Twitter for Professional Development

Brent Coley@brentcoley | BrentColey.com

Tweet to Learn

Fascinating Facts

645, 750,000registered Twitter users

Source: 7/11/14 - http://www.statisticbrain.com/twitter-statistics/

135,000new Twitter users

signing up every day

Source: 7/11/14 - http://www.statisticbrain.com/twitter-statistics/

58 million -average number of

tweets per day

Source: 7/11/14 - http://www.statisticbrain.com/twitter-statistics/

9,100 -number of tweets

per second

Source: 7/11/14 - http://www.statisticbrain.com/twitter-statistics/

5 days -time it takes to

generate 1 billion tweets

Source: 7/11/14 - http://www.statisticbrain.com/twitter-statistics/

Top 5 Reasons Adults Are Not On Twitter

#5

“Because I’m not 18 years old.”

#4

“Because I’m not a celebrity.”

#3

“Because I don’t have the newest

smartphone.”

#2

“Because the world doesn’t care that I’m sitting on the patio.”

And the #1 reason why adults aren’t on

Twitter…

“Because I don’t understand it.”

Okay, so what is Twitter?

Twitter is a real-time information network made up of “tweets.”

A tweet is a small burst of information (limited

to 140 characters).

You choose whose tweets you want to see by “following” Twitter

users.

The Big Question:Why should I get on

Twitter?

Twitter :The New Teachers

Lounge

A bottomless well of educational resources...

Inspiration...

And the occasional bit of humor...

Connect with like-minded educators all

over the world...

Lurking

40% of people on Twitter don’t tweet but watch others who do.

Source: 7/11/14 - http://www.statisticbrain.com/twitter-statistics/

The Basics

Usernames@

@jenwagner@brentcoley

@brentcoley

@tonyvincent

@seani

@williamsken@appeducationfox

@tbed63

@billselak@alicekeeler@rushtheiceberg

@dgrice

Avatars

vs.Uploaded photo

(easily identifiable)Default avatar (who is this?)

Hashtags#

Hashtags begin with a # and make tweets

searchable.

#edtech#4thchat

#mvusd

#CAedchat#edadmin

#apbio

#kinderchat#charactercounts

#gamification

Direct Messages

A direct message is a private message that

can only be seen by you and the person to

whom you are sending the message.

Favorites

Save your favorite tweets for later viewing by clicking/tapping the star under the tweet.

To Do List:Sign upUpload a photoCreate a short bioDownload Twitter appFollow educators

Educators to Follow:@tonyvincent@tbed63@jenwagner@billselak@alicekeeler

@jasonseliskar@dgrice@seani@chadkafka@Scotteach

Educators to Follow:@sjunkins@ArcherMHHS@williamsken@venspired@MrVaudrey

@ELanghorst@rushtheiceberg@appeducationfox@coolcatteacher@kevinhoneycutt

Share your Twitter username with ITLs/ITCs:http://goo.gl/3NWmKm