I’ve gone a little hashtag crazy. I use Instagram often with friends, and it is a chance for us to be a little silly and make comments on each others’ pictures. Sometimes, yes, it gets carried away, but it’s all in fun! Not sure if there are a set of rules on how to hashtag and not to. Maybe I should create one from my own experience:
Do
- have fun with it
- poke fun at your friends (in a nice way!)
- get creative
- realize that hashtags aren’t meant for every form of social media. If you can’t click on the hashtag then I don’t think you are supposed to be writing one
Don’t
- add 20 hashtags at the end of your post or picture
- in fact, 5 sounds like a good limit
- hashtag everything (honestly people!)
- poke fun at your friends (in a mean way)
There we go, hashtag etiquette 101. If you don’t trust mine, here is a real one: http://www.wikihow.com/Use-Hashtags-With-Twitter
Two final thoughts:
1. Today was really inspiring! Way to go everyone.
2. This is real: wine called #yolo
Nice guideline for hashtags, Kate! I’m a little disturbed by the #yolo wine, though… Your presentation today was very inspirational and it’s awesome that you’ve made that connection with technology and environment. I think your approach of having a passion first and then finding ICT can further your goals is exactly what educations and students need to do. Yeah, technology is great, but so what? #amIgoingtohashtagabouteverythingnow?
I think a big hangup for many people is feeling overwhelmed by everything that is out there but not knowing how to use those resources. If we reframe and look at it like “I want to do this, what are my options,” I think educators and students will be able to achieve a lot more. We often get fixated on the answer and forget about the question.
Your topic today also got me thinking about technology and environmental education. I have to admit, beyond “reduce, reuse, and recycle,” my knowledge combining the two topics is disturbingly limited. I did a quick search and found a few online resources – http://www.cde.ca.gov/pd/ca/sc/oeeintrod.asp
We’ve heard of a few, such as ProjectWet and ProjectWild, but there are a few others in there that might be useful. Unfortunately, it seems like a lot of the content out there is American or just isn’t local.
You also mentioned using environment-related apps. I found a few online here: http://globalwarmingisreal.com/2012/06/07/40-eco-apps-that-put-technology-to-work-for-the-environment/
It seems most of them have to do with power management, compost charts, sustainability, but I suppose that could be used as a cross-curricular math or science project. I think you’ve really hit on something with the combination of your passions and utilizing what’s out there. #waytogo #enjoyyourridiculouslynamedbottleofwine
I couldn’t find the post for world libraries, but I saw this post and decided to substitute it in. It is kind of surprising that educators are not prepared to use Twitter as part of their professional practice, but maybe we can change that! It is helpful for educators to get guidelines and instruction from other educators on using online resources that weren’t developed specifically for the education profession. This way, educators can begin to take what is readily available online and use it for their own professional development.