16. “It’s like a virtual staffroom but you
can hand-pick the staff yourself and
enter the staffroom whenever it
suits you”
Laura Doggett,
Nine great reasons why teachers should
use Twitter
“Following smart people on twitter
is like a mental shot of espresso”
@melaniemcbride
48. Creative Commons Images
(all from Flickr)
Slide 2:
Warhols Light bulbs by Zetson
Slide 7:
Benedictine by Sanctu
Look who’s calling now by Blay
Slide 8:
3D Character and Question Mark by Crystaljingsr
Sharing by Ryancr
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3D people partner by Crystaljingsr
49. this presentation is licensed under a Creative
Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 license
By Katie Wardrobe
Hinweis der Redaktion
PLN’s are not new
What has changed are the people that make up our network
OLD
Local people: colleagues at your school, parents, kids, friends
NEW
Thousands of teachers, consultants, administrators from around the world, plus all the others above
Microblog
Snippets of info
140 character limit
Facebook
Gossip
Hearing about what someone had for breakfast
Facebook
Gossip
Hearing about what someone had for breakfast
Facebook
Gossip
Hearing about what someone had for breakfast
Facebook
Gossip
Hearing about what someone had for breakfast
Facebook
Gossip
Hearing about what someone had for breakfast
Facebook
Gossip
Hearing about what someone had for breakfast
Facebook
Gossip
Hearing about what someone had for breakfast
Facebook
Gossip
Hearing about what someone had for breakfast
Facebook
Gossip
Hearing about what someone had for breakfast
Because of Twitter:
•I landed a job worth $2K+
•I “met” Ed Tech Crew Podcaster Tony Richards and was interviewed on their educational technology podcast
•I have connected with many educators in my niche area (music education)
•I have a group of experts on hand to answer any question I have about…anything
•I keep up with what’s going on in music, education and technology
•I’ve driven traffic to my website, my blog, my Youtube channel
Anatomy of the Twitter page
Place to write your update
Updates of people you follow (most recent at top)
Right side-bar: your own info, etc
Profile page
> Settings
Broaden your reach (find and gain more followers)
•You post an update and include a hashtag = it’s read by your followers AND anyone who is keeping track of the hashtag you added
•Hashtags can be used for conferences (ie. #mtec2011 – conference), tv shows (#masterchef), subject areas (#musiced), running jokes (#annoyingsongsmykidslike)
•Take note of the hashtags others are using, or make your own!
Chat sessions (#musedchat #edchat)
a group of educators all tweet at an agreed time on a specific given topic.