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Basics

  • Networking: Connecting with other educators in and out of your field
  • Resource sharing: Ask and answer questions - locate a URL to an educational event or educational resource
  • Track conferences and discussions: Using hashtags follow tweets being sent by those attending a conference; Twitter discussions on a topic of interest

Class Twitter Group

  • Create a Twitter group for your class (you’ll need to use a different email address than the one from your personal Twitter account.)
  • If you want the group messages to be private - NOT viewable to the public, then register with GroupTweet
  • Have students create their Twitter accounts
  • Require class members to follow the group - you will need to follow each student
  • Have students enable tweets on their mobile devices - probably the most popular to students

Class Uses

  • Class Announcements: Tweet to the Class Twitter Group - due dates, assignment updates, etc.
  • Research: Collect and share resources
  • Personal Info: Keep in touch - student-student and instructor-student, group members
  • Brainstorming: Students post their ideas and interact with one another
  • Polling: Create a quick poll and get even quicker responses - of your students or of your network - by Tweeting the question
  • Networking: Class group can follow other Twitter feeds that have direct relevance to class work, such as news feeds and other organizations.
  • Writing: Tweet as a famous person, story character, by creating a fictitious Twitter account; example, http://twitter.com/darthvader
  • Field Trips: Use mobile devices to take notes on a field trip
  • Photo Sharing: Share photos on cell phones through Twitpic

Ongoing Discussions

  • General education chat #edchat
    Every other Tuesday: 12 noon ET/ 9am PT & 7pm ET/4pm PT
  • Chat for science educators #scichat
    Tuesdays: 9pm ET/6pm PT
  • Chat for new and pre-service teachers #ntchat
    Wednesdays (off for the summer--starting again in August): 7pm ET/4pm PT
  • Chat for parents and teachers #ptchat
    Wednesdays: 9pm ET/6pm PT
  • Chat for arts educators #artsed
    Thursdays: 7pm ET/4pm PT
  • Chat with educators about using technology with students with disabilities #atchat
    Wednesdays: 9pm ET/6pm PT

  • Be sure to add the hashtag to each of your tweets to ensure it's included in the chat!