Top Ten Twitter Hashtags for Educators

WRITTEN BY MASON @ http://blog.simplek12.com/education/
3 JANUARY 2012

“One of the best ways to stay up-to-date on the latest in education (other than a free subscription to the SimpleK12 blog) is to follow hashtags on Twitter. Before we get into which hashtags to watch, let’s look at what they are.

Hashtags (#) are basically keywords for a tweet. Depending on the content of your tweet, you can use different hashtags so other teachers looking for similar content can find your tweet. For example, if I just found a new online resource for teachers, I might tweet about it and add the #edtech hashtag on the end so other teachers looking for educational technology can see it.

So now that you know what hashtags are, which ones should you watch?”

 

 

 

 

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