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Nine great reasons why teachers should use Twitter

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What’s the point of Twitter? Why should educators get involved? What difference does using Twitter make?

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What’s the point of Twitter? Why should educators get involved? What difference does using Twitter make?

Here are some answers that you might like to share.

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What’s the point of Twitter? Why should educators get involved? What difference does using Twitter make?

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1. Together we’re better

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Twitter can be like a virtual staffroom for me, which I can step into when it suits me:

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Twitter can be like a virtual staffroom for me, which I can step into when it suits me: in the queue at the supermarket or waiting for for the kettle to boil. I know that within seconds I can access a stream of links, ideas, opinion and resources from a hand-picked selection of global professionals.

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2. Global or local: you choose

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Twitter users have the potential to reach very large international audiences.

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It’s now possible for me to actively compare what’s happening in schools in my county with others on different continents.

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3. Self-awareness and reflective practice

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Teachers on Twitter share these reflections and both support and challenge each other.

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Teachers on Twitter share these reflections and both support and challenge each other.

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4. Ideas workshop and sounding board

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sharing ideas and getting instant feedback

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Twitter is a great medium for sharing ideas and getting instant feedback.

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5. Newsroom and innovation showcase

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Twitter helps me stay up to date on news and current affairs, as well as on the latest developments in my areas of interest

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By following leading individuals and organisations, Twitter users can stay right at the bleeding edge of innovation and creativity, and literally be among the first to know when a new product is launched, article is published or opinion is voiced.

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6. Professional development and critical friends

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Twitter enables me to have that kind of powerful networking capacity with me all the time. It’s just a matter of finding the right people to follow.

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Twitter enables me to have that kind of powerful networking capacity with me all the time. It’s just a matter of finding the right people to follow.

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7. Quality-assured searching

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hone and develop the list of people whose insights I value

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Once your Twitter network grows past a critical mass, you can ask them detailed questions and get higher quality information back than a bog-standard Google search would generally provide, with the inbuilt assurance that it is a respected member of your network providing the information.

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8. Communicate, communicate, communicate

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Expressing yourself in 140 characters is a great discipline.

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9. Getting with the times has never been so easy!

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There is no good reason why teachers shouldn’t stick with the times, engage with the technology and keep up with the kids.

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little light searching using key words for your areas of interest will soon yield a list of interesting people to follow.

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Remember, your experience on Twitter is only as high quality as the people who you follow and the information you share.

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