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A Printable List of the Best Education Hashtags [#Infographic] Twitter is a popular and potentially useful way for educators to share ideas, best practices and other resources to improve teaching and learning in the nation’s classrooms — but only if they know how to find their way around.

With nearly 300 million active users, the social network with the 140-character limit has something for everyone. That might sound like a good thing. But, trust me when I say that mindlessly scrolling through your Twitter feed at 2 a.m. is not the path to educational enlightenment. To get involved in the conversation, and find the information that truly matters, you have to learn the hashtags. You probably already know some of them. Below is a printable list of two dozen of the most popular education-related hashtags for K–12 and higher education. Top 10 Twitter Pet Peeves. Twitter continues to grow as it celebrated its 7th birthday earlier this year in March.

The social network giant crossed the 500 million user plateau and enjoys over 200 million active users. While Twitter continues to be a valuable network, it’s not without some shortcomings. We bring you our top 10 Twitter Pet Peeves! 1. No Photo Ugh. Via Toast + Butter = Good 2. This just in, Twitter is a social network. 3. Use 3 hashtags at the absolute most, but preferably 1 or 2 for any given tweet. Via SoyMayquero.com 4. Promotion is OK and suggested, but use your head. Via chaseK8 5. It’s notorious for being spam central. 6. Please follow me. Via Chez Sam’s 7. We’ve all seen this one. 8. You know who you are. 9. This one is rampant. Via Sun News 10. Don’t talk about your followers and audience as if you’re on the mountaintop. 60 Inspiring Examples of Twitter in the Classroom. 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 and educators around the world have found innovative ways to use Twitter as a teaching tool, 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. Communication Twitter makes staying in touch and sharing announcements super simple and even fun. These ideas offer a great way to put the tool to good use. Twitter as a bulletin board: Jim Newman at Northern Illinois University uses Twitter as a bulletin board for his class, letting students know about last minute news like canceled classes. Organization Twitter’s hashtags and other tools share a great way to organize information for your classroom. Resources Writing Skills. Twitter For Teachers: Erin Klein's Awesome 10-Minute Video Tells All. 8 Ways To Turn Students Into Storytellers 4.08K Views 0 Likes In the era of social media and always-on learning, it's hard to take a step back.

So how do you effectively turn students into storytellers amid distraction? 5 Quick Visual Guides To Earth Day 2013 3.02K Views 0 Likes Want to teach about Earth Day or create an environmentally-friendly project for students? 10 Secrets To Staying Motivated 7.47K Views 0 Likes Whether you're studying, prepping a lecture, or just need to focus on something, you should know about some of these secrets to staying motivated. A Beginners Webinar to Twitter and PLN Building.