Using Twitter: One narrative

Getting started

• twitter one-to-one (lunch, coffee, beer, etc.)
• set up account
• start following people/schools (use lists)
• send tweets
• participate in Twitter chats #satchat #nyedchat

Links

• Twitter Chat Schedule: http://bit.ly/1mhgY4Y
• Tom Whitby's List: http://bit.ly/1hCEFZF
• Long Island Educators: http://bit.ly/UgkOFn
• Twitter in Classroom: TodaysMeet.com

"I THOUGHT TWITTER WAS SO MUCH MORE, THEN I REALIZED THAT IT'S JUST TWITTER"

Twitter isn't  golf

Beware the "wormhole"

Wormhole questions

• What about privacy?
• How about bullying? Threats?
• Peer pressure?
• Permission?
• Sexting?

Benefits:

• Communicate /  Engage
• Share your story
•  Develop your PLN 
• Fill buckets

Twitter Tools

• Bitly / Goo.gl
• Twitter in Classroom: TodaysMeet.com
• Wordpress / Blogger
• Tweetdeck / Hootsuite
• Storify / Pic Collage

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