Why Is Everyone Atwitter about Twitter? Tech Tuesday The Schultz Center for Teaching and Leadership
Nov 02, 2014
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!
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