twitter for educators: a basic introduction

Twitter for EducatorsGetting a handle on it!

@mazlibrary@camillaelliottwww.linkingforlearning.com6 October 2014

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s Social Media Count

Jane Hart ’s Top100 Tools

What’s happening on social media

Right Now!

Twitter is:

•a microblogging platform

used for sharing information,

news & resources

•social, education &

business

•mobile

•140 character messages

Start with Google Search

•First find out what’s on Twitter - search

•# are searchable in Google Search

•People also searchable

•Try a Search ....... #VicPLN #AussieED #Scootle #edchat

Twitter is Public• You follow other people - Other

people follow you

•No ‘friending’ necessary

•@twitterID essential to send message

•Use of # not essential but useful

• Build lists - recommended

Twitter Terminology

•@ + User ID e.g. @camillaelliott

•# - hashtag

•RT - Retweet

•MT - Modified tweet

•DM - Direct message by typing “D userID”

•URL Shortener - www.bitly.com

Behaviours/ Ethics• Acknowledge sources - don’t nick tweets

•Don’t follow everybody who follows you - SPAM!

•Check user’s profile before following, opening or retweeting --- CRITICALLY IMPORTANT - SPAM!

• Follow those who retweet you :)

• Share unique content - be creative

• Answer questions from fellow tweeps

• Be a contributor as well as a reader - don’t just lurk, get involved

• Be concise in wording (save room for retweeters)

•Your profile & ID - be professional

•Avatar - represents you

•Location - provides location perspective

•Public v Private profile

•Security & Privacy - be professional

Exploring Twitter

Be alert - not alarmed

•Don’t follow everybody who follows you

•Check out every profile you follow

•Get to know your network before opening links

www.twitteraudit.com

Management Tools(Aggregators)

OR

Free

•Check who others are following

•Check other people’s lists

•Media & general reading

•Recommendations

•Twitter for Educators

Finding people to follow

Thank you@camillaelliott

http://www.linkingforlearning.com/

teachers-tweet/This Presentation: http://www.slideshare.net/celliott

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