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Why are Twitter Chats Important to Teachers?

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Why are Twitter Chats Important to Teachers?

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Whether you use it in your personal life or not, Twitter has become an invaluable tool for teachers. It opens up opportunities for networking outside of your school, district, region and country. Since teachers are lifelong learners too, Twitter chats offer a quick, almost lazy way to get in a few extra minutes of professional development while sitting at home or on your phone.

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There are so many of them, it can be overwhelming

the 140-character limit can be restricting

some topics are not easy to define, such as Blended Learning or Personalized Learning

The chats may not make as much sense after the fact

The quickness of response required may lead to hurried answers or mistakes

Hard to know the personalities and classrooms behind the tweets

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What are some popular Twitter chats for teachers?

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What are some popular Twitter chats for teachers?

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There are too many to mention in a small space, but here are several worth following:

#21stedchat - 21st century education
#Artsed - Arts education
#blendedlearning - personalized instruction through use of technology
#BYOTchat - Bring your own Technology
#edchat or #educhat - Education chat
#edtechchat or #edtech or #edutech - Educational Technology
#edtechbridge - Building a bridge between educators and EdTech entrepreneurs
#engchat - English teachers
#engagechat - Engagement in schools
#ETCoaches - EdTech coaches
#games4ed - Games and play in the classroom
#gamification - Turning lessons into games
#HigherEd - Higher Education
#K12 - Pre-college Education
#langchat -  Language teachers
#learnlap - Learn "Like a Pirate," created by @PaulSolarz
#mathchat - Math teachers
#middleschool - Middle school teachers
#PBLChat - Project Based Learning chat
#personalizedlearning - Tailoring curricula to individual students
#pdchat - Professional Development
#satchat - A Saturday chat group
#stemchat - Science, technology, engineering, (art) and math

This Google site, created by several educators who are active on Twitter, has a list and calendar of more chats than you can possibly dream of.

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This is the official site for managing the COMPLETE list of twitter education chats. It contains a Calendar and a list of chats. It may also include information about each chat (future). It is managed by a group of educator tweeps who care about keeping one up to date list of chats which everyone can use.

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Can connect with other teachers from around the world, or find other teachers in your area

Everyone has an equal voice

Like a class, chats have time limits, so you do not have to spend endless hours online

Chats are all archived under the hashtag

Guaranteed to receive rapid responses to questions and comments during the scheduled time slots

Up to date: quickly find what's trending with teachers worldwide

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Teachers from the elementary to the university level participate in Twitter chats.

Teachers looking to build their online networks, learn about new technologies, or ask questions of experts may join a twitter chat. Likewise, edtech experts, company representatives, and district administrators may join in to meet teachers.

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Twitter, the micro-messaging platform, hosts millions of conversations every day between people all over the world.

In the Edtech world, an educator might start a Twitter chat to discuss any number of topics. By using the same hashtag (for example, #edchat), any user can follow the conversation and join in.

Twitter chats often occur on a regular basis, at a designated time. If you miss the scheduled chat, searching through the hashtag offers an archive of previous conversations.

This article provides a more in-depth introduction to Twitter Chats.

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8 things Twitter savvy educators do to improve learning

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These days, it's hard to meet an educator who hasn't heard of Twitter. And while some might question if the social media platform can help with professional development (PD), there are ...