300+ Educational Twitter Hashtags Being Used Right Now

Are you looking to figure out exactly which Twitter hashtag is the right one to follow? There’s no shortage of options and it can feel overwhelming. Sure, there’s the popular #edchat and #edtech hashtags most of us follow. But what about the more focused tags that you’re missing out on?

Lucky for all of us, there’s an incredible live Google Doc available to the public from Chiew Pang (@aClilToClimb) that lets you help build a useful database of helpful hashtags. Be sure to check out the doc and the list below (current as of September 14, 2012).

#50freecourses	International House is celebrating 50 years of providing teacher training by offering 50 FREE IH Teacher Training courses to people around the globe who are currently out of work. See here.
#addcym	Addysg Cymru. Platform for Welsh educators. See here.
#aimlang	AIM (Accelerative Integrated Method) language teachers here.
#ALevel	GCE Advanced Level (A-level) discussions
#andragogy	Andragogy (man-leading) – Adult & Vocational Education See here. See also #VocEd.
#arted	art education
#artsed	arts education chat
#Asiaelt	fortnightly chat hosted by British Council. See here.
#AusELT	platform for ELT in Australia. See here.
#BCed	platform for British Columbia educators. See here.
#BESIG	Business English Special Interest Group of IATEFL. See here.
#blogmust	highly-recommended blog postings
#BReltChat	chat platform for the Brazilians. See here.
#bullying	join the fight against bullying
#buzzword	new popular words
#CAE	Cambridge Advanced
#CELTA	Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, formerly ‘Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults’, hence the acronym.
#clil	Content and Language Integrated Learning
#Comments4Kids	comments on students’ posts. See here.
#cpchat	Connected Principals. See here.
#cpd	continuous/continuing professional/personal development. See also #profdev.
#CPE	Cambridge Proficiency
#cybergogy	Cybergogy – Cybernetics & Education See here
#DELTA	Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
#dhelt	demand-high ELT. See here.
#digped	digital pedagogy. See here.
#DixitLao	Diarmuid Fogarty ‏@Imadruid is back. Follow his condensed Tao Te(a)Ching!
#dogme	discussion on dogme or teaching unplugged
#eal	English as an additional language. See here.
#eap	English for academic purposes
#earlyed	early education. See #kinderchat
#ebshare	Edublogs retweets of teacher blog posts. See also #blogmust
#ece	early childhood education. See also: #earlyed…
#edapp	educational apps
#edbkchat	discussions on educational books, #edbkchat is a good resource for continuing education, Wednesdays at 4pm EST.
#edcamp	Conference Model Built on Collaboration. See here.
#edchat	global education discussions. See here.
#edchatIE	specially for Irish educators. See here.
#edchatSA	chat for the South African education community. See here.
#edreform
#edtech	technology for educational purposes
#edtools	Why another? Obsolete. Use #edtech
#edutech	obsolete. Why use an extra character? Use #edtech
#education	better to use #edu, but it’s really too general.
#edupunk	resources for DIY approach to technology in education
#elearn	I’d suggest using this rather than the longer #elearning
#elemchat	platform for elementary/primary school educators. See here.
#elf	English as a lingua franca, but I’m afraid you’ll get lots of other non-related stuff
#ell	English language learning
#ellchat	English language learning chat platform. See here.
#elt	English language teachers/teaching
#eltchat	English language teaching discussions. See here.
#eltpics	Images by teachers for teachers. Licensed under Creative Commons. See here.
#efl	English as a foreign language
#engchat	for English teachers. See here.
#engpls	tweets for English learners. Consider using only #twinglish.
#engtwit	Obsolete. Use #twinglish.
#esl	English as a second language
#esol	English as a second or other language
#esp	English for specific purposes
#ETAS	English teachers association of Switzerland. See here.
#FCE	Cambridge First Certificate
#FF	Follow Friday. Used for recommending teachers worth following. Used on Fridays. See #TT
#finnedchat	all about Finnish education. See here.
#FLE	Français comme langue étrangère
#flipchat	chat platform for flipped classroom educators. See here.
#flipclass	platform for those interested in the flipped classroom.
#flippedclassroom	Obsolete. Use the shorter #flipclass. All about the flipped classroom
#gbl	game-based learning
#GCSE	General Certificate of Secondary Education discussions
#globalclassroom	Good for finding global collaboration / connections, sharing #globaled practice. Official chats run monthly over 3 days. Click here for schedule
#GlobalEd	see #education
#GlobalEd12	Global education conference 12-16 Nov 2012. See here.
#globalkids	Globalkids
#GeniusHour	Follow the hashtag and chat once a month, first Wednesday of the month at 8pm CST, about “genius” learning. Students are given a time period where they can choose what they want to learn–being productive and creative as they learn what they love. See here.
#gifted	see #gtchat
#grammar	all to do with English grammar. Although it says ‘grammar’, you’ll see tweets regarding spelling, punctuation, etc.
#gtchat	gifted and talented education chat on Fri 12:00 and 19:00 EST. See also #gifted.
#iasku	video interviews with teachers. See here.
#IATEFL	International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language. See here.
#ibmyp	International Baccalaureate® (IB) Middle Years Programme. See here.
#ibpyp	International Baccalaureate® (IB) Primary Years Programme. See #pypchat
#ICT4E	Obsolete. Use #edtech
