Teachers and educators in the present fast-paced, ever evolving world of communication are presented with a plethora of options which might sometimes be overwhelming. To reduce the efforts of teachers in learning a new form of communication, we give you some of the most effective ways of using the most modern form of communication, Twitter.
- Account-. Many Teachers use Twitter for professional reasons. To help you get started on your mobile devices
- Big No nos - Don’t take credit for other’s intellectual property or any property that isn’t yours. If you aren’t getting followers, improve the content you share, don‘t buy your followers.
- Collaborate - Some of the easiest ways of collaborating on twitter is to co-author blogs, share your ideas, practice, resources.
- DM - Direct Messages help in reaching out to you’re followers or your influencers in a very private and personal way to build relationships online.
- Favourite – Favoriteing a tweet helps you archive tweets which share information or links you might be interested in or you might just simply like what they say.
- Grammarly - Twitter allows you to share your magic with only 140 characters and while adhering to that rule, your grammar might really get tested.
- HashTags - Themes, common words, and trending topics are often covered in just a few or single words. Some of the most used Hash Tags among
- Images - Add flavour to your stories and conversations by adding vibrant, informative Images to engage your followers at a visual level.
- Journal - Use twitter as your personal micro journal, for your classroom adventures, experiments. Use your account to share stories.
- Knowledge - Knowledge is Power. Practice it by sharing it with the world. Learn from other Teachers & Educators; develop a PLN – Personal Learning Network.
- Lists - One of the most underused tools of Twitter and yet one of the most useful ones. Use lists to group and sort people/handles based on your customized filters.
- Notifications - The notifications tab is a good way to keep track of how well you are doing with your followers and influencers. It lets you know who followed you, favorite-ed your tweet, retweeted you. Keep an eye out maybe someone famous follows you!
- Private Accounts - These are accounts of people who would like to approve who can see their content. These accounts are privacy protected and you will have to ask for permission to follow them.
- Retweet - Retweeting is as essential as tweeting on Twitter. It shows the kind of articles people you follow like to read. Retweets also help in giving authorship to intellectual properties which don’t belong to you.
- Story- Craft an interesting story for your followers.
- Tweet - A tweet helps you interact with your PLN, your followers, your influencers and with the web in general. So keep tweeting as much as you can.
- Verified Account - The identities of these accounts have been verified by Twitter personally. Mostly companies and Celebrities get it done, so take caution while engaging with verified accounts.
- Yes - Start by saying yes to all the ideas and conversations which make you feel uncomfortable, decide only after you have practiced or taken part in an in-depth discussion with the user(s).
- Zest - Tweet with all the zest you can, talk to other teachers and pump up your PLN with all the zest you can muster. It’s important that your influencers and followers know how dedicated you are to teaching.