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issues were privacy, civil service conduct 'My students come from marginalised
rules and trolling. Issue of privacy was sections of society. A little motivation
reported by a high majority of the means so much to them. I regularly
respondents. tweet on their achievements and I make
sure I tell them this. They feel happy,
The survey data revealed that overall the
inclination of the MTs was more towards stay connected to me and strive to
the use of Twitter in educational settings achieve more.' MT-3
and in their professional development. 'This year when I saw the results of my
These findings are in tandem with the mentee school which had increased by
study conducted by Forte, Humphreys 38 percent than the previous year, I was
& Park 2012 that hailed teachers on very happy. It is actually a boys’ school.
Twitter as progressive thinkers who People have notions that no teacher
could raise the efficacy of the reform teaches and no student learns in
process by using social media for the boys’ school. I tweeted about my boys’
classroom. school's achievement. I wanted people
to know that when everyone in school
Understanding MTs’ Appropriation of works together towards a goal, results
Twitter in the Educational Setting are fruitful.' MT-11
Mentor Teachers' tweets revealed that 'Being a teacher I find this platform very
they were inclined the most towards useful for me to showcase my students'
sharing the achievements of their achievements, my online learning,
students, colleagues, schools and achievement of self, nature related
themselves on twitter. This also became motivational thoughts globally.' S-47
evident from the interviews and 'Twitter allows me to share a brief
survey data. A few verbatims from the description of the achievements and the
interviews and survey have been shared work being done in my mentee schools.'
below. (MT below stands for the serial S-130
number of the Mentor Teacher who
was interviewed. S below stands for the 'It is a very nice and motivational thing
serial number of Mentor Teacher in the to let the world and your friends and
survey) other eminent persons know about your
achievement for your surroundings on
‘Sharing achievements of others on good remarks.' S-57
twitter spreads happiness around. The
teachers of my school feel happy when The inclination of teachers towards
I share their achievements on Twitter, tweeting the achievements was also
when I post about their work. They work evident from content analysis of tweets.
even harder for this now.' MT-2 Thirty two percent of the tweets related
to the code- Achievements, 17 percent
'I have now started sharing with to the code- classroom practices, 12
everyone the courses that I pursue. percent to the code Event Sharing.
My achievements, I think this inspires Whereas 16 percent of the tweets
people to join the learning fraternity related to online teaching learning and
with me. It motivates me as well.' MT-7
other activities of teachers during the
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