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A word or phrase preceded by a "#." How do hashtags work? Twitter can be a busy place with lots of tweets-and thus lots of "noise." A #hashtag is a way to aggregate tweets that are appended with a hashtag. Picture it like a magnet that attracts all messages categorized by that topical word or phrase. Also this website offers great resources for every possible class a teacher could teach.

Hashtags to look at whenever searching for resources on twitter.

The Edublogger is a great blog to help new users of twitter access twitter chats. The blog is very user-friendly and lists a number of educational hashtags and twitter chats to join.

ISTE offers a great list of educational twitter chats and hashtags. These hashtags and chats can be found by grade level and include descriptions and chat dates/times. ISTE also offers a list of related articles.

Input a hashtag, and you can see all of the other tweets with that hashtag to help collaboration between teachers.

A great list of hashtags that teachers can use to collaborate and communicate over Twitter.

Guide to Twitter

Guide to Twitter

The Journal is a great teacher resource for twitter chats. The page offers step-by-step instruction on using a twitter chat, as well as great hashtags for educators.

How to get a PLN started on twitter as an educator

Twitter is the most common PLN out there. With thousands of teachers out there you can find help easy using hashtag searches. Using tweetdecks and other awesome resources available.

How to use twitter in the classroom and for professional development!

This is a Twitter chat for new teachers you just have to hashtag NT and you can live chat with other new teachers and build your PLN.

This is a very popular and engaging network for teachers. Eye-catching graphics, hashtags, and pictures share what it means to be a teacher working towards developing a better world. Teachers in this community enthusiastically share their experiences, concerns, and visions, and seem to want to connect to realize their full potential as educators.

This article gives great insight into the benefits and reasons to implement social media sites such as twitter, instagram, and Facebook into the classroom. It discusses the use of hashtags on these sites and how they can be supportive and aid in class-wide study groups.