Twitter

Twitter is one of the most active ways to establish and become involved in a PLN. Let's see what it is all about.

  1. What is Twitter?
  1. How does it fit in education?
  2. What are the key places to start?
      1. Following people with similar interests
    1. Searching
  3. What about #hashtags and #edchats?
    1. Education #hashtags
    2. Education Chats Directory
    3. How do you keep up?
    4. Hootsuite / Hootsuite Mobile Options
    5. Tweetdeck (web only)

Challenges

  • Set up an account
  • Follow 15 people / organizations
  • Search for items related to your subject (history, math, common core, etc.)
  • Using Hootsuite or Tweetdeck, set up columns to follow specific hashtags
  • Tweet #eduwins with #guhsd hashtag