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Twitter for professional development Methodology
of teachers in India. A study was thus This study was conducted in four phases.
conducted to support the Mentor In the first phase, Mentor Teachers
Teachers of Delhi Government were imparted hands-on training of
schools to appropriate Twitter in their using Twitter and participating in Live
professional endeavours.
Twitter chats. After one year of their
usage of Twitter in their educational
Objectives of the Study
settings, in the second phase, a survey
1. To enable the Mentor Teachers to and interview were conducted with
learn the technique of tweeting the Mentor Teachers (Survey with 190
through training. Mentor Teachers and Interviews with
12 Mentor Teachers). In the third phase,
2. To enable the Mentor Teachers to
participate in Live Twitter chats. content analysis of 500 tweets was
done. In the fourth phase, findings of the
3. To know the status of engagement interviews and survey were triangulated
of Mentor Teachers on Twitter post with the content analysis of the tweets.
one year of the training.
4. To understand how Mentor Training of Mentor Teachers on
Teachers appropriate Twitter in Tweeting Skills
educational settings post one year Five day face to face training programme
of the training. was conducted for Mentor Teachers

There are 1026 schools in Delhi on tweeting skills. Providing hands on
which are funded and managed by experience on the technique of tweeting
the Government of National Capital was the essential component during the
Territory of Delhi. Teachers teaching training. Tweets done by the teachers
in these schools are known as Delhi were peer reviewed. Main parameters
Government School Teachers. The total of discussion and review of the tweets
number of teachers teaching in Delhi were brevity, content of tweet, meaning
Government Schools is approximately to be conveyed, appropriate tagging and
60,000. Out of these, 190 teachers use of hashtags, number of characters,
are Mentor Teachers. Most of the attaching photos and videos in tweets,
Mentor Teachers are Trained Graduate time limit of video to be attached,
Teachers (T.G.T.s) and some are Post safety, security and privacy issues. MTs
Graduate Teachers (P.G.T.s). The role were oriented in participating in Live
of Mentor Teachers is to provide onsite Twitter chats. Followed by the training,
academic and pedagogic support to MTs participated in 8 Live Twitter chats.
teachers of their respective mentee
schools. Each Mentor Teacher has been Survey
assigned approximately five schools. Next, post one year of the training, to
Mentor Teachers facilitate theme based explore MTs educational practices on
and other programs to enhance the twitter, an online survey of the entire
professional competencies of teachers. population (190 MTs) was conducted via

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