Pedagoo-Write down one great thing that happened in your classroom last year! (an example of success or a

strategy that worked)

• No pens lesson. Speech bubbles to develop debate and formal discussion with year 9. We can't talk posh sir! Oh yes you can! #pedagoofriday

• Whole class mind maps outside photographing each others ideas to use for the next stage of the lesson #pedagoofriday pic.twitter.com/B9I94qwUm9

• Using inflatable microphones to enhance oracy in the classroom! #pedagoofriday

• Primary Ones LOVING their first go at Country Dancing, never seen such joy on a child's face! #Pedagoofriday

• My #pedagoofriday moment - A 5 year old writing her name for the first time, she was so proud we visited a number of teachers to show it off.

5Isn’t it just for

stalkingcelebrities?

What will it do for me?“Teaching without Twitter is like walking around with your eyes closed” (unknown)

“It’s time to realise that teachers who leverage social media for learning are at a greater advantage than those who don’t” (@gcouros)

“Teaching without Twitter is like playing tennis with a golf club” (@joe_kirby)

Why Tweet? I’m busy enough!!• AMAZING ideas and

resources- my newsfeed is full of them everyday!

• Global Staffroom• You will have 1000s of

mentors- everyone wants to help

• Personalised, free CPD at your fingertips 24/7

• Inspirational people• Networking- It will open

doors for you professionally- especially if you combine it with a Blog! http://misedgar.wordpress.com/

ContinuingPERSONALISEDDevelopment

Stage 1 - Lurking

Twitterchat

The vocab

“Tweet” – an update of max 140 characters

“@” - a reply

“#” (or hashtag) – a topic.

“RT (or re-tweet)” – ‘forwarding’

someone else’s tweet

“Follow” – to subscribe to

someone’s tweets

Hashtagswww.tweetchat.com#ukedchat#pedagoo#pedagoofriday#ukgovchat

(governors)#nqtchat#sltchat#ntchat (new

teachers)Plus loads of subject

specific ones

Stage 2 - Connecting

Create a professional account

Link to your blog

Respond to some people.

Fill in your profile

Getting startedwww.twitter.com

Choose a username – short, snappy & relevant is best

Add a description – Subject, extra responsibility, interests, areas of expertise etc

Add a profile picture – careful now!

Who to follow?

Someone you know

personallyThe people they follow

People whose tweets about

a hashtag interest you

Each other

People I’ve Found really Helpful

@TeacherToolkit@Headguruteacher

@huntingenglish@Mr_Lockyer

@ASTsupportAALI@TESResources@Shaun_Allison@Learningspy@chris_hildrew

(See full list in your booklet)

#TEAMsrs on Twitter@nanbill (Nan)@nasimbutt2 (Dr Nasim)@dubai_teachmeet (Rachael Edgar SLT T&L)@srs_dubai (School account)@Carla_shanley (Carla Shanley DHT sec)@louisekprior (Louise Prior SLT CL English)@raegreen70 (Rachel Green DHT pri)@Carlakenny22 (Carla Kenny SLT CL Science)@stephanietruem1 (Stephanie Trueman Pri T&L)@misswbanks (Wendy Banks YGL Pri)@missmazza (Marianne Hughes KS1 teacher)@Mcfarlanejoyce (Joyce Mcfarlane Head of PE)@joykafero (Joy Kafero EYFS)@AnitaRebello1 (Anita Rebello KS1 teacher)

(Follow your colleagues, let me know if you are new to SRS, are on Twitter and not on this list)

People will follow those who

they may find it useful to follow

Stage 3 - Crowdsourcing

Regular discussions

Focused support.

#ukedchat – Thurs 8pm#planningpanic- Sun 8pm

What should I Tweet about?

Be interested

Be interesting

Be generous

Connect

Twittiquete

• Use this as a professional resource

• Remember that Twitter is public

• Tweet really interesting stuff only

• Decide how you want to use Twitter

• DON’T tweet confidential stuff

Just tried ‘this new learning strategy’ with

Y7 and it worked well.

Good!

Grrrr! my Y9 Wednesday P1 class is really ******* ** ***

*****

Time to look

for a new

career

Get Tweeting I have produced a ‘Quick Start’ Beginners guide for you which includes:• How to set up your account• Twitter speak to get you started• A list of the most useful educators, I have found, on

the net, for you to start following..For the more advanced learners amongst you

There is also a more detailed guide produced by ‘Creative Education’

Also see this link where there is tons of ideas for Twitter use in education:

http://ideasfactory.me/using-twitter-the-pln-in-education

Log on to your nearest computer and join the Twitter hype!