Twitter Training

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USING TWITTER

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What is Twitter?
• A micro--‐blogging site
• 140 characters or less
• Build up of followers
• Tell people what you are doing
• Share photos, documents, links

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Facts about Twitter
• Twitter was founded in March 21, 2006
(almost 8 yrs old)
• 76% of twitter users access via mobile
device.
• 58 million Tweets per day
• 87% of Americans know about Twitter
• Estimated that over 74% of Twitter users
are between the ages of 15-25

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• Twitter Handle
• Following
• Follower
• Retweet (RT)
• @ symbol
• DM
• Favorite
• # (hashtag)
Twitter Lingo

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• Cannot exceed 15 characters.
• Can be changed without creating a new
account, you will not loose your followers
example @username.
Simple as first & lastname (@janedoe)
or random (@chevy234)
Twitter Handle

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Following someone on Twitter means:
You are subscribing to their Tweets as a follower.
Their updates will appear in your Home tab.
That person is able to send you direct messages.
Following?

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Followers are people who receive your Tweets. If someone follows you:
They'll show up in your followers list.
They'll see your Tweets in their home timeline whenever they log in to Twitter.
You can send them direct messages.
Followers?

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Retweet (RT)
is a re-posting of someone else's Tweet. Twitter's Retweet feature helps
you and others quickly share that Tweet with all of your followers.
Example: Meridian Tech Center Tweet
Example: Dr. Sommers retweeted the post for his followers to see, and this is how it will display
on his twitter feed.

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@ symbol
• Use this character to talk with other Twitter users, such as @username
(note: there are no spaces between the @ symbol & the username)
• Also can use @username to mention someone in a tweet
Example of conversation:
Example mention:

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DM – Direct Messages
• lets you send your contacts private notes through Twitter.
• Just like regular tweets and @replies, direct messages are limited
to 140 characters. Unlike regular tweets and @replies, the only
person who can see a direct message is the recipient.
• You can send a DM only to a Twitter user who's following you (but
you don't have to be following that user), which helps cut down on
spamming and other unwanted messages. To see whether
someone is following you and to send a direct message:
Click on envelope to dm:

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Favorite
You can “favorite” a tweet that you like and the user that you favorite
a tweet of, will be notified. This is equivalent to a “like” on facebook.
Example of favorite:

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#hashtag
Or a pound symbol, is a way for you to organize your posts on your page.
If you use the # symbol on a tweet, then people can search for this. Also
you can type #hashtag in search bar and find tweets.
For example some hashtags to search for:
#careerteched
#ctemonth
#edchat
#edapp

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How to Get Started?
• Determine your Twitter needs
(personal, professional, classroom)
• Email to set up twitter: each twitter account needs unique email address
You may use your email@sotc.edu & email@sotc.org & email@sotc.gaggle.net
• Gmail Trick:
Gmail, you can add a dot (.) anywhere in the username and all emails address
to that new alias will still reach your mailbox.
For instance, if your original email address is hello@gmail.com, any emails
sent to he.llo@gmail.com or he.ll.o@gmail.com will land in your mailbox
because Gmails ignore periods in the email username.
And that’s what you can use to trick Twitter.
Twitter will consider hello@gmail and he.llo@gmail as two
separate and valid email addresses even though they point to
the same Gmail Inbox

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Twitter for Professional Use?
• Project brainstorming
• Sharing online resources (internet sites)
• Connecting to others around the world
• Publishing or sharing links to published work.
• Publicity for important events, blog posts, websites, podcasts, videos, live
meetings/discussions, etc.
• Twitter can serve as a resource to get help.
• Twitter can serve as your support group when struggling with a difficult task.
• Twitter provides a way to virtually attend conferences, workshops,
conventions, etc. (via #hashtags).

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Twitter for Classroom Use?
• Post links, messages, photos,
• Post reminders, due dates, and announcements
• Scan your lecture notes and post them
• Take a poll
• Post a YouTube playlist for your Class
NEA.ORG article stated - Inside the classroom, Twitter
can be used to review lessons and remind students what
is going to be covered in class that day or the next.
Teachers say tweeting a few quick review questions and
some good Web sites add depth to their lessons. In turn,
students can tweet their own questions and observations.

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RULES to Remember!!
Remember Twitter is a public space:
Most of the communication taking place on Twitter is public and viewable to
everyone. Since the information posted is public, it can be retweeted on the
site by anyone who sees it.
DO NOT Follow Students:
Have students follow you, NEVER FOLLOW THEM and get involved in their
drama
Involve Parents:
Invite Parents to follow you on twitter; let parents know that you will be using
Twitter to post information related to class

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Ideas of Who to follow
@rdsommers - Dr. Robert Sommers/Director of Ok Dept of Career Tech
@okcareertech - Oklahoma Career Tech
@okacte - Oklahoma Associate of Career and Technology Education
@okhorizontv - Oklahoma Horizon TV
@oksde - Oklahoma State Department of Education
@oklaed - Twitter account for Oklahoma Educators
@tcea – Texas Computer Education Association
@ctsonews - America’s Career Technical Student Organizations
@greatplainsTech - Great Plains Technology Center
@nwtechcenter - Northwest Technology Center
@gordoncooperte1 - Gordon Cooper Technology Center
@francistuttle - Francis Tuttle Technology Center
@tulsatech - Tulsa Technology Center
Etc….

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Ideas of #’s to Search
#edtech
#okacte
#careerteched
#bmite
#mlearning
#ipaded
#education
#web20
#flipclass
#edchat
Etc….

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