09_Twitter_for_Teachers


 * [|Twitter] is a social networking and microblogging service that allows you answer the question, //"What are you doing?"// by sending short text messages 140 characters in length, called "tweets", to your friends, or "followers."**

[|A Guide to Twitter for Teachers]
==May I suggest that you be very careful about what you tweet. If your personal and professional account are the same, you need to keep in mind that if you tweet something about your favorite movie star your professional followers will read that too.==

**Twitter Vocabulary** ==**RT** //means re-tweet. Reposting someone else’s Tweet to your network.// ==
 * **Tweet** //A message sent from Twitter no more than 140 characters.//
 * __**[|Tweetdeck]**__ //Application that makes Twitter MUCH easier.//
 * **Hashtag** //# used to search for a specific topic. Searches ALL Tweeters using this.//
 * **Follow** //To voluntarily add Tweeters to your feed.//
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Followers** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//People who see your Tweets//
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**The Twitterverse** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//The world of Twitter//
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Unfollow** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//To choose to remove a Tweeter from your feed//
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Block** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//To deny access of another Tweeter to your Tweets//
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**“Protect your Tweets”** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//To restrict viewing of your tweets only to your followers//
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Favorite** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//To save a Tweet for later//
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Mentions** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//Preceeded by the @ symbol; directs your Tweet to specific people.//
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Reply** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//To respond to someone’s Tweet directly.//
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**DM** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//means Direct Message. To privately respond to someone’s Tweet//


 * =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">PLN **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> //means your **Personal Learning Network** The great thing about following other educators on Twitter is that it can be 24/7/365/around the world Professional Development personalized to what you want to learn and apply in your classroom// =

People to Follow:
**@ScholasticTeach (** The official Scholastic Teachers account. We like to talk books, education trends and life as an educator)

@MoDOT_Southwest

@MSTA Missouri State Teachers Association

<span class="screen-name screen-name-ndn_rickrogers pill">**@ndn_rickrogers** publisher/editor of the Neosho Daily News

@JoplinGlobe

@RoyBlunt Senator Roy Blunt

@clairecmc Claire McCaskill

**@MissouriEd** // Experience meaningful professional development any time you want with other Missouri Educators. // http://MissouriEd.ning.com

@stevejmoore a 2nd year MO teacher at Seton Academy (and their weekly faculty meetings are at Panera--jealous!!!) in KC who leads Missouri Ed community (above), uses 2.0 tools in his classroom, highly involved in the Writing Center at UMKC, has been included in a new book as a young person to watch.

[|**@wmchamberlain**]Noel, MO 4th grade teacher who has students blog for learning

@Missourischools     // Former school superintendent. Quest - To reform schools for the benefit of students and parents //

@Ed_Leadership // **@MoGov** Get the latest news and information from the State of Missouri //

// **@mostateparks** Missouri //

// http://www.mostateparks.com //

**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">This Google doc is an awesome list of educators and conversations to follow (using a hashtag: # ): **
==<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 110%;">                // [|Why Tweet?] //                                   // from a "Tweetup" in Illinois Feb 2011 created by <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">@jorech  //                  ==

// You can sign up for PB Works and link on Twitter 4 Teachers and find teachers in your content area: [] //