Nell Eckersley

USING TWITTER AT CONFERENCES & AS A PLN

COABE Session #B203 | Monday, March 25, 2013 | 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

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Agenda

•What is Twitter? •The Power of the Hashtag •Interactions, Mentions and Retweets•Shortening Links for Tweets (and other purposes)•TweetChat

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https://twitter.com/

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What Can You Say in 140 Characters?

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Retweets

•RT @Username

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Hashtags

•#COABE13•#AdultEd•#EdTech

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Hashtags• Make the content of your Tweet easier to find for other people interested in the same topic

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Hashtags• Used as a rhetorical device

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Hashtags• Are not case sensitive, but using uppercase and lowercase letters can make them easier to read

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Hashtags• Anyone can make up a hashtag, but for it to be useful as a search term, others have to use it for the same consistent purpose

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Mentions

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Anatomy of a Good Tweet

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Exercise•Go to https://twitter.com/search •Type #COABE13 into the search bar•What other Hashtags are included?•Click on a Mention. Would you follow this person?

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Shortened URLS

• http://ipadeducators.ning.com/profiles/blogs/preparing-your-school-for-an (73 characters)• http://bit.ly/YZ8Jlk (20 characters)

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Shortening Links for your Tweets

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You can use BitLy to shorten URL’s without creating an account

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Customizing Your Shortened URL

But if you create an account on BitLy.com, you can customize your shortened URLS

Go from http://bit.ly/YZ8Jlk to http://bit.ly/iPadinEd

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AnalyticsWith an account you can also track how many times the URL you created has been clicked.

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QR Code

And with or without an account, you can make any of the shortened URLS into a QR Code by adding .qr at the end

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Finding People to Follow

• Most websites have a Twitter follow button• Search hashtags and words #AdultEd #COABE13•When you find one person to follow, see who they follow

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Search Twitter

• Search on http://Twitter.com for people, keywords or hashtags• Search on http://Search.Twitter.com for keywords or hashtags even if you don’t have a Twitter account• Track hashtags and tweet from http://tweetchat.com/

• Tweets and Hashtags are ephemeral and are difficult to access after a period of time. Use other tools to help “save” Tweets• Paperli http://paper.li/ • TweetDoc http://www.tweetdoc.org/ • http://www.tweetarchivist.com/NCLAdvocacy/24

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Paperli

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http://tweetchat.com/

• TweetChat lets you follow a specific hashtag in real time-even if you don’t have a Twitter account.

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http://twtpoll.com

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http://twitpic.com

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What to do right now?

• Create a Twitter account on Twitter.com• Follow three people•@LACNYCnell, @NCLAdvocacy, @COABEnews• Search for people using #AdultEd and #COABE13• Search for your favorite hobby, writer, singer, actor

• Retweet one tweet and create one of your own tweets Remember to use hashtags• Join in the #AdultEd Twitter Town Hall With Assistant Secretary Brenda Dann-Messier on Tuesday March 26, 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM

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What to do in the next few weeks

•Spend 15 minutes on Twitter every morning•reading •retweeting•following new people•Try TweetDeck or receiving tweets as sms text messages

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Nell Eckersley•Twitter: @LACNYCNell•Email: NellE@LACNYC.org •http://www.scoop.it/t/twitter-in-adult-education

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