This slideshow gives some information about the basics of how to get started with Twitter, and some things for Beyond the Basics.

1. Twitter for Beginners
Making sense of @#
http://bit.do/dukestweet

2. Today:
- learn basics of Twitter (tweet, @, #, , RT and DM)
- Twitter Time Out
- investigate edu. hashtag groups, expand PLN
- Twitter Time Out
- Beyond the Basics (#27-29): Twitter Lists, Managing
Multiple Feeds

3. What’s Twitter?
- online information networking service that allows
users to send and read short 140-character messages
called “tweets”
- micro-blogging platform
- accessed through website interface or mobile app
http://bit.do/dukestweet

4. Why use Twitter as an Educator?
- share your ideas/posts/website
- discover latest news related to topics/approaches
you are interested in
- connect to other educators around the globe
- participate in group discussions on best practices
- expand your views on education

5. What’s on your Twitter Page?

6. What’s a Tweet?
- A message of 140 characters posted to Twitter
- May contains photos, videos, links, even a poll!

7. How do I send a tweet?
- use the “tweet” button
- share 140 characters, (116 w/photo)
- abbreviations acceptable
- share photos, videos or links!

8. Twitter speak- What’s this?
- Twitter handle
- It is your username/identification
- Your username is always preceded
by @
(Katy Perry is @katyperry)

9. - People use Twitter @username to
contact or mention each other, send
messages or link to other content
@yorkhighschool @yorkathletics
@yorkactivities

10. - Colleagues in the building using Twitter
@KatieDiebold @JillHeat
@bleidolf67 @chambersatYork @Diana_Smith1
@Ms_KWalsh @WendyLAlbert @abendelow
@MsGwiz @mahoneykirsten @nancywolski
@yorklibrarian @Mrs_O_C @laurencyun @MeganEwald1

11. Want to chat off the grid?
- Direct Message, also known as a “DM”
- private text conversation between 2 or more people
- must be following each other to DM
to send/receive DMs go to your message area on your main page

12. Twitter speak- What’s this?
when people like your Tweets it shows in your notifications area
- the “like” button
- quick way to tell someone you like their Tweet

13. Twitter speak- What’s this?
- a “retweet”, a “RT”
- tweet that you want to forward to your followers
- pass along news, ideas
when people “retweet” you it shows in your notifications area

15. talk about likes and retweets!

16. Twitter speak- What’s this?
- the “hashtag”
- any keyword/phrase/idea (one word)
- hashtags categorize Tweets done with that keyword
#thisisyork #d205learns
#yorkshares16

17. Hashtags give opps to express!
Twitter users can
express opinions,
share ideas/stories
and weigh in on
social topics,
events, trends under
hashtags!

18. Educational hashtags
#plearning
#pblearning
#edleaders
#literacy
#1to1
#flipclass
#futureready
#education

19. Dropping in on #yorkshares16
Let’s
Bookmark
it!

20. Twitter Time Out
★ Send out your first Tweet
★ Discover and start following some Tweeps!
★ Like or retweet something
★ Search for and read tweets using a hashtag(#)
#yorkshares16 #thisisyork

21. So much on Twitter, where do I start?
★ Follow a hashtag (or two) of interest
★ Visit a hashtag that has a designated weekly time for a Twitter
chat (real time convo on relevant topics in education)
Make connections!

22. Feel like a chat?
#edchat
#bfc530
#gtchat
#reflectiveteacher
#iledchat
#satchat
#pblchat
#ntchat

23. How do I find a Twitter chat?

24. Twitter Time Out
★ Browse the educational chat list to
find one you might like to participate
in
★ Jump in and participate on the
#yorkshares16 Twitter chat that’s
happening now!

25. Good practices with Twitter
★ Start with a small focus/area of interest
★ Look at who other educators follow
★ Build your voice with retweet, reply, react
★ Be aware you create a digital footprint
★ Have fun!

26. Beyond the Basics: LISTS
- Used to organize a select group of Twitter people you
follow
- Lists allows you to quickly see what these people are
tweeting about
Here’s Katie’s list called Elmhurst Educators

27. Beyond the Basics: MULTI-TASKING!
Want to see what’s happening in multiple hashtag feeds
at the same time?
Start using one of these social media apps!
https://hootsuite.com/
https://tweetdeck.twitter.com/

28. Beyond the Basics: MULTI-TASKING!
Snaphot of a
TweetDeck
dashboard

29. Tweet,tweet!
(Thankyou!)