Twitter 101 – Twitter for Dummies

Presented By:Dana Sirotiak @Sirotiak02

Elissa Malespina @SOMSlibrary

Twitter Road Map

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/10/teachers-roadmap-to-use-of-twitter-in.html

Creating a Twitter Account

• Go to www.Twitter.com • Create an account

How to Tweet

• You can only tweet up to 140 characters• You can tweet pictures• You can tweet links to websites

How to Retweet

• RT = Retweet

How to Follow Someone on Twitter

• Search for their Twitter handle• Click follow

How to Tweet Directly to Someone

• When you are in your Tweet message box, you need to put the person’s Twitter handle into your tweet in order for them to get alerted someone tweeted directly to them

How to Reply to a Tweet Someone Sent You

• Click the rely button (arrow pointing left) Tweet to them

How to Direct Message Someone

• A personal, private message only that person can see and no one else

• Still only 140 characters• Comparable to Text messaging, email

Great List of Chats to Follow

• http://cybraryman.com/twitter.html• Amazing resource for following chats

Hashtags

• A hashtag (#) is like a channel on the TV• Anyone who follows a hashtag will be able to

see your tweets even if they do not follow up directly on Twitter

• 1 choice to follow conversation is to use Tweet Deck

Twitter Hashtags

http://edudemic.com/2012/10/the-teachers-quick-guide-to-educational-twitter-hashtags/

Livebinder Filled with Twitter Information

http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=520798