Twitter Challenge

Twitter for Teachers

Twitter is a social media platform favored by educators across the globe. This tool enables teachers to curate their own professional learning network (PLN) to explore resources, share ideas and get help from colleagues regardless of their location. Twitter can be customized by educators to learn whatever they are interested in at whatever time works for them. Best of all, the educator communities on Twitter provide sources of inspiration and support when trying innovative new approaches with your students.

First, here is a great resource to for educators new to Twitter:

Twitter for Educators: A Beginner's Guide

Try the challenges below to start learning, sharing and building your PLN with Twitter!

Level 1

1. Go to Twitter.com and register. Then, choose a username. (This is what follows the @______.)
2. Upload a profile photo. (You can do this later, but you don't want to be an "egg icon" forever.)
3. Follow an educational news source, organization, blog or expert in your field. Examples: @Edutopia, @MindShiftKQED, @TeachThought, @sirkenrobinson
4. Compose your own tweet about something you learned at TEWT.
5. RT a tweet that someone from our has group posted.

Level 2

1. Search for tweets with a particular hashtag. This will aggregate tweets that include the "hashtag words." (Ex. #engchat, #langchat)

Curated list of hashtags | Comprehensive Guide

2.Mention a fellow Twitter user in a Tweet using the @ symbol. (Ex. "@Mr_Driscoll, check out this resource...")

1. Check your notifications.
2. Send someone a DM - direct message. (You must follow each other.) Feel free to send one to me! (@Mr_Driscoll)
3. Subscribe to another user's list. View your lists.
4. Create your own list.

Level 3

1. Engage in (or search the archive of) an education Twitter chat. 19 education chats to check out.
2. Install Tweetdeck in the Chrome Web Store. Open Tweetdeck and add a column.
3. Go to Twitterfall and sign in with your account. Search for a hashtag and add.