Twitter & #Langchat:

Your Always-There Professional

Learning Platform

Imagine.
a professional development hub for the 21st-century
world language teacher anywhere in the world
an opportunity to connect with experienced
professionals anywhere in the world
a way to discover new teaching resources & strategies
and learn from those who have already done it
a place to pose questions to experts & receive advice/
feedback/answers directly to you

What Is Twitter?
A social media network
A tool to build a personal learning network (PLN)
A concise way to communicate (140 characters)
Free to register for and use

A Twitter PLN is...

(Personal Learning Network)
A group of people you choose to follow
A resource for ideas
International in scope
Always available
Updated constantly
As diverse or focused as you want it to be

The #Langchat PLNs Mission

To be a home-base PLN for teachers of any world
language
To share ideas to engage students in their own learning
To advocate for language programs for all kids
To provide an opportunity for professional discourse
among language teachers
To mentor our participants about best practices in WL
education

What Is #Langchat?
l A twitter hashtag for World Language Teachers to use
daily in their tweets to discuss anything re: language
teaching
A weekly twitter hashtag chat for World Language
teachers on topics relevant to their classrooms
A Wiki and a Diigo social-bookmarking group for sharing
resources

#Langchat - The Hashtag

A hashtag symbol # before a keyword/phrase (no spaces)
is a way to categorize a tweet
#Langchat is.
A recognized twitter hashtag for world language
teachers
A hashtag attached to any tweets Twitter users want
language teachers to see

#Langchat - The Hashtag

What Is A Twitter Chat?

A Twitter chat is a public Twitter conversation
that occurs at a certain time
in which all tweets include one unique hashtag
that allows anyone to follow the chat & participate in
it by using that hashtag

#Langchat the Twitter Chat

What Is It?
A 1 hour weekly twitter chat for World Language Teachers
Discussion topic voted on by teachers on Twitter
When Is It?
Thursday - 8pmEST/5pmPST & Saturday - 10amEST/7amPST
Who Joins In?
World Language teachers from North America & around the
world
How Do I Join In?
Tweet in using the #langchat hashtag!

#Langchat The Twitter Chat

How Does It Work?
Moderators start the chat with introductions
Participants introduce themselves
o Who you are, where you are, what you teach
Moderators tweet out the questions.and its off!
Every Tweet includes the #langchat hashtag

#Langchat The Twitter Chat

Past Topics

#Langchat The Twitter Chat

Past Topics

#Langchat The Twitter Chat

Past Topics

#Langchat The Twitter Chat

Missed the chat? Want to see what was discussed?
Summary tweeted out (a week or so later)
Wiki Updated (http://langchat.pbworks.com)

Amazing Language Teaching Leaders on Twitter

Sara-Elizabeth Cottrell

@SECottrell

Spanish

Cristy Vogel

@msfrenchteach

French

Amy Lenord

@alenord

Spanish

Laura Sexton

@sraspanglish

Spanish

Kris Climer

@krisclimer

French

Don Doehla

@dr_dmd

French

Diego Ojeda

@DiegoOjeda66

Spanish

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Japanese Teachers Very Active on Twitter Other Great Japanese Teachers to Follow
John Cadena - @cadenasense
Michelle Martin - @sramartinsensei
Kumi Kobayashi - @kumikobasensei
Colleen Lee-Hayes - @coleesensei
Isabel de Valdivia - @castellano3CAS
Melvina Kurashige - @mkurashige (middle)
Jan Chalmer - @jechalmer
Anna Yamaura - @annayamaura
Hatsu Wat - @hatsu_Oz
Kathryn Tominaga - @KathTomi
Andrew Jeppesen - @ajep
Susan Watson - @watsonsensei
Yoshimi Hirata - @joximy
Naz - @naboudnaz

Yo Azama - @azamasensei
Iya Nemastil - @iya_sensei
Kathy Shannon - @shannonsensei40
Michiaki Shimajiri - @ukulele_cafe
Jacquelin Mikami - @senseimikami
Yuka Kato - @katoyukasensei
Corbin Musselman - @japaneseteacher
Kirsty Rosenzweig - @knrosenzweig
Kieran Sensei - @kieransensei
Angela Roccasalva - @angelamalt (elem)
Jasmine Rosenzweig - @jasrosenzweig (elem)
Kyoko French - @kyfre001
Tim Cornell - @Timkun1
Dan - @carolinsensei
Sachiko Iwami - @iwamisensei
Catherine Yamamoto - @cysd43
Naoko - @naokokko_chan (elem)

 specific hashtags
#jteacher
#
#jpteach

#Jteacher - The Hashtag

Other Great Twitter Accounts to Follow:

Japan Foundation
Japanese National Tourist Organization
Rocket News (Modern Culture/Quirky Stories)
Rocket News 24 (English version)
Infographics Japan (great infographics!)
Japan Foundation Japan
Trip Advisor Japan (travel/reviews and more)
Japan Pulse (Japanese Trends via Japan Times)
Transparent Language Japanese (language learning)
Government of Japan

@japanfoundation
@jnto
@rocketnews24
@rocketnews24En
@infographicjp
@japanfoundation
@tripadvisorjp
@japan_pulse
@japanlanguage
@japangov

And many more! Just search Twitter for your favorite person/place/thing

Language Teachers on Twitter Say...

Beth (@BethLeiderdorf):
Twitter & #langchat is

my go-to area
For a re-charge
on my teaching

Jennifer (@JenniferSolis)
Twitter & #langchat is a

helpline
that motivates you to

try new things other

teachers have used
successfully

Language Teachers on Twitter Say:

Allison(@SenoraWeinhold):

Axa (@AxaCarnes):

Twitter & #langchat has been

Twitter & #langchat is where I

crucial to my teaching success

can learn,

It is how I collaborate,

exchange ideas with

get fresh

ideas, and get advice from those

who have been there

grow and

educators who are hungry

learning

for

Join The Most Active Language-Teaching Pro-D

Group in the World!
Every Day on Twitter
by including #langchat and other hashtags in your tweets

Every Week to Chat

Thursday - 8pmET/5pmPT & Saturday - 10amET/7amPT

for the #langchat Twitter Chat

Twitter Resources! Learn More

Joining & Using Twitter
Edublogs step by step guide beginning from how to join. It has print instructions, walkthrough video clips and more. This is an Excellent Tutorial/Resource to learn about how to
use twitter and get the most out of it! http://bit.ly/twitterstepbystep
Hashtags and Twitter Chat How-Tos:
Emilia Carrillo (@spanish4teacher) has put together a great page introducing Twitter. It
includes a tutorial video on how to join in on a chat towards the end of the resources.
http://bit.ly/twitterlangchatguide
Another guide to hashtags and how to join in on a twitter chat using Tweetdeck (Chrome
browser) from Edublogs http://bit.ly/hashtagstwitterchatshowto