A presentation to show your learners about the etiquette required when using Twitter and blogging.

1. Netiquette
Christine Wells

2. What the heck is Etiquette?!
Etiquette: the proper way to behave in a given
situation

3. Twitter etiquette

4. Privacy
Your bio and pic for
twitter shouldn't give
private info.
Post a photo of
something that
represents you
instead of a photo for
total privacy.

5. Be friendly
• It's not all about you
• Retweet
• Reply
• Engage

6. Abbreviations
• RT - retweet simply
sends the original
tweet
• MT - modified tweet.
You can edit the
original tweet to add
your own perspective

7. Hashtags #
• A hashtag is added to a
tweet to make it easy for
people to follow a topic.
Our class hashtags are:
• #wellsyr9
• #wellsyr10

8. Don't make a hash of it
Too many
hashtags or text
speak makes
tweets hard to
read

9. Be positive
• Don't use twitter to
vent or complain all
the time - boring!
• Under no
circumstance bully
others! This has lead
to suicide. Seriously.

10. Block unwanted followers
Random people will follow you at times.
You don't have to follow them and you can block
them.

11. Be interesting
Think about how your
tweet will make people
feel:
•Will it make them laugh?
•Will it intrigue them?
•Will it surprise them?

12. Be helpful
• Be helpful to your
community
• Share information,
ideas and expertise
• Respond to other
peoples questions

13. Follow me!
For learning purposes, follow
only those in our class. You do
not have to follow everyone
but you will need to follow
your teacher.
Make sure you have a
separate account for school.

14. Blogging Etiquette

16. Consider your privacy
1. Only post things that you would want
everyone (in school, at home, in other
countries) to know.
Ask yourself: Is this something I want
everyone to see? Is there anything in my post
that should be private?
2. Do not share personal information.
Ask yourself: Could someone find where I live
based on this information?

17. Think first
3. Think before you post.
Ask yourself: What could
be the consequences of
this post? Is anyone
harmed in any way by this
post?

18. Consider your Audience
4. Know you are communicating with
people all over the world.
Ask yourself: Who is going to look at
this, and how will they interpret my
words.
5. Consider your audience and that
you’re representing Orewa College.
Ask yourself: Do I have a good
reason/purpose to write this?

19. Be positive
6. Know how to give constructive
feedback.
Ask yourself: What will I cause by
writing this comment? Is my
comment helpful, or just criticism?
7. Treat other people the way you
want to be treated.
Ask yourself: Would I want
someone to say this to me?

20. Look smart
8. Use appropriate language and proper grammar and
spelling. note: style for blogging is more familiar,
conversational, narrative, etc.; less formal than academic
writing, but you should still use good diction and grammar.
Ask yourself: Would I want this post to be graded for grammar
and spelling?

21. Integrity is essential
9. Only post information that you can verify is true (no
gossiping).
Ask yourself: Is this inappropriate, immature or bullying?
10. Anytime you use media from another source, properly
cite the creator of the original work.
Ask yourself: Who is the original creator of this work? Can
my reader tell who should get credit?

22. Basic Commenting Guidelines

23. References
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R3hhoSP0bS2xj1geENz
@reachfurther twitter tips #1
http://www.nea.org/home/32641.htm