25 Tips For A Better Twitter Experience. KEEP YOUR TWITTER PROFILE EMPLOYER-FOCUSEDMaximize the space that you have in your profile to share a professional description of yourself.
Hobbies show personality, but accomplishments and professional interests might help you land a job. Professional Twitter names can be helpful, too. Ditch your @ohyeah420 screen name, stat, and try using your real name instead.USE A PHOTO OF YOURSELFAn important part of your Twitter profile is your photo. Instead of leaving the default avatar or uploading an image, add a photo of yourself.
It makes you look more professional, and allows others to connect with you personally.REMEMBER TO GIVE (AND TAKE)Networking on Twitter is more about giving than getting. Once you’ve started connecting and sharing on Twitter, consider how you’ll manage your presence on the site. What Twitter Can Teach Primary Students.
Kathy Cassidy’s new book Connected from the Start: Global Learning in the Primary Grades will be published this month by Powerful Learning Press.
This excerpt from Chapter 6, “Connected with Twitter,” illustrates the value of using social media tools in the primary school classroom. Learn more about Kathy’s outlook on the need for six year olds to develop a public global presence in this interview at the PLP blog. Although we have not always been consistent users of our classroom Twitter account, my six-year old students have had some tremendous opportunities for learning through our use of this popular social network.
In 2011, my students had heard about the floods in Brisbane, Australia from their parents and came to school talking about the video footage they had seen on television. They were intrigued because of our classroom connection with a class of seven year olds there called the 2M Gems. . @2mgems We saw videos of your floods. @mrscassidyclass thankyou 4 thinking of us.
60 Ways To Use Twitter In The Classroom By Category. Social media offers some great opportunities for learning in the classroom, bringing together the ability to collaborate, access worldwide resources, and find new and interesting ways to communicate in one easily accessible place.
Teachers around the world have found innovative ways to use Twitter as a teaching tool (including TeachThought’s favorite), and we’ve shared many of these great ideas here with you. Read on, and we’ll explore 60 inspiring ways that teachers and students can put Twitter to work in the classroom. 45 Simple Twitter Tips Everyone Should Know About. Are you a tweetin’ teacher? Do you rely on tweets for your extended PLN ? Whether you use the service or not, there’s a whole world of information being shared and you should start taking part. But if you’ve been too nervous or unsure about HOW to actually use Twitter as efficiently as possible… the wait is over. We’ve offered up plenty of tips and tricks for Twitter but never anything like this. It’s an elegantly organized set of infographics detailing the step-by-step process of using Twitter and making it work for you.
Key Questions Answered Did you know SEO played a role in your Twitter profile? View Tips As Slideshow. 25 Twitter Accounts That Will Make You Smarter. Twitter can sometimes seem more like a newspaper or encyclopedia than a social network.
Its intelligent user base contributes a wealth of knowledge to the microblogging platform. Experts of various fields tweet constantly, and their followers can learn a lot simply by reading their 140-character updates. We found 25 Twitter accounts that will increase your general knowledge of a wide range of topics: science, technology, human rights, the environment and more. These individuals and general fact-toting accounts will help you engage in intelligent discussions — so you can impress your friends and family. The 100 Best Twitter Tools For Teachers (2012 Edition)