1. Why Twitter?
A Presentation for Teacher Librarians
By Beth Redford @bethredford
Dynamic Landscapes Conference
May 11, 2012
2. Jennifer Malphy
@jmalphy
I'm the Library Media
Specialist and District
Technology Coordinator for
Kickapoo Area Schools in
Viola, WI. I'm a wife and
mother to two little boys.
3. Planning for Summer Checkouts pic.twitter.com
**reconstructed Tweet – couldn’t find the original! – BR
photo courtesy of Jennifer Malphy
4.
5.
6.
7.
8. Map image by user:Theshibboleth on Wikipedia.com, retrieved 5/7/2012
Used under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license
12. Signing Up
Twitter.com
Username – helpful if it relates to your
real name, also if it’s short
Put in a (real) picture and description
when you get a chance
13. Who to follow?
@joycevalenza @sducharme
@jenniferlagarde @MrSchuReads
@buffyjhamilton @shannonmmiller
@cybraryman1 @AuntyTech
@PWKidsBookshelf @imcguy
@classicsixbooks @SLJournal
@jmalphy @librarian_tiff
14. Hashtags and Chats
# makes it searchable
#tlchat, #VSLA – all day
#edchat - Tuesdays noon and 7 pm
http://cybraryman.com/chats.html