Educational Hashtags

Recently I ran across this list of 12 Great Hashtags All Educators Should Be Exploring. If you're new to Twitter or have been using it for years, this list is worth looking through. If you find something of interest, retweet, like, or save for future reference! Great educators share/steal great things! Read more.

Follow hashtags with #tagboard

Richard Byrne at Free Tech 4 Teachers created a short tutorial video on how to use Tagboard to follow hashtags on a variety of social media. 

If you use the site on an FISD filtered computer or wi-fi, if you are logged in to the filter, you will see results for Twitter, Google+ and Flickr but results for Facebook, Instagram and Vine may be blocked. If you use the site from home or on your data plan, you should see results for all of those platforms.

https://youtu.be/7kd605MM8cQ

Try searching for these popular Educational hashtags:

#edtech

#edchat

#elearning

#k12

#lrnchat

#education

#STEM

#STEAM

#engchat

#litchat

#teachingenglish

#amwriting

#math

#mathchat

#science

#scienceed

#scichat

#scienceteacher

#anatomy

#biology

#chemistry

#geology

#physics

#histedchat

#sschat

#historyteaching

#economy

#edpolitics

#geography

#art

#arted

#musedchat

#health

#highschool

#BYOD

#mlearning

#digitalcitizenship

#internetsafety

#cyberbullying

#21stedchat

#blendedlearning

#ntchat (new teachers)

#growthmindset

#grit

#rigor

#ACT

#SAT

#collegebound

#printables

#lessonplans

See a more complete list of educational hashtags here. 

How Hashtags Can Empower You in 2016

Take a minute to look over Tech & Learning's How Hashtags Can Empower You in 2016 article. It includes links to several lists of helpful educational hashtags. 

Hashtag How Tos - Figure, Configure, Follow, Find, + Find Others

If you're like most teachers out there, you could use some help making sense of #hashtags. They're not just for Twitter anymore; they're showing up all over the place! Check out this handy article: Hashtag How Tos - Figure, Configure, Follow, Find, + Find Others. 

The article tells you how to find helpful hashtags using tools like Hashtagify.me and comparing the popularity of different hashtags using tools like topsy.com. Some of these resources are currently blocked on the FISD filter so it would be best to access them using your data plan or at a non-FISD filtered location.

Knowing how to use #hashtags can be a huge help in your professional growth and online professional community development.

The History of the Hashtag

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning recently ran across a great visual timeline on the history of hashtag.

Enjoy.

24 Examples of Using Hashtags for Teaching and Learning

I know Twitter is blocked for students in FISD, but our students know what they are and they can be a fun way to engage students in classroom discussion.

Check out Stephanie Echeveste's 24 Examples of Using Hashtags for Teaching and Learning at EmergingEdTech.