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Twitter in the classroom

Published on Nov 22, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Twitter in the classroom

#Beyond14

shane haggerty

director of marketing + technology | Tolles career + technical center

today's agenda

  • Twitter 101: The Basics
  • Twitter as a Personal Learning Network
  • Twitter for Student Learning

twitter 101

the basics of the platform

the lingo

  • Tweet: 140 character message
  • Handle: Your username
  • Mention: Referencing another user in a tweet
  • Direct Message (DM): Private message
  • Retweet (RT): Sharing/Giving Someone Credit

The hashtag #

A way to denote a topic of conversation, a discovery tool

twitter

personal learning networks

building your pln

  • Connect
  • Contribute
  • Be Authentic
  • Be Patient

12 to follow on twitter

  • @CoolCatTeacher
  • @Joe_Mazza
  • @DonWettrick
  • @E_Sheninger
  • @AliceKeeler
  • @TeacherJenCarey

12 to follow on twitter

  • @Getting_Smart
  • @The74
  • @Edudemic
  • @Edutopia
  • @JeremyShorr
  • @GCouros

Twitter Chats

  • #EdChat: Tuesdays at noon & 7 p.m.
  • #OhioEdChat: Mondays at 9 p.m.
  • #SatChat: Saturdays at 10a.m.
  • #DubChat or #HCSDChat
  • #K12PRChat: Every other Tuesday at 7 p.m.

twitter

student learning platform

CLASSRoom discussion

the backchannel

collaboration

a truly global classroom

critical thinking

project based learning

questions

connect

@shanehaggerty on twitter or shaggerty@tollestech.com