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#ELLCHAT: TWITTER FOR EL TEACHERS
Ashley KarlssonMELED CONFERENCE
Saturday, November 7, 2015
AGENDA AND LEARNING TARGET
o Introductions
o What is Twitter?
o Twitter in Education
o Elements of Twitter
o Benefits of Twitter
o Twitter Management
Learning Target:
Participants will be able to explain and apply the educational benefits of
Twitter.
WHAT IS TWITTER?
Social Media
Microblogging
FRAMING TWITTER FOR EDUCATION
Professional Learning Network (PLN) –personalized professional development through a network of other
educators
• Current trends in education • Cross-district collaboration
• Connections with educators around the world• Platform for extended learning
SETTING UP A TWITTER ACCOUNT
Name
E-Mail Address
Password
ELEMENTS OF TWITTER
Username(handle)
Mentions
ELEMENTS OF TWITTER
Following – People you choose to follow
Followers – People who choose to follow you
LIKES
HASHTAGS
A hashtag is a word or phrase beginning with # that can be used to sort and search through tweets.
#edtech, #edchat, #k12, #adulted, #highered, #ell#MELED2015
POSTING TO TWITTER
• Tweet
• Like
• Retweet (RT, MT)
• Direct Message (DM)
BENEFITS OF TWITTER: STAY INFORMED
Timeline
Lists
BENEFITS OF TWITTER: STAY ENGAGED
Tweetdeckdashboard
application for seeing everything you want
to at once
Twitter Chats#ellchat
Mondays 8pm
MANAGING TWITTER
Manageflittera tool for
understanding your account and keeping it clean
TURN AND TALK
• One thing you learned
• One question you still have
?
CLOSING
o I am available after the session if you have questions or if you need help getting your account set up.
oDon’t forget to share your username!
o Thank you for coming! #MELEd2015