Twitter

Hello Twitter group

My name is Nell Eckersley and I will be the facilitator of our small group focusing on Twitter and how it can be used in education, whether it is professional development or extending classroom lessons. I look forward to spending the next two weeks working with you.

We’ll communicate by Wiggio and Twitter. Our Wiggio group name is **Twitter** and our password is **Twitter22**. You should receive an invite by Monday morning from the Wiggio group. Please check your spam filters if the invite doesn’t show up, as that’s often where stray invites go. If you do not receive an invite or have any trouble joining the group you can contact me directly at NellE@lacnyc.org

Our Twitter hashtag will be **#TwEd**. Please join twitter if you have not already done so. Once you have a twitter account, please send out a tweet introducing yourself (in 134 characters) ending with (or including in the message anywhere) #TwEd (so your message will be 140 characters total). Then try searching Twitter with the hashtag #TwEd to see everyone else’s entries. We will use #TwEd to share resources and thoughts about Twitter for Education during our time together in the next two weeks and hopefully long after that. If you need help with any of this please contact me directly.

Small Group Expectations:


 * Participate – no watching from the sidelines. Please communicate with your small group members on your experiences using Twitter, what works well for you, your challenges, and how you might use the tool in teaching or professional development.


 * Small group members will collaboratively write responses to these guiding questions:


 * What were some successes you encountered learning and using this social media tool?
 * What were some considerations or challenges you faced?
 * What are your recommendations for using this tool in teaching or professional development?
 * For what purpose(s) – if any – do you plan to use this tool in your practice?

This group response will be shared back during the culminating discussions August 2 – 6 on the Professional Development ([]) and Technology ([]) Discussion Lists.

Please be prepared to participate in those discussions, to share your reflections, successes, challenges, ideas.


 * We will make our final product, the #TwEd twitterfeed and any relevant documents and resources that we post to Wiggio, available on the Wiki Marian created for us (http://aalpdgroup.wikispaces.com/Social+Media+Projects) so that we can revisit our learning and share our work with others.


 * Please plan time so that you can participate as fully as possible. We want to learn from your experiences and the expertise you bring to our forum.