#Do I really need to Tweet? #Fiesta

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Leslie Davison

@lesliedavison

lesliejdavison@gmail.com

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#iflt17

www.lesliedavison.com

#Thank you to Amy!!!

Join the Party! #Fiesta

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Amy Fadeji

@mrsfadeji

amyfadeji@gmail.com

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Breckenridge, CO

I will learn to...

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Read Tweets

Retweet

Reply to a Tweet

Tweet an original thought

Tweet with a link (good stuff) https://goo.gl/QxjpbK

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Why?! Twitter?!

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Love some SNL!

How did I get here?

Why would I ever want Twitter?

How can we connect our students if we are not connected as educators?

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Teachers are becoming illiterate if the don’t know how to properly use a #.

Vicky Davis

George Curous

Today –YOUR PLN

• CONNECT – being connected is where amazing personal growth happens!
• PERSONALIZE your learning
• Renew love of LEARNING & SHARING
• Begin to ENERGIZE yourself w/ daily PD

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Phases of Twitter Use

Lurk/Read/Consume

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Post your own thinking/research

Things to think about when creating your Twitter account...

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Pre and Post Example

Don’t do this!

But YES! Do this!

Partner Groups

Colleagues

Reporters

News Outlets

Lists

Hashtags

Colleagues

Colleagues

Who to follow?

FB is for all the friends you had in high school. Twitter is for all the friends you wish you had.

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Let’s Build Our PLN

• Consider your goals
• Build your profile
• Start following some fellow educators!
• Get involved in a chat
• Be a lurker
• Share quality things
• Make it a habit (become addicted)

Edutopia

@edutopia

#iflt17

#langchat

The #langchat hashtag 

and Thursday night Twitter chats 8-9 pm ET.

Tweetdeck

#amigoweb

Digital

Footprint

Rubric

RESOURCES

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Thanks for coming! See you on Twitter!

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More ideas for your classroom

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1. Post information about upcoming tests and project deadlines.
2. Link to websites that will help students complete research projects, reinforce what was taught in class or prepare for an upcoming test.
3. Tweet throughout the day about what students are studying to keep parents and caregivers in the loop.
4. Have students respond to questions from a historical (or fictional) character’s point of view through tweets.
5. Link to collaborative documents, such as Google Docs, for students to collaborate on during and after school.
6. Have students debate on issues related to your content area, local or national political topics.
7. Have students tweet and share pictures of what they are seeing and doing on class field trips.
8. Share links to students’ blogs and ask others to comment.
9. Find other classrooms to connect and collaborate with from across the globe or in a specific region you are studying.
10. Create a live (back channel chat) during class discussions. Have students tweet their questions or comments during instruction.
11. Ask questions of professionals (in your community or globally).
12. Create a mystery guest activity with an individual or another classroom. Students try to guess where the guest is from or does by asking the guest questions through tweets. The guest answers the questions and can provide additional clues to help them guess where they live or what they do.
13. Have students write a book, movie or music review (based on what is being taught in the classroom or for a specific audience).

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Read Tweets

Retweet

Reply to a Tweet

Tweet an original thought

Tweet with a link (good stuff) https://goo.gl/QxjpbK

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