20 Day Twitter Challenge
Empowering Educators in Social Media
Enjoy the activities in the first few days as often as you'd like!
Our goal: Design an engaging Personal Learning Network to collaborate and learn with other teachers.
TKES 9 &10
You've scrolled, this far... dive in!
1 - Get started with a Professional Profile
Create a new Twitter account or dust off your old one, then add your Twitter information here so others who accept this challenge can follow you.
Make your profile ready for prime time! Use the resources and tutorials here to update your Twitter profile so that it represents you as an educator, life-long learner (and human). Include a short bio so that people can learn a little bit about you before they decide to add you to their PLN. Put a bit of effort into your page, it represents YOU, so be creative! Be sure to include your district, your school, position, and content.
2 - Find and Follow
Your mission is to find at least 25 educators to follow on Twitter. Not sure where to get started? Go back to the link above and search for the folks in SCCPSS on the list. Twitter's search field can search accounts, people, keywords, and hashtags. Follow all the members of the Instructional Technology Department! Be sure to follow your IT Coach, your school (if an account exists) and your district. The resources here can help you locate great people to follow. Follow your favorite ed-tech tools to be in the loop on their latest features and uses. Check out your "feed" it should be filling up with Tweets from the people you followed. As you begin to follow people, suggestions will begin to populate on the left hand side of your Twitter home page.
@sccpss
@TeachSavannah
@sccpssitc
@e_sheninger
@gcouros
@TeachThought
@canva
@GoogleForEDU
@alicekeeler
@microsoft_EDU
@teacher2teacher
@timneedles
@amyburvall
@shakeuplearning
2 Like a Tweet :
4 Your First Tweet!
Sample Tweet: Hello Twitterverse! I teach 5th grade in Sav, GA. Connecting here for the first time #sccpsschat
4 Spread the Word:
Retweet something that was Tweeted by someone you follow. Add your own comment (by selecting "Quote Tweet") to share something you found interesting. Use the #SCCPSSchat hashtag to make sure our community gets the most from the information you are sharing.
6 Thank your New Followers!
Using the account name in the Tweet will alert your followers to the message.
#OneTweetataTime
Stay in touch!
Email: angela.laplante@sccpss.com
Website: bit.do/laplanteitc
Location: Savannah, GA, United States
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sccpssitc/
Twitter: @angela_laplante