Using Twitter to Form Professional Learning Communities: An Analysis of Georgia K-12 School Personnel Discussing Educational Technology on Twitter
Document Type
Contribution to Book
Publication Date
2022
Publication Title
Handbook of Research on Advanced Research Methodologies for a Digital Society
DOI
10.4018/978-1-7998-8473-6.ch030
Abstract
Social media has become an important tool for informal teacher professional development. Although there is a growing body of research investigating issues across the US, there is a lack of research on teacher professional development taking place on Twitter in Georgia, USA. In this research, the authors applied digital methods to analyze 5,425 entries from educators participating in a state-level, weekly, synchronous chat about educational technology (#TECHTalkGA) on the social media platform Twitter. Findings include that participants utilized the chat for organization, planning, and classroom technologies, with a predilection toward specific hardware and software topics. Limitations and implications for future research are discussed.
Recommended Citation
Akcaoglu, Mete Ph.D., Charles B. Hodges, Lucas J. Jensen.
2022.
"Using Twitter to Form Professional Learning Communities: An Analysis of Georgia K-12 School Personnel Discussing Educational Technology on Twitter."
Handbook of Research on Advanced Research Methodologies for a Digital Society: 510-525: IGI Global.
doi: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8473-6.ch030
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/leadership-facpubs/275
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"Georgia Southern University faculty members, Charles B. Hodges and Lucas J. Jensen co-authored Using Twitter to Form Professional Learning Communities: An Analysis of Georgia K-12 School Personnel Discussing Educational Technology on Twitter.