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Dr. Trisha Craig tcraig@wheelock.edu @WheelockSpore
Executive Director, Wheelock College Singapore
2. * What is a Tweet?
* 140 characters but
stick to 120 to allow
‘re-tweeting’
* May include links to
articles, photos or
videos OR just a
sentence.
* Links will use up some
of your character
allotment
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* Communicate with the
parents of your
students with more
frequency
* Create and maintain a
community of teachers
* Establish your own
professional identity or
brand
3. * Set up an account at https://twitter.com/
* Pick a name that is professional and
descriptive: MissJoansK1 or TeacherDinahsClass
* Keep your professional and personal twitter
accounts separate
* Find sites to follow: @WheelockSpore and
@LastBackpack When you follow people, you
will get their tweets. When people follow you,
they will get your tweets.
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4. * To send a tweet, begin by clicking the compose
icon:
* You could say, for example: At #ECDA Early
Childhood Conference 2013. Inspired by so many
fellow teachers!
* You would have 62 characters left.
* Using a hashtag (#) is a way of tagging your post so
that other people can find it by searching on that
term. Really popular terms ‘trend’.
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5. * Perhaps you want to add a photo to your
tweet. Use the camera icon to upload a
picture.
This will reduce your remaining
characters.
* Maybe there is an article that you like and
want to tweet the link:
http://www.todayonline.com/commentary/em
brace-right-tech-early-years But that is too
long!
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6. * There are websites that will shorten the link for you
and you simply copy the new link.
* www.Bitly.com or www.Tinyurl.com
* Now you can tweet it: http://bit.ly/15yQCaO or
http://tinyurl.com/l2atxbr It goes from 68
characters to around 25.
* A good tweet would let your followers know what it
is and that you think this is worth reading:
* Here's an article on technology in the ECE classroom:
http://tinyurl.com/l2atxbr by @WheelockSpore and @l
astbackpack And you still have 27 characters left!
*
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7. * You’ve seen a tweet you think others would
appreciate and you want to send it. It’s the same
concept as forwarding an email.
* You can use the Retweet button to send it to your
followers:
* Or if you want to add a comment, copy the tweet
and add RT and the original username so people
know it’s not your content:
* Love these books! RT @PublicLibrarySG
Children’s Books by Famous “Adult” Lit
Authors http://bit.ly/oXD8MY
*
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8. * Tweet pictures of your classroom to parents before
the school year starts so they can show it to
children and help them feel familiar: Looking
forward to meeting my new N1 students on Monday!
* Describe a new module you’re planning and ask for
parents’ help: We’re running a restaurant this
week! Pls send in photo of your family's favourite
dish so we can add it to the menu.
* Celebrate an achievement: So proud that everyone
is learning to share. #developmentalmilestone
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9. *Remember, Twitter is a public platform.
Exercise common sense:
* Take photos in such a way that don’t show
children’s faces.
Show their work
or
compose the shot to obscure faces
* If you are taking the children on a field trip,
don’t tweet the location prior to the trip, talk
about it afterwards.
* Establish Centre practices and community norms.
* Don’t criticize children, colleagues or workplace
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10. * In the broader scheme of Singapore, preschool
teachers must help raise the profession’s image –
Become informed! Comment and tweet about the
news and opinion. Look at the Straits Times or Today
Online. Stories online have a tweet icon
Use
this to send a story out to your network
* Set up a Google Alert:
http://www.google.com.sg/alerts You will get an
email and link to stories that contain the alert such as
Singapore preschool. Then you can tweet any stories
that you think are of interest.
* Use Twitter to find information to help your practice:
for example, see what happens when you search
twitter for best preschool apps.
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11. * If there is an area you are especially
interested in, you can establish yourself and
your own brand with that in mind.
* https://twitter.com/Teach_Preschool
* @LisaGuernsey
* You establish your credibility and authority by
providing an interesting voice and pointing
people to worthwhile sites. In essence, you
become a curator of information.
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12. * PublicLibrarySG @PublicLibrarySG
* MOE Singapore @MOEsg
* MSF @MSFSingapore
* Lee Hsien Loong @leehsienloong
* Education.com @preschoolers (US site but lots
of interesting links to downloadables)
*
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13. *
* Is there twitter content you
would like?
* What would be most useful:
* Ideas from peers about
things they’ve tried
* Place you could ask
questions
* Links to cutting edge
research on Early Childhood
* Links to classroom resources
to download
* Tweet us your suggestions
using @WheelockSpore in
your tweet
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