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EduTwitter

name

Etymology

Blend of education + Twitter.

  1. inherited from *twitwizōną✻ — “to chirp; twitter”
  2. inherited from *twitwiʀōn✻
  3. inherited from *twiterian✻
  4. inherited from twitren
  5. compounded as edutwitter — “education + Twitter”

Definitions

  1. The community of teachers and education-focused users on Twitter.

    • Once upon a time, “EduTwitter” was full of promise and highlighted teaching at its best.
    • EduTwitter is an incredible source of information for educators. I know I wouldn't be in teaching any more if I hadn't joined Twitter in September 2014.
    • When one scrolls through the EduTwitter feed and witnesses the amount of self-flagellation and denigration going on at our own hands, one realises the power that a sprinkling of self-compassion could have for our workforce.

  2. Alternative form of EduTwitter.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for EduTwitter. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA