Using Twitter to Form Professional Learning Communities: An Analysis of Georgia K-12 School Personnel Discussing Educational Technology on Twitter

Mete Akcaoglu; Charles B. Hodges; Lucas J. Jensen

doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-8473-6.ch030

Using Twitter to Form Professional Learning Communities: An Analysis of Georgia K-12 School Personnel Discussing Educational Technology on Twitter

Mete Akcaoglu, Charles B. Hodges, Lucas J. Jensen

Leadership, Technology & Human Development

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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.

Original language	American English
Title of host publication	Handbook of Research on Advanced Research Methodologies for a Digital Society
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8473-6.ch030
State	Published - Jan 1 2022

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Educational Administration and Supervision
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
Educational Leadership

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