RedsTech Tip #4
Twitter.
Every teacher should have at least one Twitter account. If you are a classroom teacher, sponsor a club/organization, or coach you should have two. I recommend two so you can have one that you use to follow others and use for professional development and the other for students and parents to follow that will have updates about your class or group.
Remember, just because someone follows you does not mean you have to follow them back. This is not Facebook, and this is not a friend request. The person is simply saying they want to read what you post. You can also control who follows you. If someone follows that you don't recognize, check their profile. It is possible this person is the equivalent of an email spammer and is trying to get you to follow them to send malicious links to you. Block the person and report it as spam.
I would also recommend not following too many with your classroom account. Some suggestions might be other classrooms, the account your principal uses for announcements but that is all I would follow with that account.
I will say more about using Twitter for Professional Development later.
Every teacher should have at least one Twitter account. If you are a classroom teacher, sponsor a club/organization, or coach you should have two. I recommend two so you can have one that you use to follow others and use for professional development and the other for students and parents to follow that will have updates about your class or group.
Remember, just because someone follows you does not mean you have to follow them back. This is not Facebook, and this is not a friend request. The person is simply saying they want to read what you post. You can also control who follows you. If someone follows that you don't recognize, check their profile. It is possible this person is the equivalent of an email spammer and is trying to get you to follow them to send malicious links to you. Block the person and report it as spam.
I would also recommend not following too many with your classroom account. Some suggestions might be other classrooms, the account your principal uses for announcements but that is all I would follow with that account.
I will say more about using Twitter for Professional Development later.
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