Twitter for

Parents Engaged In Education

bit.ly/twitterforparents@travdmc

Twitter Is Changing The World

• Communication - global chatter

• Breaking News - eg. #abflood

• Activism & Social Change

• Networking & Collaboration

• Discovery, Learning, & Research

• Dissemination of Publications & Materials

• Product Research

• Tech Support

• Professional Connections & Development

• Communication - global chatter

• Breaking News - eg. #abflood

• Activism & Social Change

• Networking & Collaboration

• Discovery, Learning, & Research

• Dissemination of Publications & Materials

• Product Research

• Tech Support

• Professional Connections & Development

Twitter in 60 Seconds

Getting Started

• Create an Account

• Who To Follow

• Hashtags

• Tweeting (Replies, Mentions, Retweets & Direct Message)

• Join a chat

• Tips & Tricks

Create An Account

• Personal Branding (Digital Identity)

• Short Bio

• Don’t Be An Egg!

TWEET BREAK

Tweet something

(140 characters or less)

Who To Follow?

• Legitimate Profile Picture

• Interesting Bio

• Positive Tweet Stats

• Compelling Content - What are there most recent tweets?

Education Favourites To Follow

@willrich45

@courosa

@sirkenrobinson

PSD Favourites To Follow@gcouros

@jmclean77

@tmondsPSD70

@ksmileey

@nlakusta

Hashtags

Understanding #• If you tweet with a hashtag on a public account,

anyone who does a search for that hashtag may find your tweet

• Hashtags can occur anywhere in the tweet

• Clicking on a hashtagged word in any tweet shows you all other tweets marked with that keyword

• Don’t #spam #with #hashtags

• Use hashtags only on tweets relevant to the topic

Some Suggested Hashtags

• #ptchat

• #parents

• #parenting

• #edtech

• #abed

• #psd70

• #muirlake

• #mustangpride

• #edchat

• #gafe

More Education Hashtags

bit.ly/twitterforparents

TWEET BREAK

• Search an education # on twitter (#psd70 #ptchat #edtech #edchat)

• Click on a new # in a Tweet that you find

Some Basics of Tweeting

• Reply

• Mention

• Retweets

• Direct Message

@reply

• What is an @reply?

• An @reply is any update posted by clicking the Reply button on a tweet

• @reply to you will show up on your mentions tab

• Click on @reply to display the tweet that was replied to

@mention• What is an @mention?

• Any Twitter update that contains @username (replies are considered mentions)

• These messages, as well as @replies are collected in the Mentions tab on the Connect page

• More than one person can be mentioned in a tweet

Retweets

• What is a retweet?

• re-posting of someone else’s Tweet

• Sometimes people type RT at the beginning of a Tweet to indicate they are reposting someone else’s Tweet

• Retweeting is sort of like a compliment

Direct Message

• What is a DM?

• A private message sent via Twitter to one of your followers. (you can only send to followers)

• Click on the envelope icon to access

TWEET BREAK

• Tweet a @reply

• @mention somebody in a Tweet

• Retweet somebody

• DM someone

Twitter Chat

• Interactive live conversation at a specific time on Twitter about a specific topic

• Eg. #ptchat - Parent-Teacher Chat - Wednesdays 9:00-10:00 EST)

Examples & More Education Twitter Chat Times bit.ly/twitterforparents

Tips and Tricks• TweetDeck - application to manage Twitter (eg. organize

hashtags)

• Download Twitter/TweetDeck on phone

• Tweet links to websites, blogs, etc.

• Tweet media (Youtube, pictures etc.)

• Favourite Tweets to help organize

• Utilize Lists to organize people you are following

• Don’t click on DM links that seem weird (your account will be hacked)

TWEET BREAK

• Tweet a link

• Tweet using TweetDeck

• Favourite a Tweet

• Create a List