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T 3 INSTRUCTOR PDMARCH 6 , 2014
MARY BOURASSA@MARYBOURASSA
Twitter as the Gateway to a PLC
Max Ray’s (@maxmathforum) NCSM Ignite Talk: “Tweet Me Maybe”
• Twitter allows you to post short (140-character maximum), public, text-based messages called tweets.
• You can include links and pictures.• Tweets are visible to anyone and show up in your
followers' stream.
• Twitter allows you to post short (140-character maximum), public, text-based messages called tweets.
• You can include links and pictures.• Tweets are visible to anyone and show up in your
followers' stream.
Why Twitter?
• Share resources• Ask questions & get advice with instant feedback• Get or provide support• Promotes reflection (chats)• Exposes you to different points of view from near
and far• Constant source of new ideas• Together we are better!
Develop a PLC!
Why Twitter?
• Share resources• Ask questions & get advice with instant feedback• Get or provide support• Promotes reflection (chats)• Exposes you to different points of view from near
and far• Constant source of new ideas• Together we are better!
Develop a PLC!
Twitter Vocabulary
Twitter Vocabulary
@
Twitter Vocabulary
@Tweet
Twitter Vocabulary
@TweetHashtag
Twitter Vocabulary
@TweetHashtagRetweet (RT)
Twitter Vocabulary
@TweetHashtagRetweet (RT)Reply
Twitter Vocabulary
@TweetHashtagRetweet (RT)ReplyFollowers
Twitter Vocabulary
@TweetHashtagRetweet (RT)ReplyFollowersFollowing
Twitter Vocabulary
@TweetHashtagRetweet (RT)ReplyFollowersFollowingDirect Message (DM)
A Tweet
Your Turn to Tweet
Your task: take a picture in which you can see mathematics
Your Turn to Tweet
Your task: take a picture in which you can see mathematics
Tweet it out with the hashtags #wcydwt
Your Turn to Tweet
Your task: take a picture in which you can see mathematics
Tweet it out with the hashtags #wcydwt (what can you do with that?) and #T3Learns
Your Turn to Tweet
Your task: take a picture in which you can see mathematics
Tweet it out with the hashtags #wcydwt (what can you do with that?) and #T3Learns
Time allowed: 10 minutes
Your Turn to Tweet
Your task: take a picture in which you can see mathematics
Tweet it out with the hashtags #wcydwt (what can you do with that?) and #T3Learns
Time allowed: 10 minutesGo!
Blogs
Blogs
Twitter is a link to great blogs. This is where teachers:• write about activities they have tried• write about ideas, pedagogy and research• reflect about classroom practices
Blogs
Twitter is a link to great blogs. This is where teachers:• write about activities they have tried• write about ideas, pedagogy and research• reflect about classroom practices
• This is my daily PD
Blogs
Twitter is a link to great blogs. This is where teachers:• write about activities they have tried• write about ideas, pedagogy and research• reflect about classroom practices
• This is my daily PD• Most blogs are linked in Twitter profiles
Chats
Twitter has a multitude of weekly chats:• #alg1chat – Sunday @ 9 pm EST• #alg2chat – Monday @ 9 pm EST• #precalcchat – Wednesday @ 8:30 EST• #msmathchat – Monday @ 9 pm EST• #mathchat – Monday @ 3 pm EST• #scichat – Tuesday @ 9 pm EST
• + book chats, general ed chats…• Google doc of chats
Thank you!
Mary Bourassa:• Twitter: @MaryBourassa• Email: [email protected]• Website: mathgeek.ca• Blog: marybourassa.blogspot.com
