PSRC Technology Integration Team

Twitter 101

Twitter is a social networking tool or microblog.

It is composed of short text, pictures, and URLs called Tweets, which can be up to 140 characters.

Registered users can read and post tweets but unregistered users can only read them.

Users access Twitter through the website interface, SMS, or mobile device app.

WHAT IS TWITTER?

www.twitter.com

HOW DO I GET STARTED?

HOW DO I GET STARTED?

Create your account.

Tweet - Each of your Twitter posts or updates is known as a tweet.

@ - The @ symbol is a way of referring to another Twitter user. For example, @PSRCtraining means you're either sending a message to the training team or you're talking about them in your message.

Retweet - A retweet - or RT - is when you share the tweet of one user with all of your Twitter followers. If you happen to follow a Twitter news feed and they post a link to a story that you feel should be shared, you can "retweet" it.

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Reply - Reply is when you respond to a tweet from a particular user in the public feed.

Direct Message – Replies are completely public, but a direct message is a private message that you send through a discussion board. You can only send a direct message to someone that is following your account.

Follower – Unlike Facebook, Twitter allows for one-way relationships. If you find Twitter users who are interesting, you can "follow them" to subscribe to their tweets.

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Hashtag or # - Hashtags are words or acronyms that begin with the number sign. They are used when many people are tweeting about the same topic or from the same event.

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Hashtags provide a means of grouping such messages, since one can search for the hashtag and get the set of messages that contain it.

HOW DO YOU FIND PEOPLE TO FOLLOW?

If you know a user’s

name, you can search

here.

CONNECT WITH OTHERS

The @connect tab allows you to see only your interactions with

others.

Collaborate with others

Post updates from meetings

Share URLs and images

Post questions

WHAT SHOULD YOU SAY?

Compose your tweet.

JOIN THE CONSERVATION

JOIN THE CONSERVATION

CONNECT WITH FRIENDS

FOLLOW POPULAR ACCOUNTS

DIRECT MESSAGES

Send a direct (private) message by selecting Direct Message from the

Settings icon.

RobesonCountySchools@PSRCEDU https://twitter.com/PSRCEDU

Technology Services@PSRCIT https://twitter.com/PSRCIT

PSRC TechIntegration @PSRCtraining https://twitter.com/PSRCtraining

PSRC Athletics@PSRCathletics https://twitter.com/PSRCathletics

PSRC Testing Center @PSRCtesting https://twitter.com/PSRCtesting

PSRC K-8 Curriculum @PSRCk8 https://twitter.com/PSRCk8

PSRC English/LA@PSRCela https://twitter.com/PSRCela

Petey the Pi®@te-LHS@PiratesLhshttps://twitter.com/PiratesLhs

PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF ROBESON COUNTY OFFICIAL TWITTER ACCOUNTS