TWITTER

Ross Baker
@Edu2Change

Stanton Reaves
@StantonReaves

THE BASICS

• Twitter is a social network
• Twitter allows microblogging
• Messages are limited to 140 characters
• Messages are called tweets
• Messages can included photos or videos

WHAT IS A PLN

• Personal
• Learning
• Network

MAKE CONNECTIONS

• Other educators
• Specialist/experts
• Tech gurus

HASHTAGS

WHY A HASHTAG

• Find people to follow
• Find people to follow
• Engage in Twitter Chats
• Great reference point

EDUCATIONAL HASHTAGS

WHY BUILD A LIST?

• Curate information by topic
• Keep track of people that post great content
• Put someone on a list without following them
• You can follow other people's list
• Your list can be public or private

TWITTER LIST APPS

• Tweetlist
• Tweetings
• Hootsuite
• Echofon

TWITTER CHATS

USEFUL TWITTER CHAT SITES

• tweetchat.com
• hootsuite.com
• tweetdeck.com

MAKE IT MANAGABLE

• Use the sites just mentioned
• Participate (it's better)
• Education chat list
• http://goo.gl/woXQGI
• Archives are awesome

MY FAVORITES

• #edtechchat
• #txeduchat
• #geniushour
• #mschat
• #ipadchat

BUSY?!??

SCHEDULE YOUR TWEETS

• Hootsuite
• Tweetdeck
• Buffer

140 CHARACTERS

SITES TO HELP

• Goo.gl
• tinyurl.com
• Bitly.com

APPS FOR ON THE GO

POPULAR CHOICES

• Hootsuite
• Tweetings
• Tweetlist
• Native Twitter App
• Echofon

TWEECHME

LEARN MORE

• $.99 App
• For beginners to the pros
• Twitter 101, 201, 301

CLASSROOM APPLICATION

• Follow People of Interest
• Tweet Questions
• Connect to industries
• Add relivance
• Connect with other classes

#DONE