#ICT4Edu	Why waste the characters? Obsolete. Use #edtech
#ihtoc50	International House teachers online conference celebrating 50th anniversary
#IOLchat	Join Inside Online Learning for a weekly chat featuring issues related to online education. See here.
#ipadchat	name speaks for itself. See here.
#isedchat	platform for independent school educators. See here.
#istconf	IATEFL teacher development and learning technologies SIG joint conference in Turkey 2012. See here.
#iste	International Society for Technology in Education. See here.
#iste12	used for ISTE 2012 conference
#iTDi	International Teacher Development Institute. See here.
#JALT	The Japan Association for Language Teaching. See here.
#jed21	Jewish Education
#jedchat	Jewish education chat
#kedu	Obsolete.Doesn’t work very well as some Indonesians are using this for other purposes. I’d suggest using either #kinderchat or #yle.
#KELTchat	platform for ELT in Korea. See here.
#kidlit	literacy for children. See here.
#kinderchat	platform for early childhood educators. See here.
#langchat	weekly discussion on topics of interest to language educators (Thursdays 8 p.m. EST). See here.
#lrnchat	learning through social media. See here.
#LTSIG	IATEFL learning technologies special interest group. See here.
#mathchat	chat platform for mathematics teachers. See here.
#mathsjam	platform for self-confessed maths enthusiasts to share puzzles, games, problems, or just anything they think is cool or interesting.
#mfl	modern foreign languages. also: Music for Life.
#midleved	the middle grades (6-8). Also #middleschool
#mlearn	discussions on mobile learning. I’d suggest using this rather than the longer #mlearning.
#mooc	massive open online course. See here.
#mschat	middle school teachers chat
#msftpil	Microsoft Partners in Learning. See here.
#musedchat	for music educators. See here.
#myp	middle years programme. See also #ibmyp
#NATECLA	National Association for Teaching English and other Community Languages to Adults. (UK) See here
#niedchat	chat for those with an interest in Northern Ireland Education.
#ntchat	chat for new teachers
#ocw	open courseware
#openedu	open education
#ozedchat	chat for educators primarily in Oz or Nz. See here.
#pblchat	Project Based Learning. Although there is no set time for the discussion (like #edchat), #pblchat allows educators to share and discuss project based learning resources.
#pblworld	worldwide group of educators who are focused on empowering 21st century learners through Project Based Learning. See here.
#pd	professional development. See also #profdev, #cpd, #td
#pegeeks	for those in physical education
#PGCE	Postgraduate Certificate in Education
#pln	personal/professional/passionate learning network
#prek	pre-school. Not sure how much this is used. See #kinderchat, #yle
#Project366	related to Project366. An image a day for the whole year (2012). See here.
#profdev	professional development. See also #cpd, #td, #pd
#PTchat	Parents-teachers chat. See here.
#pypchat	chat platform for the primary years programme. See here. See also #ibpyp.
#qldelt	platform for ELT in Queensland, Australia
#RPsig	reflective practice special interest group in Korea (hopefully someday around the world). See here.
#RSCON	Reform Symposium
#scichat	for science teachers. See here.
#SigTC	information for SigTC, which is the special interest group for Tech Coordinators associated w/ ISTE
#Slide2Learn	platform for tweets about iPad, iPhone and iPod in education. See here. See also #mlearn & #edtech.
#SLPeeps	for speech language pathologists.
#sm	social media.
#smchat	social media chat. See here.
#smedu	Why not just use #smchat?
#speced	special education. See also #spedchat.
#spnchat	all about successful practices in education and education reform, every Tuesday.
#spedchat	special education chat. See here.
#sschat	social studies chat. See here.
#stm12	StudentsMeet - webinars run by students for students
#TalkTech	participants share articles and ideas on learning technology Thursdays from 3 to 3:30 pm EST.
#TD	Teacher development. See also: #profdev, #cpd, #pd.
#TDSIG	IATEFL Teacher Development Special Interest Group (TDSIG). See here.
#teachchat	learn about the latest in classrooms from other teachers, Wednesday evenings at 9 pm EST.
#TeachingEnglish	resources via the British Council. See here.
#TeachMeet	Teach Meet International. See here.
#TEFL	Teaching English as a foreign language
#TESOL	Teachers of English to speakers of other languages Teachers of English as a Second Language Association
#tesolgeek	hashtag for those that want to “confess” geeky things they’ve done related to TESOL
#TIAEBrasil	learning technologies in Brazil (English/Portuguese)
#tichat	On Thursdays at 8pm EST, tech-savvy educators discuss the latest in educational technology.
#tlchat	twitter for librarians
#TOEFL	Test of English as a Foreign Language
#TOEIC	Test of English for International Communication
#TT	Teacher Tuesday. Used for recommending teachers worth following. Used on Tuesdays. See #FF
#ttot	not exactly an educational hashtag, but one which is related Travel talk on Twitter. See here.
#twinglish	for learners of English
#ukedchat	as the tag implies, educational chat centred more on UK. See here.
#urbaned	all about making urban education work, hosted every first and third Sunday of the month at 9pm EST.
#vicpln	Resources hared by educators in Victoria, Australia
#vlang	Virtual Language Learning
#VocEd	vocational education
#vrt	Virtual Round Table. See here.
#vrtwebcon	Virtual round table conference. See above.
#webheads	Webheads – Community of Practice
#yle	young learners
#yltsig	IATEFL young learners and teenagers SIG. See here.