Twitter+for+Teachers

Twitter is a really useful resource for teachers as there is a vibrant community of educators sharing news, views, ideas and support. It's free professional learning that comes to you. Using the Twitter app for iPhone/iPad/iPod touch/Android makes it so easy...

Tweeting your way to academic success



Thanks to Gwyneth Jones for these fabulous posters about Twitter:





Twitter cheat sheet for educators. 10 stages of Twitter (for teachers)

Unless you 'protect' your tweets, they will be public and searchable via Google. Protecting your tweets is a personal decision. You will find it more difficult to build a network if you do protect your tweets.

Articles and resources:


 * Twitter at a glance - a comic guide by Gwyneth Jones
 * Dear teacher who isn't on Twitter by Edna Sackson (Melbourne)
 * Twitter conversions by Tania Sheko (Melbourne)
 * If you were on Twitter
 * 170 teachers on Twitter
 * [|Bright Ideas post about Twitter]
 * [|100 Ways to Teach with Twitter]
 * Post by Victorian teacher librarian Bev Novak [|__Twittering to my heart’s content]
 * [|Twitter Handbook for Teachers]
 * [|Ultimate Twitter Guidebook] .
 * Sue Waters’s post [|A Twitteraholic’s Guide to tweets, hashtags, and all things Twitter]
 * [|Twitter for global collaboration]
 * [|4 twitter automation tools]
 * [|How to use Twitter to build intelligence]
 * [|For the doubters: Why Twitter is so Powerful]
 * __5 Things To Get Your Twitter Network Off The Ground__
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Top 10 Twitter tips] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Twitter can make you a better writer]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Twitter for teachers - support videos]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Another Twitter support video]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Updated twitter search makes it easier to find new people]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Ultimate Twitter Guide Book For Teachers]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Twitter PD]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Twitter 102 for educators]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|10 Tips For When Someone Follows You on Twitter]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Twitter tools]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Twitter and blogging]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The unofficial index to Twitter educational hashtags