Challenge #1: Join Twitter and follow 5 educators (Popular Education Hashtags)
Getting Started Tips:
Level 1-Baby Birds
1. Login to your account-or-create an account (@firstlastname -this is your hashtag)
2. Follow people in education/news organizations to develop your Professional
Learning Network (Follow me @mstavi3, and check out who I follow for ideas)
3. Don’t be an egghead-add a picture or avatar
(people want to have a face with the name)
4. Add a splash of profile information to your bio (not too much please)
Level 2-Fledglings
1. Perform a retweet of someone you follow
2. Respond to a tweet
3. Compose and post a tweet or two
4. Tweet to a specific person (direct message (DM))
Level 3-Eagles
1. Find an educational article and tweet the link (make sure to shorten-bit.ly.com)
2. Tweet a photo related to education
3. Find a list of educational hashtags (other than the one I provided above ;-)
4. Tweet with a hashtag to a group
*Bonus might be creating lists and participating in a chat.
I look forward to see you on Twitter Tuesday night! There will be a post assessment on Wednesday, so make sure to do your homework ;-)
As always, please let me know if you have any questions!
Maria