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TheFoNSGuidetoJoininginaTwitterChatThisguidehasbeendevelopedassumingthatyouwillbejoiningintheTwitterChatusingacomputerorlaptop.Thismightbeeasiestifyouarenewtochats.Theinformationshouldtranslatetomobilesandtablets,butthescreenarrangementsmightvaryslightly.JoiningTwitterIfyouhavenotalreadyjoinedTwitter,visitwww.twitter.comandSignUptocreateanaccount.

LoginOnceyouhaveloggedin,openanewwebpageandvisitTweetDeck:https://tweetdeck.twitter.com/asitisareallyhelpfulwayofjoininginwithaTwitterChat.TweetDeckisownedbyTwitterandsoyoushouldstillbeloggedin.Don’tworryifnot,youwillbepromptedtologin.DothisusingyourTwitterdetails.TweetDeckOnceyouareloggedintoTweetDeck,youwillseeaseriesofcolumns.Theymaylookslightlydifferenttotheonesinthescreenshotbelow,butyoushouldseeNewTweet,HomeandNotifications.Ifyouwant,youcanreorganisecolumnsbydraggingfromtoplefthandcornerofcolumntomakeeasiertoviewdependingonwhatyouwanttoseefirst.

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Next–enterthehashtagfortheTwitterChate.g.#EWCultureintothesearchbox

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Youwillseethatanewcolumnappears,whichincludesastreamoftweets,allofwhichincludetheselectedhashtage.g.#EWCultureThisiswhereyouwillbeabletofollowtheTwitterChat.

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JoiningintheTwitterChat• LogintoyourTwitteraccountonthedateandtimeoftheTwitterChat–itisprobablyworthallowing5minutesbeforethestarttoorientateyourself• GotoTweetDeckassuggestedabove(youshouldautomaticallybeloggedinbutifnot,followtheloginprompts)• Searchforthehashtage.g.#EWCultureasshownabove• FollowtheTwitterChatintheselectedhashtagcolumne.g.#EWCulture• Thehostswillstartbywelcomingpeopletothechat• Itisagoodideatostartwithatweettointroduceyourself.YoucandothisintheNewTweetboxwhichopenswhenyouclickonthefollowingsymbol-

whichisinthetoplefthandcornerofthescreen• Remembertoincludetheselectedhashtage.g.#EWCultureinallyourtweets–otherwisetheywon’tappearinthechat.Anythingthatyoutweetwill

appearintheHomecolumnandalsotheselectedhashtagcolumn• Aquestionwillbetweetedbythehoststogettheconversationgoing.Youcanfollowresponsestothequestionintheselectedhashtagcolumn

Youcanretweet,likeorreplytotheseresponsesbyclickingononeofthesymbolshere

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• Sotosummarise–youwriteanewtweetusingtheNewTweetcolumnontheleftofthescreen.Responsesorreactionsareenteredbyclickingonthe

‘comment’ (remembertoinclude#EWCultureinyourcomment)‘retweet’ or‘like’ symbolsatthebottomofthetweetsthatwillappearintheselectedhashtagcolumne.g.#EWCulturecolumn

• Itislikelythattherewillbe4-5questionsfedintothechat.ThesewillbeidentifiedbyQ1,Q2etc.Whenansweringaspecificquestionorcommentfromanotherparticipant,usetheirTwitterhandlesothatyouidentifywhoyouarerespondingto.ATwitterhandlealwaysstartswith@,soforexample@FoNSCharity

• Remember–whetheritisanewtweetoraresponse,alwaysincludetheselectedhashtage.g.#EWCulture• Chatscanbequitefastandbusy-don’tpanic,justfollowwhatyoucananddon’tbeafraidtocontribute.Hostsandparticipantswillbegladtohearfrom

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AftertheTwitterChatAfteraTwitterChat,itisusualforthehoststocreateasummaryoftheconversationandmakethisavailableforviewingandmaybefurthercomment.Theycandothisbysearchingfortheselectedhashtagtoidentifyallthetweetsthatcontributedtothechat.Thecontentofthesecanthenbeanalysedandcommonthemesidentified.