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Twitter can be like a virtual staffroom for me

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a lonely busi

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a lonely busi

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a lonely busi

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Twitter can be like a virtual staffroom for me

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Twitter can be like a virtual staffroom for me

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Twitter can be like a virtual staffroom for me

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on 2009-11-03 by kwhstechtips

What is your favorite point made my Laura on the use of Twitter?

on 2009-11-03 by chadbrush

I found the #8, on communication to be interesting.

on 2009-11-03 by sally631

Interaction globally

Nine great reasons why teachers should use Twitter

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on 2009-11-03 by libraryjolt

This is one of the issues that fact teachers in general, but is really true for "onlies" in buildings, like special education teachers and librarians!

on 2009-11-03 by nodakrulz

I agreeeeeeee

1. Together we’re better

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1. Together we’re better

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Teaching can be a lonely business.

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Teaching can be a lonely business.

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between

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between

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not enough conversations between teachers

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on 2009-11-03 by chadbrush

This is very true. Time is something we all need and want more of.

not enough conversations between teachers I work with are about learning.

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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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about learning. We simply don’t have time. Twitter can be like a virtual staffroom

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We simply don’t have time.

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witter 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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Twitter can be like a virtual staffroom for me,

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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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Global or local: you choose

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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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Twitter users have the potential to reach very large international audiences. In educational terms this is a real eye-opener: before using Twitter I had only limited understanding of educational systems and practices in countries like Australia and the US. It’s now possible for me to actively compare what’s happening in schools in my county with others on different continents. GPS-enabled devices like iPhones and the advanced web search facility allow searches which tell you what people are tweeting within a certain distance of a location, so if the other side of the world isn’t your bag, you can stick with your own patch.

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real eye-opener: before using Twitter I had only limited understanding of educational systems and practices in countries like Australia and the US.

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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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so if the other side of the world isn’t your bag, you can stick with your own patch.

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3. Self-awareness and reflective practice

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3. Self-awareness and reflective practice

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Excellent teachers reflect on what they are doing

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xcellent teachers reflect on what they are doing in their schools and look at what is going well in order to maintain and develop it, and what needs improvement in order to make it better. Teachers on Twitter share these reflections and both support and challenge each other.

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on 2009-06-24 by jediger1

Teachers don't get enough to collaborate-- twitter can help with that.

on 2009-11-03 by sally631

Reference to global influence

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I like the idea of time to process.

achers on Twitter share these reflections and both support and challenge each other. Reading about other educators’ experiences has made me question my own practice

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Excellent teachers reflect on what they are doing in their schools and look at what is going well in order to maintain and develop it, and what needs improvement in order to make it better.

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on 2009-11-03 by libraryjolt

One of the strengths of National Board Certifiction

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. Reading about other educators’ experiences has made me question my own practice on a number of occasions, and whilst the resulting changes may only be incremental they are nonetheless important steps in the journey to improvement.

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

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Reading about other educators’ experiences has made me question my own practice on a number of occasions, and whilst the resulting changes may only be incremental they are nonetheless important steps in the journey to improvement.

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on 2009-11-03 by nodakrulz

Having those conversations with co-workers can have such an impact on student learning.

Reading about other educators’ experiences has made me question my own practice on a number of occasions,

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4. Ideas workshop and sounding board

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Twitter is a great medium for sharing ideas and getting instant feedback. Its speed and instanteity means you can gather a ra

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4. Ideas workshop and sounding board

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ge of opinions and constructive criticism within minutes;

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Twitter is a great medium for sharing ideas and getting instant feedback. Its speed and instanteity means you can gather a range of opinions and constructive criticism within minutes; which can help enormously whether you are planning a learning experience, writing a policy or putting a job application together.

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great medium for sharing ideas and getting instant feedback

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getting instant feedback

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sharing ideas

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you can gather a range of opinions and constructive criticism within minutes; which can help enormously whether you are planning a learning experience, writing a policy or putting a job application together.

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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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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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teachers equally spend far too much time reinventing the wheel. Twitter helps me to be smarter about my work by sharing resources, ideas, training materials and policies with other schools.

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It’s a bit like the principle of  ‘paying it forward’ on a big scale.

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6. Professional development and critical friends

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One of the best things about training days is the break out time between sessions,

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One of the best things about training days is the break out time between sessions, when teachers can get together to talk about what they are working on or struggling with. 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. As @melaniemcbride said:

“Following smart people on Twitter is like a mental shot of expresso”

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when teachers can get together to talk about what they are working on or struggling with. Twitter enables me to have that kind of powerful networking capacity with me all the time

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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.

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It’s just a matter of finding the right people to follow. As @melaniemcbride said:

“Following smart people on Twitter is like a mental shot of expresso”

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7. Quality-assured searching

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7. Quality-assured searching

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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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140 characters

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become better at saying what needs to be said in my professional communications with less waffle and padding

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Expressing yourself in 140 characters is a great discipline. I have become better at saying what needs to be said in my professional communications with less waffle and padding, and I refuse as far as possible to use txtspk.

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8. Communicate, communicate, communicate

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I previously read somewhere that every professional email could in theory be written in just five sentences. That seems luxuriously long!

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Expressing yourself in 140 characters is a great discipline. I have become better at saying what needs to be said in my professional communications with less waffle and padding, and I refuse as far as possible to use txtspk.

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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. We need to be able to speak the same language and inhabit the same communities (both real and virtual) as our students in order to motivate them and relate to them.

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9. Getting with the times has never been so easy

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Twitter is anything but complicated!

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Twitter is anything but complicated!

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on 2009-11-03 by nodakrulz

Signing up is not- finding a good group of people to follow feels a little daunting

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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