#EdTechTeacherChallenge - January 2020: Twitter, Day 6

Explore What is Trending

Part of the fun and functionality of Twitter is seeing what other people find interesting and are doing. That's why we joined Twitter, right? To interact with our colleagues, explore best practices, find a partner in crime that makes our most tiring days worth it, endorse the products we love, encourage positive change...You get the picture.

Trending, for those that are true social media newbies, refers to topics of conversation that are the most popular at that moment. In Twitter, trending is determined by the number of times a certain hashtag is used. Hashtags are words proceeded by the # symbol. For example, right now on my trending list, Harry and Megan are the top of my list with 253K tweets.

So, how do you see what's trending?

On the mobile app

Search Twitter

If you are on the mobile app, you have to click on the search icon at the bottom of your screen (it looks like a Q, but is meant to represent a magnifying glass). Once you are in search, you will see options for 

• "For You", these are suppose to customized to your interests based on your searches and the people you follow or who follow you,
• "Trending", these are based on who many people post about a topic and use certain hashtags,
• "News", the top news stories of the moment,
• "Sports", the biggest sports stories of the moment,
• "Fun", top stories meant to make you lighten or mood and maybe even laugh, and
• "Entertainment", the top entertainment stories at the moment.

On a web browser

Twitter Navigation Menu

"Trends for you" list on Twitter Home Screen

If you are on Twitter using Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, or 😱
Netscape, you will see "Trending" topics in the right hand column of your screen. You can also click on the "#Explore" link in the left hand column to get all the options mentioned for the mobile app.







All of these options are consider trending topics, but the ones listed under the "Trending" option are what everyone is talking about at the moment. What's at the top of your list? It's probably not #EdTechTeacherChallenge, but wouldn't it be awesome if it was? Post your "Trending" Top 5, with a thought about what's on your list. Remember to be professional and use #EdTechTeacherChallenge #January2020 and @MrsMathMagician.