{"id":1128,"date":"2016-12-17T14:32:58","date_gmt":"2016-12-17T14:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freelanceteacherselfdevelopment.wordpress.com\/?p=1128"},"modified":"2016-12-17T14:32:58","modified_gmt":"2016-12-17T14:32:58","slug":"some-twitter-hashtags-for-cpd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/getgreatenglish.com\/ftsd\/2016\/12\/17\/some-twitter-hashtags-for-cpd\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Twitter Hashtags for CPD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, how-to-use-Twitter-for-CPD articles have been a bit done to death (with some good ones&nbsp;being <a href=\"https:\/\/reflectiveteachingreflectivelearning.com\/2014\/05\/06\/using-twitter-professional-development\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lizzie Pinard&#8217;s<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/sandymillin.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/29\/twitter-for-professional-development\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sandy Millin&#8217;s<\/a>).<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1201\" src=\"http:\/\/getgreatenglish.com\/ftsd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/339px-ocr-a_char_number_sign-svg.png\" alt=\"339px-ocr-a_char_number_sign-svg\" width=\"339\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"http:\/\/getgreatenglish.com\/ftsd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/339px-ocr-a_char_number_sign-svg.png 339w, http:\/\/getgreatenglish.com\/ftsd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/339px-ocr-a_char_number_sign-svg-212x300.png 212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 339px) 100vw, 339px\" \/><\/p>\n<h6>Image: Wikimedia<\/h6>\n<p>Anyway, it&#8217;s really good to use Twitter for CPD blah blah blah, personal learning network blah blah blah, but you can focus it more by following some hashtags.<br \/>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ptLag1_GQzQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div><\/p>\n<h2>In the ELT <del>Bubble<\/del> Sphere<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ELTchat\" target=\"_blank\">#ELTchat<\/a> is a fine wine that only gets better.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ELTChinwag\">#ELTChinwag<\/a> is the rave your friend&#8217;s brother went to&nbsp;while you were asleep.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KELTchat\">#KELTchat<\/a> is a chige, hot, spicy and full of nutrition.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LINCchat\">#LINCchat<\/a> is the poutine you never knew you wanted.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AusELT\" target=\"_blank\">#AusELT<\/a> is the beach barbecue that your cool friend took you to.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TBLTChat\">#TBLTchat<\/a> is that chocolate chip rum and raisin cronut and espresso with mojito aperitif (though I&#8217;m biased!)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/tleap\">#tleap<\/a>&nbsp;is the geodesic dome in the refectory built from breadsticks and cheese.&nbsp;<br \/>\n<em>These are all scheduled chats based on a topic. They occur from time to time.<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/tleap\" target=\"_blank\">#tleap<\/a> is the Michelin starred restaurant with an open dress code and realistic pricing.<br \/>\n<em>This is for English for Academic Purposes teachers, which may not be exclusively for second\/foreign language speakers but also native speakers, too.<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ELTwhiteboard\">#ELTwhiteboard<\/a> is the ice cream you just cannot resist.<br \/>\n<em>This happens often. It is a beautiful, beautiful thing.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Over the fence next door<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/edchat\">#edchat<\/a> is mainstream education stuff. Often tech heavy.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SEN\" target=\"_blank\">#SEN<\/a>&nbsp;Special Educational Needs. This is mainly about students with such needs in &#8216;mainstream&#8217; education. <a href=\"https:\/\/freelanceteacherselfdevelopment.wordpress.com\/2015\/07\/20\/saitama-nakasendo-conference-2015-thoughts\/\">We do not talk about this enough in ELT<\/a> and we get freaked out when students with diverse needs are put in our classes (especially with little notice, and this happens in language schools as well as academia).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MFLTwitterati\" target=\"_blank\">#MFLTwitterati<\/a> is a hashtag where you can get ideas from people who teach French, German and Spanish (and possibly Chinese).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/langchat\">#langchat<\/a> is something similar<br \/>\nHopefully, this will be helpful in pointing out stuff that you didn&#8217;t know was there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, how-to-use-Twitter-for-CPD articles have been a bit done to death (with some good ones&nbsp;being Lizzie Pinard&#8217;s and Sandy Millin&#8217;s). Image: Wikimedia Anyway, it&#8217;s really good to use Twitter for CPD blah blah blah, personal learning network blah blah blah, but you can focus it more by following some hashtags. 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