Twitter is a powerful tool that allows you to connect with people, share your thoughts or links and build communities of like-minded users. Use these resources to find out more…

See the Bright Ideas blog for short explanations and videos:

• Getting Started with Twitter Find out how to get started, protect your privacy, create your profile and send tweets
• Twitter Networking Guide – Share resources and build networks

Other useful resources include:

• Are you tweeting in class yet?  (Global2 Rebecca Spink)
• 10 Powerful New Twitter Stats to Help You Reach More Followers (Buffer)
• 50 ways to use Twitter in the classroom (Teach Hub)
• Creating a twitter feed widget – Get a twitter feed into your own blog

Popular Hashtags

This video from Bright Ideas shows how the popular hashtags  #vicpln #edchat and #tlchat  can help you to build up your professional learning network. Also look out for #edvc to keep up with what is happening in virtual conferencing.

Bright Ideas is a blog developed by the School Libraries Association of Victoria (SLAV) and the State Library of Victoria (SLV).