Using+Twitter+for+PD

=Using Twitter for Professional Development=

What is Twitter?
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 * ===[|Mom, This is How Twitter Works (Not Just for Moms)]===
 * ===[|The Ultimate Twitter Guidebook for Teachers]===

Who do I follow?

 * [|101 Great Twitter Accounts for Teachers]
 * [|10 Twitter Accounts to Follow for Education Technology]
 * Once you find a few people that tweet about things you find interesting, helpful, or insightful, take a closer look at who they follow.

What do I do?

 * Use hashtags to focus your tweets or follow a specific topic
 * [|Cybrary Man's List of Educational Hashtags]
 * Participate in Chats on subjects in which you are interested
 * [|Cybrary Man's List of Educational Twitter Chats]
 * Try to post once or twice a day about ideas you have, lessons you've taught, blog posts you've read, or discussions you've had
 * Respond and comment on others' tweets
 * Develop relationships with people with whom you find it beneficial to collaborate. Like any relationship, this may take a little time to develop
 * Don't get discouraged. What if you had stopped going into the faculty room after your first day teaching because you felt out of place?

Are there any tools to help me out?

 * [|Tweetdeck]

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 * [|Twitterfall]

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