Twitter for Educators

Credit: Marc-André Lalande - Link to the video.

Agenda:

1. Make sure that everyone has an account.
2. Go over all of the tabs and buttons on Twitter incl. re-tweeting.
   
3. Share ways we use Twitter for educational reasons.
4. Backchanneling.
   
5. Talk about edchats & hashtags.
6. Talk about all of the other codes, links, etc. within a tweet.
7. Share resources/links.
8. Share people to follow.
9. Q&A.

Links to check out:

• What Twitter means to Heidi, a 25 year veteran teacher
• Visible Tweets - change it to make it your own!
• Article: "Twitter Has Changed My Teaching Life"
  
• Article: "How Twitter is Changing Professional Development for Educators"
  
• Great Tips!
• A few more great tips!!!
• Using Twitter as a Professional Development Tool
• This is why no one follows you on Twitter!
  
• 10 Reasons Why Twitter Makes Justin Tarte A Better Educator

Tweets by @PaulSolarz

Embed your Twitter feed into a Weebly page! 

1. Insert a "Custom HTML" onto a page. 
   
2. Then, copy and paste the "embed code" from Twitter by going to "Settings," then "Widgets," then "Create New," then "User Timeline."