Twitter

=Twitter=

Twitter is the best Professional Development tool available to teachers today. There are so many resources available on Twitter that you don't have to spend time searching for websites and resources anymore. If you follow the right people you will have more resources than you can ever use. This page provides some of the top Educational Chats happening weekly on Twitter. All you need to do is setup a [|Twitter]account and search for people to follow. You can view all the discussions about the different topics by just typing in the hashtag (#) then the name of the chat.

Once you get a twitter account set up you can check out the hashtag created for Franklin Regional at #frsd. There are a few of us who are retweeting resources to this hashtag for use by Franklin Regional teachers. Check it out!

Educators: Do You Tweet?
This blog post is a good starting point for new Twitter users. This post will explain Twitter and how to set up an account and follow people in your content area. []

Twitter Chats
__The full list of Educational Chats__ are listed [|here.] Here is a list of some of the ones I think most people would be interested in. You don't have to attend only at this time. You can always view the topics and discussions at any time during or after the scheduled chats.

These links provide you with a newspaper style layout of the chat you want. These newspapers were created using [|Paper.li]. These will update each week so check back regularly to see the latest discussions and resources.

[| #edchat], Tuesdays at 7pm [| #elemchat], Elementary topics discussed, Thursdays at 6pm [| #engchat], English teachers shared ideas and best practices, Monday at 7pm [| #healthchat], trends in health, fitness and nutrition, Wednesdays at 9pm [| #mathchat], anyone interested in Math Education, Thursdays [| #ntchat], for new teachers, Wednesdays at 4pm [| #scichat], for science teachers, Tuesdays at 9pm [| #scifichat], for science fiction discussions, Fridays at 2pm [| #sschat], for social studies educators, Mondays at 6pm [| #storycraft], chat about the craft of writing fiction, Sundays at noon
 * 1) educon, annual conference held in Philadelphia. Some great discussions and resources.
 * 2) frsd, the Franklin Regional School District hashtag that houses all links shared by FR faculty

Twitter Resources
[|An Educators Guide to Twitter] by Steven Anderson Great resources using [|livebinders]. Provides several resources on getting started with Twitter, how to use twitter and finding people to follow.

[|Paper.li] Great tool for aggregating tweets from people you follow, by hashtag or by lists. Organizes all the tweets into an easy to navigate newspaper format.

[|Twitter for Teachers] Wiki created to help teachers with finding other teachers on Twitter organized by content areas. Also provides resources for how to use Twitter in the classroom, how to build your PLN, and other Twitter resources. = =

People I follow
Here are some of the people I follow. They post great resources on a variety of topics related to education and educational technology.

rmbyrne web20classroom ShellTerrell jdthomas7 moodlenews stevehargadon NMHS_Principal kylepace