are Better
It’s your turn to register and send a Tweet.
http://twitter.com
We will use #nped today.
Ask a Question on Twitter
Your turn!Use #nped and send your first
tweets – watch how the Twitterverse communicates back
to you.
Who are you reading?http://twitter.com/nmhs_principalhttp://twitter.com/cybraryman1
What professional groups do you belong to?http://twitter.com/PennGSEhttp://twitter.com/ascd
What are you interested in?http://twitter.com/NASAhttp://twitter.com/APA_Style
Look at who they follow and their followers.
Who Should I Follow?
ConferencesContinue networking online after the
conference is over (i.e.#ASCD12)
Check This Wiki http://twitter4teachers.pbworks.com/
Resources to help you move forward...
Best Twitter Infographics of 2011
Learn Twitter Resource Page
Expand your PLNExpand your PLN ❊ ❊ ❊ ❊ ❊ ❊ ❊ ❊ ❊ ❊ ❊ ❊
NP Amin Twitter 101NP Amin Twitter 101April 13, 2012April 13, 2012@Joe_Mazza@Joe_Mazza
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