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How to Use Twitter to Grow Your PLN
Betty RayJune 7, 2010
Tags Classroom Technology, Professional Development, Professional Learning Network (PLN), , Technology Integration

Editor's Note: This article was updated on December 7, 2012.

For many people, Twitter conjures up the worst of the internet: disjointed, meaningless phrases, unrecognizable abbreviations, and endless drivel about where someone's getting their double mocha today.

So, Why Tweet?!?!

For the inquisitive educator, there are some jewels herein that can lead to stimulating discussions, new resources, and an ongoing supportive network. You just have to know where to look.

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Guest Blog: Making the Case for Social Media in Education
Steve JohnsonMarch 11, 2010
Tags Digital Divide, Online Learning, Professional Learning Network (PLN), , Technology Integration

During the time it takes me to write this intro (approx. one minute), 42,000 people will update their Facebook status, 36,000 tweets will be sent, and fifteen hours of video will be uploaded to YouTube.

Undoubtedly, the world as we know it is quickly becoming wired through social media. Our guest blogger, Steve Johnson (@edtechsteve) sheds some light on the current state of social media in schools and even provides some handy talking points to make the case to lift internet filters within schools.

--Betty Ray, Community Manager (@EdutopiaBetty) and Elana Leoni, Social Media Marketing Coordinator (@elanaleoni)

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Guest Blog: Building Communities in the Classrooms
Betty RayFebruary 18, 2010
Tags After-School Learning, Mentoring, Professional Learning Network (PLN),

Cheska Lorena (@MissCheska) is a self-described "twenty-something New Jersey native, certified HS biology teacher, and a huge ed-tech enthusiast." A native of digital communities, she was the natural choice for this week's #edchat. Feel free to share your thoughts in the space below this blog.

--Betty Ray, Community Manager (@EdutopiaBetty) and Elana Leoni, Social Media Marketing Coordinator (@elanaleoni)

What is community?

Twitter's afternoon #edchat session on February 16th was a flurry of great thoughts and conversation. Many tweeters gathered together to discuss how to build communities in classrooms in both online and offline settings. The conversation kicked off with an attempt at defining community:

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Got a Sub? Team Teach with Twitter
Heather Wolpert-GawronNovember 29, 2009
Tags , Teacher Development, Technology Integration, Middle (6-8), California

I've always been a multitasker. It frustrated my own teachers at times in that I always needed to be doing two things at once in order to be fully alert. My brain works like riding a bicycle: If I move too slowly, my attention span simply tips over.

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#140conf and Teachers Who Use Twitter
Steven AndersonNovember 6, 2009
Tags Professional Learning Network (PLN),

140 Speakers, 64 Sessions, 2 Days, 1 Stage

That's the way Jeff Pulver, creator of the 140 Conference, summed up the most recent installment in Los Angeles.

Basically, the 140 Conference brings together all kinds of people from the Twittersphere to talk about how Twitter is changing the way they do things. Over the two days we heard, of course, from the business world and celebrities.

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Fan Us, Follow Us, and Let Us Feed You
EdutopiaJuly 23, 2009
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As we expand the Edutopia online community, we want to connect you with other teachers and education leaders and provide up-to-date information and tools you can use in your classrooms, schools, and communities.

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Introducing Edutopia.org's Community Manager
Betty RayJuly 7, 2009
Tags Professional Learning Network (PLN), , California

I am thrilled and honored to be joining Edutopia.org as the community manager. I'm still finding my way around and getting to know everyone. I hope you'll take a few seconds to introduce yourself!

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The Art of Networking on Campus
Jim MoultonMay 20, 2009
Tags , , All Grades, Texas

In my travels for work and pleasure, I have hunted agates in Scotland, searched for flints, arrowheads, and fossils in Wyoming, Texas, and Oregon, and brought pieces of obsidian home from Japan. Yes, I am an avid rock collector. But this posting is really about people and schools, not rocks.

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Teachers Need to Share Their Stories
Jim MoultonFebruary 27, 2009
Tags , , Teacher Development, All Grades, Maine

I am going to connect a couple of dots here in thinking about personality and teaching. Stay with me -- and please let me know what you think.

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Tag, You're It: The Responsibility Project
Dr. Katie KlingerMarch 28, 2008
Tags , , Teacher Development, All Grades

Recently, I was watching a group of children play tag in a local park. The premise, of course, is that one person is "it." He or she does his or her best to tag another participant, who then becomes the new "it." When I was a kid, being "it" never had a positive connotation. The entire purpose of the game is to pass along the unwanted responsibility of being "it."

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