1. UEA Leadership Training Intro to Twitter

2. Who are Utah Teacher Fellows?
- 20 teachers elevating
teacher voice in Utah
education policy
- Annual research project
- Partners with USBE
- Part of a national
non-partisan non-profit

3. Intended Professional Learning Outcomes
Create a Professional Twitter presence
Become proficient in basic Twitter communication
Become familiar with Twitter chats

4. Creating a Twitter Profile: What to Include
Picking your Twitter Handle
Professional
Simple
Short (initials work)
Profile: Areas of Focus
Your job
Your focus/passion/speciality
Your affiliations/memberships/outside work
Links, Handles & Hashtags
Are there links to professional sites you should include?
Are there active hashtags that describe you or your passion? (#Deborahs)
Are there important twitter handles to include in your profile?

5. Creating a Twitter Profile Examples

6. I have a Twitter account -- now what?
Following- these are the people whose tweets (meaning post) you will see in your feed.
Followers- these are the people who are following you and can see your posts in their feed.
you can chose to make your account public or private

7. Following Lists
Lists - Collections of twitter handles related to a particular topic you can ‘subscribe to.’ Allows you to follow all tweets from twitter users on the list without following them individually. Can change periodically.
Examples:
Additional examples:

8. Functions of Twitter Reply Retweet or Retweet with comment Like
Direct Message

9. Tweet, Retweet, Retweet with Comment and of course--Like
Tweet- A posting on the social media website Twitter of up to 280 characters of text. Tweets typically contain photos, videos, blogs or website links.
RT- A retweet is when you share something someone else wrote.
RTC- A retweet with comment is when you share something written by someone else and include your own message in the quote box above the original tweet.
Like- you like or support what someone posted.

12. Hashtags & Direct Messages
Hashtag- The hashtag is a way to mark keywords or topics in a Tweet. For ex., if you were tweeting about Utah Education use #UTed something to do with education policy or #UTpol for Utah politics. For tweets about this conference use
DM- A direct message (DM) is sent between users, not shown publicly on the timeline. You can only DM another user if they follow you.
Additional examples:
-DM A direct message (DM) is sent between users, not shown publicly on the timeline. You can only DM another user if they follow you.
-#FF- One of the most common hashtags you’ll see is #FF which is short for Follow Friday. Basically, #FF is for suggesting people you should subscribe to (follow) on Twitter.

13. Direct Message Connections

14. Participating in Twitter Chats

15. Intended Professional Learning Outcomes
Practice basic functionality of a Twitter chat
Participate in a live Twitter chat

16. A Twitter Chat is a live online discussion using Twitter
A Twitter Chat is a live online discussion using Twitter. Every post is a tweet. Because it's on Twitter, it’s public and open to everyone with a Twitter account. Anyone can participate or just ‘listen in’ (aka lurk) to learn more about the topic.

17. Twitter Chat: How? SEARCH for the chat hashtag (e.g. #UTEdchat).
LOOK for posted questions (Q#).
RESPOND to the chat questions (A#).
[reply or retweet with comment]
Be sure to INCLUDE the hashtag.
For example:
-Hold discussions around a particular topic (#edchat)
-Mobilize people around a cause (#SupportTheCore)
-Monitor events happening in real time (#worldcup)

18. What does this look like?
Make sure you are part of the CURRENT conversation by clicking on “latest”
Find the chat by searching for the hashtag Ex: #UTedchat
For example:
-Hold discussions around a particular topic (#edchat)
-Mobilize people around a cause (#SupportTheCore)
-Monitor events happening in real time (#worldcup)

19. Getting Started Search for the hashtag #UEAchat in the search bar
Select Latest to follow the chat
Answer the questions as they are posted, making sure to always include #UEAchat
Like and retweet/retweet with quote when appropriate (refer to Introduction to Twitter Resource Guide if needed)

20. Practice chat YOUR TASK: QUESTIONS (#UEAchat)
Reply to each question using the A# format
Comment on at least two other responses
Retweet one response you agree with
Retweet and comment on one response
QUESTIONS (#UEAchat)
Q1: In what ways is UEA a professional organization and not ‘just a union?’
Q2: How does UEA support student learning and growth?
Q3: What questions do you still have on Twitter chats?

21. Recommended chats... Wednesdays, 9-10 pm #UTEdchat (Utah specific)
Thursdays, 5 pm #edchat (general education topics)
Mondays, 5 pm #sschat (Social Studies specific)
You can find many topics - search “Twitter chats”

22. Don’t forget, Twitter chats...
Provide quick, on-demand professional learning
Expose you to educators you never knew existed and deepen your networks
Enable participants to share their passion, interests and expertise

23. - Aaron Hogan

24. Let’s Reflect What was easy and why was it easy for you?
What was difficult and were you able to find a solution?
Did any common themes emerge?
How could Twitter chats support UEA engagement and teacher learning?

25. Virtual Resources
ISTE article: 40 Twitter chats worth your time
Tweetdeck (to follow multiple chats on your computer):
Twitter Basics for Teachers (from our HSG friends in Kentucky
Discuss examples from guide and breakdown a previous chat for an example.