Twitter 101 For Educators: Building Your Professional Learning Network (PLN) 1 Tweet at a Time

Welcome: Professional Learning Can Be Fun! 

We Can Do PD Better & Twitter Allows You 24/7/365 "Personalized" PL (Professional Learning)

By the end of this session participants will be able to:

• Begin to build an online professional presence on TWITTER that meets each educator’s specific needs and level of comfort
• Access thousands of other educators in your area of interest for advice, support & discussion
• Access thousands of professional journals, articles, blogs & books specific to your interests
• Access online and in-person professional development opportunities

Twitter.....My Journey

The Twitter Dance

• Blogging: Our School Blog Professional Practice Blog
• Building your PLN/Teaching a Course: PLN Course Through Endicott College
• Uncoferences: Edcamp Cape Cod
• PLN in Action: Team #Edfocus Association for Middle Level Education 40th Annual Conference

Our Kids Are Digital Learners – We Can Be Too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLw8L8V6Clw

Twitter in Plain English

Power of Twitter: Ask & You Shall Receive!
Anyone have recommendation for an effective teacher evaluation app? thanks!

Learning the Twitter Language:

Let's Get Started!

Twitter Home

Activity:

• Join Twitter: Profile, Twitter handle
• Send a tweet to our hashtag at #cuspchat
• Find a #hashtag you are interested in, respond to 1 tweet, RT 1 tweet & follow at least 1 person
• Check "Tweet Heard Round the World" & our Hashtag #cuspchat

Terrific Resources:

Educational Hashtags
The Great @cybraryman1 - Has a page for everything....if not, he'll make one!

Thank You!!