This document provides an introduction to using Twitter for professional development purposes. It outlines how Twitter can be used to: - Build a professional learning network (PLN) of educators from a global audience to gain advice and feedback - Participate in discussions using hashtags and ask questions anonymously that might not be appropriate for colleagues - Find new resources and ideas by following others with similar interests and reading articles they share - Get feedback and help in real-time from one's PLN The document then provides basic instructions on how to set up a Twitter account, including choosing an appropriate bio and profile picture, and tools like TweetDeck that allow for posting longer tweets.

1. Escaping your Admin
Island through Twitter
#IPLI
Jessica Johnson
Amber Teamann

2. By the end of this session...
•You will have a Twitter account and have sent
a tweet.
•You’ll know the basics of Twitter (tweet,
follow, hashtags, mentions)
•You’ll start building your PLN

3. Image Credit: Alec Couros
Image credit: A. Couros

4. Imagine if all your advice and
feedback came from the same small
group of people, or no one at all.

5. Administrator’s

6. Image Credit: Alec Couros
Image credit: A. Couros

7. Why use Twitter?

8. More Important than Biebs’
hair and Ashton/Demi
•24/7 Professional Development
•PLN= Professional/Personal
Learning Network

9. Global audience
Like sending a
text to the
whole world
Short and sweet
Niche community
Group of people
interested in same
topic.
Free and easy

10. With Twitter, you can ask those “dumb” questions that
you might not want to ask those you work closely with.
Or you could
avoid asking
your important
questions to
dumb people. :)

11. Bouncing your ideas off your PLN could save
you from a bad idea.

12. Why not google it?

13. How can Twitter be used
professionally?

14. What do I do on Twitter?
*24/7 Professional Development
*Collaborate with other Great Educators
*Find great resources to share with my staff
*Read articles that have been shared
*Find new blogs to add to my feedly blog reader
*Get almost instant feedback/help
*Participate in weekly scheduled
chats (#educoach #atplc #1to1techat)

23. How to use Twitter
Where is theWhere is the
@ sign on@ sign on
this thing?this thing?

25. I sure wish II sure wish I
hadnhadn’’tt
tweetedtweeted
that.that.

27. Who to start following on twitter?
• People you know
• Friends of friends
• Other Interesting People

28. People You Know

29. Friends of Friends

30. #hashtag search
People with
similar interests…

31. Your bio….
How do you want to present yourself?
•I am a principal….
•Interested in:
-Math
-Science
-Reading
-Technology
-Instructional Leadership
•Any other info from you that will attract the followers YOU
want to learn from
•Add a picture...don’t be an egghead!

32. “But I don’t have
anything to share!”

33. Make sense?

34. 15 minutes

35. TweetDeck

36. T

37. For more than 140 characters...
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