Educational Twitter Hashtags

This is a grew article about educational twitter hashtags, so that you can use these hashtags to search for the specific topics of education in Twitter. These educational hashtags are listed alphabet A to Z and they are sorted out with some special topics of education.

Firstly, what is hashtags?
I will explain it for those of you who are not familiar with twitter and hashtags (#).

The # symbol, called a hashtag, is used to mark keyword or topic in a Tweet. Any Twitter user can categorize or follow topics with hashtags.Those hashtags (usually) mean something and are a great way to get a tweet to appear in search results or discussion monitoring.

For example, the popular #edchat hashtag is used by thousands of users every Tuesday. It makes it easy (sort of) for people to monitor what’s happening in the conversation rather than having to try and guess what topics you should search for. By having a conversation on Twitter using hashtags, you also make it easy for any other Twitter user to join in.

The Most Popular Hashtags

• #edchat – Education, worldwide (lots of US teachers). A really useful hashtag if you are interested in tweeting with a wide range of educators worldwide.
• #schools – Massively wide ranging but used far less than #edchat or #ukedchat
• #teaching – This hashtag seems to largely be used for jobseeking, FYI
• #lrnchat – Learning chat
• #TT – Teacher Tuesday where educators suggest others to follow
• #kinderchat – hashtag for discussing kindergarten aged children
• #EdChatIE – The educational hashtag for Ireland for all three levels
• #ukedchat – UK Education
• #ClavEd – The educational hashtag for French Speakers – Wednesdays at 12h(EST) 13h(ATL) 18h(Paris)
• #GlobalEd – Education with a global dimension

Technology

• #edtech – a very wide range of tweets relating to the use of technology in education.
• #elearning – eLearning topics
• #mlearning – the use of mobile technologies in education, also #mobilelearning though this is less used
• #edapp – educational apps
• #gbl - games based learning
• #slide2learn – iDevices and learning
• #vitalcpd – effective use of technology in the classroom

Subject Specific

• #mathchat – mathematics
• #scichat – science
• #engchat – English
• #artsed – the arts in education
• #musedchat – music
• #eltchat – english language teacher
• #STEM – widely used for posts and resources in STEM education
• #SSChat – social studies chat
• #RETeacher – Religious Education
• #HistoryTeacher – History
• #GeographyTeacher – Geography
• #ASEChat – Association of science and education weekly chat Monday 8-9pm GMT
• #PhysicsEd – Physics

Specific Areas / Roles

• #pgce – this is a widely used hashtag and is a great way to share ideas and support
• #gtchat – for tweets related to gifted and talented education
• #esl – English as a second language, this seemed to have more relevant tweets than #EFL
• #Bullying – especially good for finding bullying resources or help and support if bullying is an issue though it is not confined to school bullying
• #cpchat – connected principals discussion
• #ntchat - new teachers, (#nqtchat seems to have lapsed)
• #spedchat – special educational needs. Live chat every Tuesday night at 8:30 EST for special education related topics
• #homeschool – everything related to home schooling, seems to be far more widely used than #hsc
• #playoutdoors – outdoor play and learning ideas
• #TLChat – is the hashtag for Teacher Librarians’ discussions/resources
• #ESDGC – Education for sustainability and global citizenship

The Full List of (Nearly) All Educational Hashtags

1. #addcym
2. #ageduchat
3. #aimlang
4. #AltEdchat
5. #apbio
6. #artsed
7. #asechat
8. #atplc
9. #bettercollege
10. #blogchat

The full list of educational twitter hashtags are here to use and follow.

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