Twitter+in+Education

media type="youtube" key="DtFsmVl2RwM" height="315" width="560" An unbelievable Compilation of Twitter Resources - Cybrary Man Twitter for Teachers - EDU Blogs The Ultimate Guide to Becoming and Amazing Twitter Curator To Follow or Not to Follow - Edutopia Why Twitter is a Teacher's Best Tool The Power of Twitter - Blog Why Educators Should Join Twitter - Video 28 Creative Ideas for Teaching with Twitter- Mind Shift Using Twitter for Professional Development- Video Twitter 101 for School Leaders- Blog Mom, This is How Twitter Works- Blog Twitter Tweet Sheet: Tips, Tricks, and Resources- Blog 13 Ways Twitter Improves Education- Blog Who to Follow on Twitter- Comprehensive Spreadsheet [|10 Reasons for Education Professionals to Use Twitter]- Blog Twitter 101 for Educators - Blog How Twitter Works and Why- Tweeting on Twitter- Blog 10 Steps to Kick Start Your Twitter Network- Blog Twitter Analytics Tools - ebook Twitter Cheat Sheet - infographic Changing Education One Tweet at a Time - Blog Educational Technology Guy's Compilation of Twitter Resources - Blog Twitter Help Center (Glossary) A-Z List of Twitter Hashtags (List) ** __Recommended Users__: **  [|web20classroom] - Steven Anderson  [|coolcatteacher] - Vicki Davis  NMHS_Principal - Eric Sheninger [|Joe_Mazza] - Joe Mazza  [|Larryferlazzo] - Larry Ferlazzo   [|rmbyrne] – Richard Byrne  rkiker - Rich Kiker shannonmiller - Shannon Miller kristenswanson - Kristen Swanson Web20guru - Cheryl Capozzoli tomwhitby - Tom Whitby shellterrell - Shelly Terrell willrich45 - Will Richardson __cmt1 __ - Carol Tonhauser  **__QCSD Connections__**: <span style="display: block; font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center;">thomascmurray - Tom Murray <span style="display: block; font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center;">[|suptlisa] - Dr. Andrejko <span style="display: block; font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center;">[| jessicaadeacon] - Jessica Deacon <span style="display: block; font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center;">sstorm01 - Shawn Storm <span style="display: block; font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center;">bekcikelly - Bekci Kelly <span style="display: block; font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center;">[|87_KC] - Kelly Cramer <span style="display: block; font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center;">cevans5095 - Chad Evans <span style="display: block; font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Do you Tweet from #QCSD? Add your Twitter handle here to network across the District.

__**Recommended Hashtags**__: //**#edchat - weekly educational conversation (various topics)**//  //**#edtech - Educational Technology**//   //**#FF - Follow Friday (who should I follow?)**//   //**#ipaded - iPads in Education**//   //**#ccss - Common Core State Standards**//   //**#sbar - Standards Based Grading**//   //**#satchat - Weekly Saturday conversation (various topics)**//   //**#ntchat - New Teacher Chat**//   //**#ptchat - Parent/Teacher Chat**// Other Educational hashtags and Information  20 Twitter Hashtags Every Teacher Should Know About  Why Most People Fail at Hashtags and How to Fix It- Likeable Media "The Most Complete Twitter Application List Available"  Sample #EDCHAT Conversation  **//The Information below on Hashtags is quoted from the Twitter Website: (Link to Source)//** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;">Hashtags: helping you find interesting Tweets <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #555555; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">People use the hashtag symbol ** # ** before relevant keywords in their Tweet to categorize those Tweets to show more easily in Twitter Search. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #555555; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Clicking on a hashtagged word in any message shows you all other Tweets in that category. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #555555; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Hashtags can occur anywhere in the Tweet. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #555555; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Hashtagged words that become very popular are often Trending Topics. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #555555; display: block; font-family: 'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">** Example: ** Below, @VegNews added the hashtag before the word "vegan" in their message. The word is now a link to search results for all Tweets containing "#vegan" in the message. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #555555; display: block; font-family: 'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;">Using hashtags <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #555555; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">If Tweet with a hashtag on a public account, anyone who does a search for that hashtag may find your Tweet. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #555555; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Don't #spam #with #hashtags. Don't over-tag a single Tweet. ( [|Best practices] recommend using no more than 3 hashtags per Tweet.) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #555555; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Use hashtags only on Tweets relevant to the topic. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #555555; display: block; font-family: 'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">** Further Discovery and Reading ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #555555; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">The third party site ** [|hashtags.org] **offers an overview of popular hashtags used on Twitter. Find out about trends, look at small, pretty graphs, and search to see if the hashtags of your fantasies exist. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #555555; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">You may also want to read [|this article about hashtags], which appeared in The New Yorker magazine.