twitter as the gateway to a plc

T 3 INSTRUCTOR PDMARCH 6 , 2014

MARY BOURASSA@MARYBOURASSA

Twitter as the Gateway to a PLC

Max Ray’s (@maxmathforum) NCSM Ignite Talk: “Tweet Me Maybe”

• Twitter allows you to post short (140-character maximum), public, text-based messages called tweets.

• You can include links and pictures.• Tweets are visible to anyone and show up in your

followers' stream.

• Twitter allows you to post short (140-character maximum), public, text-based messages called tweets.

• You can include links and pictures.• Tweets are visible to anyone and show up in your

followers' stream.

Why Twitter?

• Share resources• Ask questions & get advice with instant feedback• Get or provide support• Promotes reflection (chats)• Exposes you to different points of view from near

and far• Constant source of new ideas• Together we are better!

Develop a PLC!

Why Twitter?

• Share resources• Ask questions & get advice with instant feedback• Get or provide support• Promotes reflection (chats)• Exposes you to different points of view from near

and far• Constant source of new ideas• Together we are better!

Develop a PLC!

Twitter Vocabulary

Twitter Vocabulary

@

Twitter Vocabulary

@Tweet

Twitter Vocabulary

@TweetHashtag

Twitter Vocabulary

@TweetHashtagRetweet (RT)

Twitter Vocabulary

@TweetHashtagRetweet (RT)Reply

Twitter Vocabulary

@TweetHashtagRetweet (RT)ReplyFollowers

Twitter Vocabulary

@TweetHashtagRetweet (RT)ReplyFollowersFollowing

Twitter Vocabulary

@TweetHashtagRetweet (RT)ReplyFollowersFollowingDirect Message (DM)

A Tweet

Your Turn to Tweet

Your task: take a picture in which you can see mathematics

Your Turn to Tweet

Your task: take a picture in which you can see mathematics

Tweet it out with the hashtags #wcydwt

Your Turn to Tweet

Your task: take a picture in which you can see mathematics

Tweet it out with the hashtags #wcydwt (what can you do with that?) and #T3Learns

Your Turn to Tweet

Your task: take a picture in which you can see mathematics

Tweet it out with the hashtags #wcydwt (what can you do with that?) and #T3Learns

Time allowed: 10 minutes

Your Turn to Tweet

Your task: take a picture in which you can see mathematics

Tweet it out with the hashtags #wcydwt (what can you do with that?) and #T3Learns

Time allowed: 10 minutesGo!

Blogs

Blogs

Twitter is a link to great blogs. This is where teachers:• write about activities they have tried• write about ideas, pedagogy and research• reflect about classroom practices

Blogs

Twitter is a link to great blogs. This is where teachers:• write about activities they have tried• write about ideas, pedagogy and research• reflect about classroom practices

• This is my daily PD

Blogs

Twitter is a link to great blogs. This is where teachers:• write about activities they have tried• write about ideas, pedagogy and research• reflect about classroom practices

• This is my daily PD• Most blogs are linked in Twitter profiles

Chats

Twitter has a multitude of weekly chats:• #alg1chat – Sunday @ 9 pm EST• #alg2chat – Monday @ 9 pm EST• #precalcchat – Wednesday @ 8:30 EST• #msmathchat – Monday @ 9 pm EST• #mathchat – Monday @ 3 pm EST• #scichat – Tuesday @ 9 pm EST

• + book chats, general ed chats…• Google doc of chats

Thank you!

Mary Bourassa:• Twitter: @MaryBourassa• Email: mary.bourassa@ocdsb.ca• Website: mathgeek.ca• Blog: marybourassa.blogspot.com