Twitter as a Professional Learning Tool: Implications for Practice and Further Research
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AS A PROFESSIONAL TOOL
#gresadrivein
Aaryn SchmuhlAssistant Superintendent
Learning and Leadership ServicesHenry County Schools
Purpose and Take-aways Learn how to use Twitter Learn how Twitter can enhance in-class
and out of-class learning, Learn how Twitter can enhance
professional development via resource sharing, collaboration, individualized learning, & leadership
Define Connected Educator and PLN
Who am I? Former Principal at Luella Middle School Asst. Superintendent in Henry County
Schools Passionate about power of blended
learning Passionate about professional learning
and professional dialogue with educators Founder and co-moderator of #gaed Connected Educator
What’s a connected educator?
Take a few minutes to brainstorm with your neighbors to define Connected Educator
Definition:
Connected Educators
Connected educators are "do-it-yourself learners.“
Connected educators have a "network of collective wisdom" to turn to when information and knowledge is needed.
Connected educators are "collaborative learners."
Connected educators have moved away from the "paradigm of isolation and closed doors" to sharing a strong commitment with other educators to learn and understand more and more about teaching and learning.
Connected educators have leveraged online networks to solve their instructional problems through crowdsourcing and relying on the wisdom of the crowd for resources on teaching and learning.
-Nussbaum-Beach and Hall (2011)
My Journey on Twitter? 2010- GaETC
Signed up for Twitter 2011- GaETC
Remembered I had signed up for Twitter at the conference the previous year, reset my password, followed some folks, caught onto #satchat
2012- GaETC Built out my PLN, started #gaed, jumped into a
lot chats 2013- Nominated for Bammy Award largely
due to PLN and being a connected educators
The Twitter Basics Twitter.com
The Basic Parts of an Account
Handle – professional, maybe some personality
@ Profile– necessary for non-lurkers; no
profile, no followers
Following
People @TomWhitby
@web20classroom
@teachingwthsoul @cybraryman1 @nmhs_principal @gcouros
Organizations @educationweek @edutopia @eyeoneducation @edudemic @isteconnects @mindshiftkqed
Figuring out who to follow Stalk other people’s followers & following
- Look @ profiles- Look @ # of followers
Watch who posts using hashtags of interest to you
Follow as many as you want, you don’t have to keep up with it all.
How do I tweet? How many characters? What is this: # What does it mean to “tweet at”? RT ? MT ? DM?
Retweet Modified Tweet Direct Message
Who sees my tweets? General settings: Followers Anyone who searches / follows any #s used Anyone who searches any terms used
Possible to limit to followers only
Using # (hashtags) Hashtags are used to share with a
broader community #ncadmin Hashtags are used for specific audiences
#gresadrivein #projectmehcs
Hashtags are used for chats #gaed #ntchat #satchat #ptchat #sbgchat #byotchat #ellchat #edchat
Chats Use an app like Hootsuite or Tweetdeck to
manage and organize chats Chats are fast paced and you can’t always
keep up with it Choose to lurk to begin and then jump right in A great way to engage in professional
dialogue Complete List of Twitter Edu Chats:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiftIdjCeWSXdDRLRzNsVktUUGJpRWJhdUlWLS1Genc#gid=0
Why Bother Tweeting? Get Connected Fight Isolation Share Resources Asynchronous and Syncronous Learning Connect your students with other
students and classrooms and professionals
Keep up to date with the profession Individualized PL Connects new and veteran Ts
Twitter as a Professional Network
Connect with educators around the country
See/hear possibilities and ideas On Demand learning and engagement Give and take Encouragement Inspiration Knowledge
Twitter as A Classroom Tool
Do nows Backchanneling Find related resources Communication & questions –
teacher- student, student-student, professionals-students
Classroom Use of Twitter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w9CnaeaiAE&list=PLui3i0IG-_tFiF7MdB4Qgoru9QMi3dGgq
Words of Advice for Classroom Use
Adults shouldn’t follow students in general – make use of hashtags instead
Kids can/should follow adults Professional accounts vs. Personal
accounts
Questions and Discussion Join the #gaed conversation every
Thursday night at 8 PM Simply follow #gaed September 25’s Topic is Transforming
Education, an extension of Leadership Atlanta’s (co)lab conference this week. #colab13