Hi! I would like to introduce myself, @crivelli_carol, that’s my Twitter handle. My third graders at Pacific Union call me Mrs. Crivelli. I love technology and learning about how to integrate it into my classroom. Last June, at SHIFT, I started using Twitter and I want to share what I’ve learned.
3 Things I Have Learned
1. Twitter is a messaging service that has a 140 character limit. It is simple to register with an email or phone number and it’s free! I found a short video that shows how to sign up and set up a profile.
Twitter is public by default, however there are different security and privacy settings. When you follow someone, every time they post a new message, it will appear on your home page. When you want to send a message to someone use a symbol @ and the person’s username with no space in between. If you don’t know their username, Twitter has a search bar. The symbol # is called a hashtag. It is used to organize your posts. When I post something I think my Pacific Union colleagues would be interested in, I follow it with #puteachers. The tag can be placed anywhere in your post. A #hashtag is also a way to search for information.
2. Twitter for Teachers https://youtu.be/uyqCJqbbMhs
Why Twitter? I have learned that Twitter is an incredibly valuable tool for professional development. It’s become my own professional learning network (PLN). On Twitter you can find like-minded teachers to connect with, workshop presenters, links to educational articles, websites, and blogs, Ted talks, photos, video clips, infographics, new apps, inspirational quotes, lessons, and global projects. It is also a place for you to share the same. Listen to two educators share their experience with Twitter.
Matt Miller: https://youtu.be/pphYBgMkyhI
Ashley Cross:
3. Twitter Chats! Now here is where you get even more out of Twitter! A Twitter chat is a scheduled discussion among Twitter users, usually lasting about an hour. There’s a moderator that asks several questions to keep the discussion going. I found Twitter Chats 101: A Step by Step Guide to Joining or Hosting a Twitter Chat, on Buffersocial by Nicole Miller, very informative.
https://blog.bufferapp.com/twitter-chat-101
This site includes a list of organizational tools to make viewing a chat easy. I follow a few chats and I use Tweetdeck, https://tweetdeck.twitter.com/, a web-based app. It’s free, and you just sign in using your Twitter username and password. Tweetdeck separates tweets in a chat, and displays them on a dashboard in their own column, making viewing and participation easy. It’s very difficult, almost impossible to follow and participate in a chat with all the other tweets coming through your stream. You need a tool like Tweetdeck. Ms. Miller also describes how to host a chat, and she makes it sound easy! hmmm…
The Official Education Chat Calendar is the best list I have found, it includes dates, times and some description of chats. https://sites.google.com/site/twittereducationchats/education-chat-calendar
2 Interesting Facts
1. Twitter has been around for 9 years. There are more than 2 billion registered Twitter accounts according to Twopcharts. According to EdSurge, Twitter Exec Reports 4.2 million tweets a day are education related! That’s a lot of tweets, you cannot read them all. Most users access Twitter on a mobile device.
2. The official name of the Twitter’s bird logo is Larry, named after Boston Celtic’s Larry Bird.
1. Question
1. Are YOU using Twitter?
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