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LEARNING SYSTEMSUsing Twitter as an effective resource and networking tool

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INTRODUCTION AND WELCOMEEvonne Webb - Social Media Officer, Learning Systemshttps://twitter.com/evonnejanewebb https://www.linkedin.com/in/evonnewebb

Administrator of Learning Systems Social Media accounts:

• https://twitter.com/learnPSNSW • https://www.facebook.com/learnD

EC

• https://www.yammer.com/det.nsw.edu.au/users/learningsystemsonline

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WORKSHOP OVERVIEW | OUTCOMESDuring this session participants will: examine current research and case studies that exemplify best

practice of Twitter use as an effective resource and networking tool gain management and administration skills to promote the

sustainability of social media channels

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STATISTICS | TIME SPENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA – JAN 2016

On average, Australians spend 1.2 hours on social media each day. More information: http://wearesocial.sg/blog/2016/01/digital-2016/

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STATISTICS | SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKS - FEB 20161. Facebook – 15,000,000 users (steady) 2. YouTube – 14,100,000 UAVs 3. WordPress.com – 5,600,000 4. Instagram – 5,000,000 Monthly Active Australian Users (Facebook/ Instagram data) 5. Tumblr – 4,400,000 6. LinkedIn – 3,750,000 7. Twitter – 2,800,000 Monthly Active Australian Users approx (see calculation) 8. WhatsApp – 2,400,000 Active Australian Users (see calculation) 9. Blogspot – 2,350,000 10.TripAdvisor – 2,200,000 11. Snapchat – 2,000,000 approx Monthly Active Australian Users (see calculation) 12. Tinder – 1,900,000 Australian users (estimation) 13. Yelp – 1,550,000

All figures represent the number of Unique Australian Visitors [UAVs] to that website over the monthly period – unless otherwise stated above http://www.socialmedianews.com.au/social-media-statistics-australia-february-2016/   Statistics compiled by SocialMediaNews.com.au for February 2016. Stats courtesy: Vivid Social Research Division. Figures correct as of 29/02/16. © NSW Department of Education | Using_Twitter_Effective_Resource_and_Networking_Tool.pptxPage 5

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BEST PRACTICE | STEPS TO SUCCESS Join Twitter and start tweeting Follow people of similar

interests Use hashtags Take part in online chats Create a Twitter list Setup notifications

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BEST PRACTICE | SSC LEICHHARDT & BONNYRIGG PS

Sunny South, Teacher Librarian at Sydney Secondary College Leichhardt

Marianne Grasso, Teacher Librarian at Bonnyrigg Public School

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Get started by tweeting about what you do in your school library.

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SOCIAL MEDIA | FOLLOW OTHER EDUCATORSFollow educators with similar interests to your own and official accounts.@NSWEducation@teachnsw@statelibrarynsw@aliaschools@nlagovau

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SOCIAL MEDIA | POPULAR HASHTAGS USED BY EDUCATORSHashtags are created and used to group information shared around a topic. Hashtags used by NSW DoE educators: #NSWEducation #NSWEd #NSWDoE

Hashtags used by Australian teacher librarians: #AusTL #NSWTL #oztl #oztlchat

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BEST PRACTICE | TWITTER CHATSConversations are happening everyday on Twitter via online chats. A Twitter chat involves a group of people tweeting about the same topic using a specific hashtag.

Examples:#tlchat – International teacher librarians, 2nd Monday of each month 6am #aussieED – Australian educators, Sunday’s 8:30pm weekly #histedchat – History educators, Wednesday’s 8:30pm fortnightly #ozengchat – Australian English educators, Tuesday’s 8:30pm

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BEST PRACTICE | CREATE YOUR OWN TWITTER CHAT#tesoloz - Created/moderated by Cindy Valdez-Adams from Fairfield PS and Anne Van Der Graaf from Mount Pritchard East PS Chat topics have included:The Roles of an EAL/D Specialist TeacherTechnology in the Diverse Classroom

Writing & the ESL Learner Vocabulary Development

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BEST PRACTICE | TWITTER LISTSCreating a List (curated group of Twitter users) is a great way to filter conversations according to your interests.

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SOCIAL MEDIA | SMS NOTIFICATIONSSetup SMS notifications so you don't miss an update from a particular follower e.g. Peter Riordan, Australian Library and Information Association - Schools Group, etc.

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SOCIAL MEDIA | ADMINISTRATIONRead the social media policy.

Plan and schedule your social media content to publish ahead of time via Hootsuite, TweetDeck etc.

Analyse data via Twitter Analytics

Set up IFTTT to automatically save all tweets in a Google Spreadsheet.

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Thank you for your participation in today’s session.

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