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— Nicholas Provenzano (@thenerdyteacher) March 20, 2013
Tech Tuesday: 200 Tweets
This year, after I post and link to the Two Writing Teachers blog, I tweet my post using the hashtag #slice2013. I've been slowly learning how to use Twitter since last year. For the first six months I had a Twitter account, I just understand it. I didn't know what to tweet or who to follow or why I should even want to follow anyone. Little by little I started following authors and other teachers and professional organizations I was interested in. I also found other teachers from the Two Writing Teachers community and started following them. Stacey wrote a while ago that she reached over 1000 tweets. I'm not even close to that. For me, 200 felt like a major milestone. I anticipate that I will be using Twitter more and more. My favorite thing to do is follow hashtags associated with conferences. For example, ASCD recently had a conference in Chicago. The hastag for tweets was #ascd13. I wasn't able to go to the conference but many of the teachers I follow attended and tweeted their new learning or inspiring quotes from sessions. Some presenters even tweeted their PowerPoints and presentation packets. One of the speakers at ASCD was Maya Angelou. Through Nicholas Provenzano @thenerdyteacher, I was able to get a taste of what it must have been like to hear her tell a story. I think that is pretty neat.
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I just need to jump into Tweeting also. I've had my account for ages, but haven't used it much and also don't really understand what it will do for me. It sounds like there's a parallel universe that I need to check out.
ReplyDeleteI just signed up for a Twitter account this past weekend. I love technology and use a lot of different types with my students, but tweeting will be new to me. Thanks for the ideas for a newbie to tweeting!
ReplyDeleteTweeting....maybe this summer. But might have to wait until I get a phone that has actual apps:)
ReplyDeleteTwitter is an amazing source for ideas and for building your PLN! I've really enjoyed using it this year, although I also feel it eating away at my precious time... Conference hashtags are definitely one of the best things! It was so fun to peek at other sessions at the Dublin Literacy Conference by following the hashtag. I've also been amazed at the response when I tweet out my students' posts on our class blog. I'm contemplating making a class account so I can refer my students to author posts and articles they might enjoy, but I'm saving that for next year...
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